Health information exchanges (HIEs) can reduce the chances of unnecessary repeat imaging procedures by as much as 25 percent, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Early medical image archiving was focused on one main goal: the display of images. No easy feat, especially as storage requirements grew and physicians began to expect images on-the-go through their tablets or phones, but the mission of sharing images remained clear.

In healthcare today, managing the health of patients and practices is all about managing risk. Adding value-driven, population-focused strategic analytics makes the process a lot less risky. Colorado Springs Health Partners (CSHP) is proof positive that analytics and clinical intelligence work for patients and providers.

Clinical Innovation + Technology was on hand at HIMSS14 to cover healthcare IT trends. We stopped in the Vital Images booth to learn more about images and the EMR.

There’s a new trend in HIEs–image sharing. Universal viewers are linking physicians with images to allow review anywhere. It’s time to take a look.

Within the competitive healthcare areas of Colorado, California, Kansas and Montana, SCL Health System has integrated evidence-based decision-making directly in its EMR to support, enhance and speed patient care decisions. One-click, fully integrated access to a clinical point-of-care resource was a must as was a clear implementation strategy and plan to spur physician adoption.

At the close of the CMIO Leadership Forum: Transforming Healthcare Through Evidence-based Medicine last fall in Chicago, Clinical Innovation + Technology invited five luminaries to build on the abundant discussions and dive deeper into the quality of the evidence in medicine, the lack of evidence in many cases, the struggle to engage physicians and patients, and strategies for integrating evidence-based medicine (EBM) into clinical practice. Will the adoption of EBM reach 90 percent by 2020? Should evidence-based medicine be expanded to evidence-based healthcare? Will we see the rise of EBM as a medical specialty? Read on to find out.

Cooper Clinic in Dallas is uniquely focused on providing preventive medicine services. But its need for tight integration between its EHR and practice management system is just like 30 to 50 percent of U.S. healthcare facilities now shopping to replace an ambulatory EHR, according to a KLAS survey. After a lot of due diligence, they have found an integrated technology that works well in Greenway’s PrimeSUITE.