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17May, 2016

The Intersection of Tech and Health Care Part 2

In our last post, The Intersection of Tech and Health Care Part 1, we discussed the introduction of a report from Bank of America released on March 24, 2016 titled, “Healthcare | Automatic for the people; the intersection of tech and healthcare.” We noted how in the last 25 years there has been a glacial pace to adopt new technologies in health care. With some degree of success, we have been transforming patient paper records to a digital format, and we are now ready for the next step. The next step […]
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11May, 2016

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PWeR Joins SHIMA

By: Charity Darby | Tags:

“PWeR® Joins the Suncoast Health Information Management Association” May 4, 2016…PWeR, Inc. announced that they have joined the Suncoast Health Information Management Association (SHIMA) a region of Florida Health Information Management Association (FHIMA) that serves Palm Beach, Indian River, Okeechobee, Martin, St. Lucie, Glades and Hendry Counties. SHIMA is a non-profit 501(c)6 membership association that promotes the art and science of Health Information Management, provide education to members and the community concerning health information management services, resources, policies, and promote health information initiatives. Noel J. Guillama, President of PWeR, Inc. noted, […]
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11May, 2016

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PWeR Joins Palm Beach Tech

By: Charity Darby | Tags:

“PWeR® Joins the Palm Beach Technology Association” PWeR, Inc. announced on April 28, 2016 that they have joined the The Palm Beach Technology Association, or “Palm Beach Tech” (PBT). http://www.palmbeachtech.org/ PBT is a non-profit 501(c)6 membership association uniting, building, and enhancing the creativity of innovators and entrepreneurs in Palm Beach County. They are involved in software development, mechanical & electrical engineering, as well as technology industries throughout Palm Beach County. As a countywide trade association, Palm Beach Tech promotes industry growth by working with business groups, educational institutions, and government entities to […]
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29Apr, 2016

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“The Intersection of Tech and Health Care” from Bank of America

By: Charity Darby | Tags:

We have the huge honor to serve on the board of a college foundation, and in that role, we have oversight to the investments and the investment advisors, in this case it was Bank of America. In our meeting this week, our lead advisor said to me, “Noel, the report from the investment committee is all about you.” I asked what that could possibly mean; and they referenced the report released on March 24, 2016, titled “Healthcare | Automatic for the people; the intersection of tech and healthcare.” Imagine my […]
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20Apr, 2016

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Modernizing Medicare Version 2017

By: Charity Darby | Tags:

Since the beginning of the PWeR News blog, we have discussed that there are two major trends in healthcare; one being the change of payments, and second, the use of technology. Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it’s largest initiative ever, to transform and improve how primary care is delivered and paid for in America. “The effort, the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model, will be implemented in up to 20 regions and can accommodate up to 5,000 practices. This effort […]
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12Apr, 2016

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Patient Care Impacted by Mobile Secure Text-Messaging

By: Charity Darby | Tags:

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania (U-Penn) published a fascinating new study, in The Journal of General Internal Medicine, suggesting that “texting” may improve patient care . This study comprised more than 10,000 patients at two different hospitals. Through other published articles, we know that more than one study has suggested that mobile secure text messaging may improve communication; however, this new study is among the first to assess its impact on patient outcomes. Patients, whose hospital care providers used mobile secure text-messaging as a means of communication, had a […]
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7Apr, 2016

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Mind-Blowing Demographics Shift

By: Charity Darby | Tags:

Recent articles in the news this past week depressed me, and that is hard to do. Aside from global healthcare and technology, the article covered one of my favorite subjects, demographics. In my mind, global healthcare, technology, and demographics are all connected. The article, “Mind-Blowing Demographics Shift” discussed more than the old (baby-boomers) and young (millennials) we have talked about. The focus of the article was about what is going on in the oldest of the developed economies, Japan. The last time I looked, Japan’s average life-span age was 10 […]
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24Mar, 2016

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U.S. Elections 2016

By: Charity Darby | Tags:

This week, we had so many great ideas to chat about; however, I read a headline that guided me in a different direction. The headline was actually advertising from Oppenheim Funds. The title said, “Presidents change. The right way to invest doesn’t.” I have now been in healthcare for 4 presidents. I was there when everyone in the industry was having a melt-down over HillaryCare. From her own lips, she recently stated,“it was called HillaryCare before it was called “ObamaCare.”ObamaCare really refers to the Affordable Care Act of 2010. I […]
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18Mar, 2016

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HIMSS 2016, Part 3

By: Charity Darby | Tags: EHR, EMR, Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Ac, healthcare information, healthcare technology, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

As we noted in our last two blogs blog “every year the best and the brightest in health information technology industry via the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) annual meeting meet for a week. This year it was in Las Vegas, Nevada. I will admit, I missed it; and maybe I should have gone to this one. I have received 100s of industry emails. Something certainly happened; so I will take two more blogs, this and the next, and move on to other things.” The first part of […]
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10Mar, 2016

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HIMSS 2016, Part 2

By: Charity Darby | Tags: Accountable Care Organizations, care-management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), EHR, EMR, HIMSS, meaningful use, Medicare Sustainable Growth (SGR), pay for performance

As we noted in our last blog “every year the best and the brightest in health information technology industry via the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) annual meeting meet for a week. This year it was in Las Vegas, Nevada. I will admit, I missed it; and maybe I should have gone to this one. I have received 100s of industry emails. Something certainly happened; so I will take two more blogs, this and the next, and move on to other things. There has been major talk about […]
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