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NewsGE video explains healthcare inefficiency and 'meaningful use' of health IT
If you believe GE Healthcare, nearly 70 percent of activities performed in the average primary-care practice are non-billable. Insurers deny 30 percent of primary care claims on the first submission, Read more...
AHRQ: Practices need more motivation to track, improve population health
Go back to the 2004 strategic plan offered by Dr. David Brailer, the first national coordinator for health IT, and you'll find that improving population health was one of the four major goals of a Read more...
EMRs, charge capture may boost real-time claims adjudication
Real-time claims adjudication may finally be ready for prime time. As the New York Times reports, Humana has been pushing RTCA since 2003. "But progress toward universal adoption has been slow," the Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: CA telemedicine program hopes to lessen nursing shortage
Telemedicine backers pitch many benefits for the technology, including the ability to help people in their homes and extend a doctor's reach to rural areas. Now, a project in California hopes to use Read more...
Speaker: Some EMR systems are 'Ponzi schemes'
Family physician Dr. J. Gordon Moore has risen to fame as an articulate voice--and an example--in the Read more...
MN lawmakers approve e-prescribing measure
The Minnesota state legislature has approved a broad healthcare bill that would, among other things, require physicians, pharmacists and others who prescribe or dispense medication in the state to Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Telemedicine system links India, Ethiopia;KY county lets EMTs send patient data wirelessly; and much more...
> Here's an interesting telehealth project; a new pilot has linked hospitals in rural Ethiopia with India's leading cardiac institute. Read more...
Report: Gov't should remove telemedicine barriers
A new paper issued by a think tank promoting HIT use suggests that for telemedicine to come into wider U.S. use, the government will have to lend a hand. The paper, by the Center for Health Read more...
BCBS of MA plan requires hospitals to use CPOE
Hospitals participating in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will soon be required to used computerized physician order entry under the insurer's new incentive plan. Under the health plan's Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Groups say HIT plans should include primary care
While it's fine to put greater emphasis on the adoption of EMRs, planners aren't paying enough attention to primary care issues, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. For one thing, Read more...
| Press ReleasesPaladina Health Opens Innovative Primary Care Clinic in TacomaHelps employers deliver higher quality, lower cost healthcare to employees DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Paladina Health, LLC., a direct primary care health services management company, today announced Read more >> Myca Health Adds New Primary Care Clients Serving 10,000 Patients to its Hello Health® CommunityPrimary Care Practices in 5 States Select the Hello Health Platform Over Traditional Electronic Health RecordsNEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Myca Health Inc. announced today that in the past Read more >> MedAllies' Holly Miller, MD, MBA, FHIMSS, to Deliver Keynote Address at Delaware Valley HIMSS MeetingMiller will present key learnings from MedAllies' Direct HISP Solution that helps providers improve care using diverse EHR systems FISHKILL, N.Y., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- By Read more >> QuadMed Forms Partnership with MDLiveCare to Extend Reach of Clinic Healthcare ServicesNew agreement for telehealth technology enables ‘Virtual QuadMed’ model SUSSEX, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- QuadMed, a nationwide leader in employer-sponsored healthcare solutions, will deploy Read more >> PharmMD Applauds Report From The Office Of The Chief Pharmacist, U.S. Public Health ServiceNASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PharmMD, the nation’s leader in quality Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services, applauds the January 9th report, Improving Patient and Health System Outcomes Read more >> |
