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NewsHealth IT key to HealthAmerica medical home pilot
Preferred Primary Care Physicians, a 32-doctor group in the Pittsburgh area, is piloting an advanced medical home model with assistance from HealthAmerica, a subsidiary of Coventry Health Care. Read more...
New medical home accreditation guidelines emphasize health IT
Four medical societies have released a new set of guidelines for organizations accrediting patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) that are more specific about health IT considerations than their Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Social media do's and don't for doctors
Despite all of the benefits and pitfalls surrounding the use of social media by physicians, formal rules for medical professionals to follow online are still in the making. But even as the American Read more...
Physician group helps doctors buy, install EMRs
The American College of Physicians has begun a program helping members buy and install electronic medical records meeting Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) Read more...
Want EMRs to succeed? Pay doctors to use them
You know, sometimes an answer is right in front of us. The American College of Physicians is handing you the cheat Read more...
Primary care group wants pay for online work
The American College of Physicians has taken a position that shouldn't be much of a surprise. It's suggesting that payers should reimburse physicians for added work needed to take part in new digital Read more...
ALSO NOTED: ACOP develops IT for "medical homes"; Harris gets NHIN gateway contract; and much more...
> The American College of Physicians has gotten a $50,000 grant that it plans to use to develop physician IT tools in order to support the development of the "medical home" model. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: ACOP develops IT for "medical homes"; Harris gets NHIN gateway contract; and much more...
> The American College of Physicians has gotten a $50,000 grant that it plans to use to develop physician IT tools in order to support the development of the "medical home" model. Read more...
| Press ReleasesKindred Healthcare Appoints Dr. Marc Rothman as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Its Nursing Center DiviLOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:KND) today announced the appointment of Dr. Marc Rothman as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the Read more >> HealthAmerica and Preferred Primary Care Physicians launch pilot program to deliver accessible, patient-centered and coordPITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HealthAmerica and Preferred Primary Care Physicians (Preferred) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have launched a new pilot program with the goal of providing more Read more >> Christiana Care Health System names James Newman, M.D., as Senior Vice President and Executive Director of new ChristianaWILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Christiana Care Health System has named James Newman, M.D., the first Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the new Christiana Care Value Institute.James Read more >> e-MDs Announced as Meaningful Use Partner By New York Regional Extension CenterVendor chosen by NYeC to help physicians with EHR implementation and attain Meaningful Use.AUSTIN, Texas, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- e-MDs, a leading provider of electronic health records (EHRs), Read more >> Mary Barton is NCQA’s New Vice President for Performance MeasurementWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced today that Mary Barton, MD, MPP, is the organization’s new Vice President for Performance Measurement. Read more >> |
