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Adjusting Quality Measures For Social Risk Factors Can Promote Equity In Health Care

Risk adjustment of quality measures using clinical risk factors is widely accepted; risk adjustment using social risk factors remains controversial. We argue here that social risk adjustment is appropriate and necessary in defined circumstances and t

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Determining the feasibility of an index of the social determinants of health using data from public sources

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Examining the feasibility of developing an index measure for the social determinants of health using public data is needed. We examined these characteristics at the ZIP code in California and New York using public data extracted from the US

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Using Administrative Big Data to Solve Problems in Social Science and Policy Research

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This article describes an explosion in the availability of individual-level public administrative data in the United States and worldwide. These datasets can be used as stand-alone resources or linked across different sources. These new res

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10 Patient Data Sharing, Interoperability Principles for Providers

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November 18, 2020 - Stakeholders and healthcare professionals across the country developed 10 patient data sharing principles. These principles intend to help guide health organizations and universities toward the appropriate use of data

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Regardless of the presidential election outcome, here are 5 health IT issues to watch

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COVID-19 has highlighted the need to invest in a robust public health system that supports health equity. “It’s critical that we bolster the secure flow of de-identified health information into public health surveillance systems,” said W

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How Social Determinants Data Can Enhance Machine Learning Tools

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To help providers identify primary care patients with social risks, researchers at Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University turned to machine learning technology. The team developed Uppstroms, a machine learning application that iden

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Sequoia Project sets sights on semantic interoperability with new guidance effort

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The Sequoia Project announced Wednesday that it's forming a new Data Usability Workgroup to continue removing barriers to interoperability, and is calling for participants in advance of its first meeting later this month.
The workgroup,

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New framework helps streamline EHR data extraction

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The framework, which the researchers call FIDDLE (Flexible Data-Driven Pipeline), has the power to greatly speed up EHR data preprocessing and assist machine learning (ML) practitioners working with health data, according to a study publ

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Cerner unveils new interoperability tools, as CEO Brent Shafer says 'innovation is accelerating'

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At the 35th annual Cerner Health Conference, which launched virtually on Tuesday, CEO Brent Shafer described the many ways the company has been helping providers around the world deliver high-quality healthcare more efficiently during t

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Top EHR Implementations of 2020, So Far

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When the novel coronavirus began its spread across the United States, it transformed healthcare in its entirety. That includes the health IT sector, where EHR vendors had to brainstorm and develop new EHR implementation ideas.
AdventHeal

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Can Social Informatics Improve Social Determinants of Health Data?

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Gathering and integrating social determinants of health (SDOH) data are becoming more common, but the study of social informatics could help ease the integration process.
The rise of value-based reimbursement has led the medical field to

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Could Customer Reviews Give Transparency into Health IT Tools?

Crowdsourced ratings face three key barriers to providing transparency for interoperability and health IT products, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).

From Yelp to Glassdoor, crowdso

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Zeroing in on Racial Health Disparities Related to Patient Matching

COVID-19 has shown the importance of patient matching, but gathering patient data from all ethnicities is not a simple matter.

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ONC PMAL Project: Creeping Forward on Patient Matching

Last week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the final report from its Patient Matching, Aggregation, and Linking (PMAL) Project, as well as an additional report describing a pilot project to test

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Is There a National Strategy Emerging for Patient Matching in the US?

Patient record matching has been a key area of emphasis for healthcare in the US, with several major efforts to identify best practices in the past decade. Because of a lack of a national patient identifier, several distinct approaches to patient mat

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Information Sharing Model for Health and Human Services Agencies

Nearly everyone involved with Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies believes that better information leads to better care. There is also the recognition that this information has become dispersed and fragmented over time. Legislative shifts, diffe

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