Providers looking to get the most out of their data analytics to improve patient care need to consider five key points to unlock the power of their data.

According to Donald Berwick in a recent Wall Street Journal article, “…the formula for ACO success is clear: keep quality high, save money by improving - not by restricting - care, and remain attractive to beneficiaries, who could go anywhere for care. That's an edgy and promising design. It will work because it is set up to reward the right combination of goals for our time: transparency, coordination, consumer power and intolerance of waste. Smart entrants, focused on seamless care, outcomes and beneficiary satisfaction, will both reduce Medicare's expenditures and reap financial rewards for themselves.”

In the wake of some recent high-profile data breaches, the importance of breach preparedness programs and cyber liability insurance is coming into sharp focus as a way for companies to protect themselves from costly security failures. Risk management expert Brian Lapidus gives his top four tips for minimizing the financial impact of a breach.

A Los Angeles-based IT entrepreneur wants to pare down the expensive EMR to its simplest charting functions, add a few solutions and offer it to non-profits looking to provide healthcare to disadvantaged populations around the world.

ClearPractice's new cloud-based platform allows small practices to consolidate their EMR and PM functions on one platform, accessible by Macs, iPhones and iPads.