J2 Interactive Blog

J2 covers a wide range of topics related to healthcare IT, interoperability, and CRM for healthcare and life sciences organizations.

Post Acute Care In The Home: Technological Advances

Tim Wood Tim Wood

May 23rd, 2018

Post-acute care continues to be a rapidly growing segment within healthcare. The growth has been driven both by economics and by technological innovation. On the economics front, insurance companies and Medicare have reduce reimbursements for readmissions that occur shortly (10 – 31 days) after a patient has been discharged. Beginning in October 2012, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program required the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce payments to inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) hospitals with excess readmissions. […]

Integrating the PDMP into the Provider Workflow in Rhode Island

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Jen Carter Jen Carter

April 16th, 2018

Like many states across the country, Rhode Island is working to address the opioid addiction epidemic. Also like other states, Rhode Island runs a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) as one strategy to mitigate the crisis.

How CRM Can Help Medical Device Manufacturers With CAPA Procedures

Tim Wood Tim Wood

March 12th, 2018

The FDA’s Title 21 CFR 820 Regulatory Requirement means that manufacturers of medical devices that are subject to FDA regulation need to establish and maintain procedures for implementing corrective and preventive action (CAPA) related to device non-conformity. These procedures must provide for control and action to be taken on any distributed or not yet distributed […]

Sharing Data in an Emergency – Texas HIE Connect EMS Providers with Hospitals

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Jen Carter Jen Carter

February 9th, 2018

Our new client, Rio Grande Valley Health Information Exchange (RGV HIE), is launching an initiative to support health data sharing among Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers and hospitals in Texas.

Missouri Health Connection Featured in Philanthropy Journal

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Jen Carter Jen Carter

October 4th, 2017

Though our software development and integration work doesn’t usually give us direct contact with providers and patients, we never forget that those are the people we’re really working for. 

Salesforce Validation Rule Bypass Using a Custom Permission

Tim Wood Tim Wood

September 26th, 2017

Salesforce Validation Rules ensure that business processes are adhered to and that data is entered in a consistent format. Validation Rules run when a record is saved. A user is notified of invalid or missing data entry after clicking the Save button. Custom text instructs the user as to what needs to be changed. What […]