HIT Market

Nearly Half of Voters Want Cuts in Health IT Investments, Survey Indicates

November 29, 2012     Gabriel Perna
news
According to a recent survey from the New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute, 42 percent of voters want cuts in health IT. The survey, which was based on the thoughts of 1,202 consumer son their post-election thoughts on healthcare, found that 69 percent of respondents said President Barack Obama has to rein in healthcare costs.

The Genie Is Out Of The Bottle – Embrace The Power Of Self-Service

November 26, 2012     Joe Bormel
blog
Self-service technology is readily available to healthcare providers of all sizes. Much of it is modular so you can implement it incrementally. You can build patient loyalty through reducing wait times by using the convenience of self-service registration, check in, and empowering patients to schedule their own appointments. There are many other benefits, too. For instance, you can significantly reduce denials, automate co-payments, lower your administrative costs, with more to come. Are you ready?

Study: More than a Quarter of American Adults Search Web for Health Information

November 20, 2012     Gabriel Perna
news
According to a recent study conducted by Harris Interactive, 26 percent of American adults that have used the internet have discussed health information online in the past 12 months. Thirty percent of those people have altered a health behavior as a result of these discussions. For those who hadn’t used the internet to search for information, they cited privacy concerns as the main reason why.

McKesson Announces EHR Giveaway for Charity-Driven Physicians

November 19, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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McKesson, an Atlanta-based provider of various health IT products, has announced that it is giving away $1 million worth of EHR software to physicians who provide charity care to underserved and needy patients. The initiative will have McKesson give its web-based EHR to 100 physicians for a free 26-month license, which the company says typically costs $399 per month.

AMIA President: Learn to Surf Tsunami Waves Disrupting Healthcare

November 19, 2012     David Raths
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Fresh off his organization’s annual meeting in Chicago, Kevin Fickenscher, MD, president and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association, stopped off last week at the Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMi) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to talk about the industry’s response to disruptive technological change.

Innovator Award Submission Deadline Extended

November 16, 2012     Gabriel Perna
news
Healthcare Informatics is extending the deadline healthcare teams can be nominated for its annual IT Innovators Award from Nov. 15 to Nov. 21. The award honors those at the forefront of healthcare IT innovation, looking at leaders at providers across the country who moving forward boldly to create the healthcare of the future, strategically leveraging information technology to improve care quality, patient safety, efficiency, and data exchange.

HIMSS, Non-Profit to Bolster New Orleans’ Health IT Workforce

November 14, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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In anticipation of its 2013 Annual Conference in New Orleans, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is teaming with BioDistrict New Orleans, a non-profit focused on economic development in one area of the city, to booster city-wide workforce health IT initiatives. The two organizations say they will work together to cater and provide resources to recognize the growing demand for skilled health IT workers in the area.

HHS Announces Innovation Fellowship Winners

November 13, 2012     Gabriel Perna
news
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced the first class of the HHS External Innovation Fellows, which aims to bring together outside entrepreneurs with internal innovators from the agency in an effort to improve healthcare delivery.

Allscripts Confirms Interest from Third Parties

November 9, 2012     Gabriel Perna
news
Allscripts, one of the industry’s notable EHR vendors, recently announced its third quarter financial results, and said that it is “evaluating strategic alternatives” in response to media speculation that the company had received bids from various private equity firms. The financial results were not desirable for Allscripts, with bookings down 17 percent from the second quarter, and down 39 percent year-over-year.

ECRI Institute: IT Accounts for Multiple Health Technology Hazards

November 6, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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According to a new report from the Plymouth Meeting, Penn.-based non-profit research organization, ECRI Institute, three of the top 10 health technology hazards for the upcoming year are IT-related. Authors of the 24-page report, Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list for 2013, say in the health IT field “interplay between complexity and effectiveness and potential harm is most evident.”

Kaiser Permanente Names Next CEO

November 6, 2012     Gabriel Perna
news
The Board of Directors for Kaiser Permanente, an Oakland, Calif.-based integrated healthcare provider and payer, recently named Bernard J. Tyson as the organization’s next CEO and Chairman. Tyson, the current president and chief operating officer, is taking over for George Halvorson, who has served as CEO and Chairman since 2002 and will retire next year.

Humana Acquires HIE Vendor, Certify Data Systems

November 5, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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Humana, a Louisville, Ky.-based payer, has acquired Certify Data Systems, a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of health information exchange (HIE) technology, the company’s jointly announced. Humana says it plans on integrating Certify’s HIE technology, such as the HealthLogix enterprise HIE platform, into its infrastructure.
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