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NewsObservers advise hospitals on use of social media
Pundits are full of suggestions for how hospitals should use social media. Hard on the heels of a long post by healthcare attorney David Harlow on his HealthBlawg, two other articles offered Read more...
VA's hospital Facebook efforts aim to boost interaction with veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has set up Facebook pages for each of its 152 medical centers to try to engage more fully with returning veterans. The VA's proactive use of Facebook parallels Read more...
Hospitals more cautious about cloud adoption than physician practices
Hospitals and healthcare systems generally are taking a more cautious, staged approach to adopting cloud-based applications than are stand-alone providers--mainly physician practices--according to a Read more...
Meaningful Use can cost millions, even after EHR purchase
How much does Meaningful Use cost a healthcare system, beyond the initial price of electronic health record hardware and software? The CIOs of three systems gave answers to that question in a Read more...
CMS provides guidance on claims bridging ICD-10 deadline
When the ICD-10 deadline arrives on Oct. 1, 2013, there will be some transitional issues involved in switching to the new diagnostic coding set. For example, some Medicare-covered services--such as Read more...
Hospitals' use of infection surveillance software growing fast
A new KLAS report ranks vendors in the increasingly important area of infection surveillance software. According to 200 hospital respondents, including 174 infection preventionists (IPs), the top Read more...
ICD-10 transition proving complex, expensive for hospitals
The transition to the ICD-10 diagnostic code set will be expensive and difficult, industry observers agree in a recent Computerworld article. The average hospital will spend between $2 million and $5 Read more...
HIMSS Analytics survey shows uptick in hospital readiness for meaningful use
More and more hospitals are developing the capability to show meaningful use of electronic health records. HIMSS Analytics defines 44 percent of respondents to its continuing survey as "likely" or Read more...
Hospitals hiring social media managers
Hospitals are heading into the realm of social media, because there's a growing general awareness that "these ways of communications and connecting with each other are transforming" hospitals and Read more...
One-third of medical practices haven't done security risk assessments
While 75 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed by HIMSS, the Medical Group Management Association and Intel have conducted security risk assessments as required by the federal EHR incentive Read more...
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