September 6, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Of the more than 300 events related to electronic health record (EHR) software default values analyzed by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, three percent resulted in unsafe conditions or prolonged hospitalization of patients, according to the Authority’s new report.
September 6, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has doled out a five-year, $28.8 million contract to AMC Health for telehealth software and services, the government agency and vendor jointly announced.
September 5, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Teladoc, the Dallas-based telehealth provider, has announced the acquisition of Consult A Doctor, a Miami Beach, Fla.-based telehealth company. With this acquisition, individuals and employees of small- to medium-size businesses will now have access to Teladoc’s national network of U.S. board-certified, state-licensed physicians for consults.
September 5, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The State of Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) has launched the Hawaii Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive program to help healthcare providers adopt, implement, upgrade, or meaningfully use certified EHR technology.
September 4, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The Medical Center of Central Georgia recently transitioned to CPOE, but the hospital remains in the minority of those that had done so until very recently. Meanwhile, the challenges that linger for the hospitals that have yet to get on board remain tough to overcome.
September 4, 2013 Diane D. Homan, M.D.
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It’s a unique time in healthcare. Public and private initiatives are aligning and are working synergistically toward the transformation of the healthcare system through improved care access, quality and cost. Part of this movement is a paradigm shift away volume-based, fee-for-service care toward a system where quality is the foundational aspect of all clinical and administrative operations—a healthcare system incentivized by a performance-based regulatory and reimbursement environment to provide proactive, patient-centered care.
September 3, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) has named White River Family Practice, in White River Junction, Vt., as the winner of its annual Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence.
September 3, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The Mayo Clinic and Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Phoenix are teaming up to test the feasibility of using a telemedicine robot to assess athletes with suspected concussions during football games as part of a research study.
September 3, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System is one of the first health systems without a provider-sponsored health plan that will integrate payer and provider data to improve the health of people across the Southeast United States, according to the Premier Healthcare Alliance.
September 3, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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A cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) with integrated revenue cycle management (RCM) capability could be the life jacket that independent physicians are looking for, if they want to maintain independence, a new survey reveals.
September 3, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Temple University Physicians, a 400-physician (salaried) academic faculty practice plan whose members are affiliated with Temple University Health System (TUHS), a four-hospital system in Philadelphia, has been moving forward on a number of fronts when it comes to EHR implementation. Frank Erdlen, the group’s CIO, has turned to the concept of pre-load services to make sure the implementation has gone well.
August 31, 2013 Doug McCourt and Kim Cloidt
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There is value in applying strategic marketing principles to the rollouts of electronic health records in patient care organizations, argues Doug McCourt, president and chief operating officer of company M, a Palm Springs, Calif.-based marketing services and managerial consulting firm.
