July 29, 2012 Mark Hagland
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CapSite, a healthcare technology research and advisory firm based in Burlington, Vt., released its 2012 U.S. Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Study at the end of June. Major findings? Regulatory mandates will continue to push forward demand for improved RCM solutions--sometimes in the form of altogether new implementations, sometimes in the form of upgrades.
July 23, 2012 Mark Hagland
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The vast Utah organization moves forward to optimize revenue cycle management process across an integrated health system with 22 hospitals, 105 physician clinics, and over 33,000 employees
June 26, 2012 John DeGaspari
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Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Fla., has used lean sigma disciplines as a basis of continuous improvement and to ensure sustainable business outcomes.
May 19, 2012 The Editors of Healthcare Informatics
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It’s our pleasure to unveil once again the Healthcare Informatics 100, the industry’s unique—and uniquely authoritative—compilation of the top IT vendor companies in healthcare, by revenue. This year’s listings, as in the past, reflect the dynamism and excitement of this time of great change and innovation.
April 24, 2012 John DeGaspari
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At a time when healthcare reform is making sweeping changes in the way providers and patients are viewing healthcare, some physicians have become open to business models that promise to make healthcare more efficient while improving care. One example of this is applying the franchise concept to orthopedic care, in a network of clinics that will be able to share and use information in ways that will drive down costs.
April 23, 2012 Mark Hagland
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What does it mean when a patient care organization’s go-live date is approaching for an IT implementation, and the organization isn’t really ready? Aspen Advisors consultant Dena Somers discusses the ins and outs of go-live readiness assessment.
March 3, 2012 Mark Hagland
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What happens when strategy, collaboration, and necessity all meet? Sometimes, one gets noteworthy innovation, along with unusual, yet very workable, organizational structures. That’s certainly what’s happened in south central New Jersey, where an initial collaboration of private-practice physicians has led to both a physician organization with a highly entrepreneurial culture, and a successful spinoff IT and administrative services organization.
February 20, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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At the pre-conference ACO Symposium, “An IT Blueprint for Accountable Care, at HIMSS12 in Las Vegas on Sunday, Feb. 20, speakers shared with audience members a rundown of what accountable care models are shaping today’s landscape and what IT underpinnings will be necessary for these transformations.
February 1, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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All CIOs and health information management (HIM) directors are hearing the clarion call for the ICD-10 transition that must occur on Oct. 1, 2013 and are starting to lay the groundwork now. Because the transfer to ICD-10 codes touches almost all departments of a healthcare organization, many are finding it difficult to assign ownership of this tremendous task. One such organization, the 450-bed East Jefferson General Hospital in New Orleans, sought to fix this problem with outside help from a consulting firm, Aspen Advisors (Pittsburgh, Pa.). With help, the organization was able to assess the impact of this transition and to work out an implementation strategy, roadmap for compliance, and funding requirements.
January 25, 2012 Mark Hagland
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H. Stephen Lieber, President and CEO of HIMSS, shares with HCI Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland his perspectives on the ongoing evolution of the HIMSS Conference, and offers previews of some new attractions at this year's conference in Las Vegas
January 23, 2012 Mark Hagland
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After four years in a row of recognizing healthcare IT leadership teams through our Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards program, some themes have become apparent.
January 5, 2012
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According to estimates in new rules published by theU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the new standards for electronic fund transfers, required by the Affordable Care Act, will save up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs for doctors and hospitals, as well as private health plans, states, and other government health plans. The costs will accumulate over the next 10 years.