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New IT tools can predict at-risk heart patients
Two new IT tools are poised to help doctors predict at-risk heart patients, as reported in two studies published recently in the journals HeartRhythm and the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical
Meaningful Use about better care, not just better technology
About a quarter of hospitals are qualified to meet the Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria, according to a recent CHIME survey . Many institutions are still finding it difficult to implement the necessary
Providers will put Blue Shield ACO grant money toward EHRs, HIEs
Blue Shield of California is giving $20 million to 18 California hospitals, health systems, clinics, and physician groups to help them create accountable care organizations (ACOs). Some of the grants
CMS turns to Northrop Grumman to predictively fight fraud
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 1 will start using "predictive modeling" technology to detect fraudulent claims. According to CMS, this initiative fits with the agency's
Predictive modeling is good, but care coordination would be better
In the past week, two organizations in different parts of the country announced efforts to harness information technology to improve predictive modeling. The Heritage Provider Network in southern
Hospitalization predictions worth $3M to managed care firm
The Heritage Provider Network, a managed care company that contracts with several medical groups in southern California, is launching a contest to develop the best algorithm for predicting which
CSC: Start planning ACOs now
Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act doesn't take full effect until 2014, right now is the perfect time for providers to start developing Accountable Care Organization plans,
HIMSS10: Medical banking, personalized medicine join the schedule
Like most kinds of technology, health IT evolves and changes. Likewise for the HIMSS conference. This year, it's fairly clear what the central theme is going to be: meaningful use. Still, there are
Dashboards bring predictive modeling to healthcare management
Like so many other types of information technology, analytics is maturing, from "reactive" business intelligence that informs decisions based on historical data to predictive modeling that
