Remembering Dr. John M. Cummings
Dr. John M. Cummings recently passed away at the age of 78. He was a dedicated physician who spent many years as a pathologist for Cape...
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lillieverson
- Dec 30, 2014
- 3 min
Structured Data: Interoperability vs. Data Liquidity
There are two buzzwords floating around in the health IT industry at the moment that, upon first glance, appear to be Interoperability,...
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lillieverson
- Dec 23, 2014
- 4 min
Meaningful Use vs. Practical Value in Synoptic Reporting Solutions
There's an excellent blog post over at Health Affairs Blog titled "The Strategic Challenge of Electronic Health Records" that goes over...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 3 min
How intra-operative pathology led to improved cancer surgery
Dark Daily) about how one pathologist's innovations in cancer surgery and treatment has led to untold number of saved lives and improved...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 3 min
Introducing CAP eFRM: The Synoptic Report Solution for Pathology
mTuitive and College of American Pathologists (CAP) were collaborating on a new synoptic reporting product for pathologists. Since then,...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 3 min
Joint Commission to Require Pathology Synoptic Reporting
Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 20,500 health care organizations and programs in the United...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 4 min
Should pathology be exempt from EHR requirements?
standards that many believe are not applicable to their specialty. In the broadest of terms, "meaningful use" is a listing of...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 5 min
Pathology Synoptic Reporting Helps Improve Oncology Practices
It can be difficult to convince people that medical synoptic reporting is necessary without coming off like a pedantic nerd. No one likes...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 3 min
Structured Data Enables Research into Efficacy of Double Mastectomy
The study, entitled "Impact of Bilateral Versus Unilateral Mastectomy on Short Term Outcomes and Adjuvant Therapy, 2003-2010: A Report...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 3 min
New Guidelines Push Clear Margins as Standard for Lumpectomy Surgery
The battle rages on in the war against breast cancer, and yet every day we learn more about how to effectively combat the enemy. By...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 3 min
Structured Data and Usability - Crossing the Quality Chasm 2.0
"When we create digital records and pretend to anticipate all the needs of clinicians, we make mistakes," Reider said. "We think we’ve...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 3 min
Top 3 Reasons to Ditch Dictation & Trash Transcription
For many years, the best solution to solving all of these problems surrounding reporting was using dictation and transcription. Dictation...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 6 min
Know Your Audience: Usability in Health IT
In the post, Reider lists multiple reasons why health IT is different than most other technology offerings - certainly from the type...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 4 min
Structured Data + ICD-10: Readiness Is All
"Crises Precipitate Change." - Deltron 3030 Healthcare workers have recently been hit by a tidal wave of changes to their occupations....
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 3 min
Pathology Synoptic Reporting Improving Cancer Outcomes?
In 2008, Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), backed by CPAC, began its Pathology Reporting Initiative to ensure that pathologists were uniformly...
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lillieverson
- Sep 29, 2014
- 4 min
Latest Education Tools: Clinical Decision Support & Synoptic Report
Both are methods for documenting occurrences and events in providing treatment to patients, and both are widely in use by various...
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lillieverson
- Sep 28, 2014
- 3 min
The Costs of Interfacing
In a great post on Caristix.com, Sovita Chander writes about the reasoning for the high costs of healthcare interfaces and the unique...
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lillieverson
- Sep 28, 2014
- 4 min
Craigslist and the Specialization of the Health IT Market
But what does this all have to do with health information technology? How does the rise of the consolidated megastore tie in to the...
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lillieverson
- Sep 28, 2014
- 3 min
Need to Improve Cancer Care? Then Improve Cancer Reporting
- Anne Marie Bickmore, RN Despite all the advancements in technology, science, medicine, and a myriad other fields, cancer remains a...
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lillieverson
- Sep 28, 2014
- 3 min
Streamlined Documentation: Synoptic Reporting As Cure for Note Bloat?
There are numerous reasons (most of them sensible, fair, and well-intentioned) for capturing so much information and having it in a...
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