August 29, 2013
Thanks to various regulatory mandates that require infrastructure modernization, healthcare IT spending will increase to more than $34.5 billion in 2014, according to a new report from a Hampton, N.H.-based research and consulting firm.
August 28, 2013
On Aug. 28, leaders of an outspoken California nurses' union and executives at Sutter Health disagreed publicly over the facts of a temporary downtime of the Epic EHR system at several Sutter hospitals on Aug. 26.
August 28, 2013
A recent research effort out of Massachusetts has determined that at least one accountable care organization (ACO) initiative was directly responsible for lower spending for Medicare patients.
August 27, 2013
Thanks to information technology (IT) and other investments, hospitals are incurring higher expenses, and for the first time in three years showing weakening financial performance, a recent report from Moody’s Investors Service found.
August 27, 2013
Health IT vendors Epic and Cerner have combined to capture more than 75 percent of new large-hospital electronic health record (EHR) contracts, while the other vendors struggled to keep pace, according to the latest report from the Orem, Utah-based research and consulting firm, KLAS Research.
August 27, 2013
Health eVillages, a Marlborough, Mass.-based not-for-profit which provides mobile health technology to physicians in underserved areas, announced that it has raised $58,000 in August for its global mHealth program.
August 27, 2013
The Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier Healthcare Alliance, a collection of 2,900 U.S. community hospitals and 100,000 alternate sites of care which has historically provided group purchasing services, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), the company announced in a public statement.
August 26, 2013
According to research from UC San Francisco (UCSF), hospital 30-day readmissions rates for children do not accurately measure the quality of their care. Researchers say readmission rates are not useful to families trying to find a good hospital, nor to the hospitals trying to improve their pediatric care.
August 26, 2013
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina are increasing access to specialty care for members in underserved areas with the launch of a telemedicine program.
August 26, 2013
The Chicago-based Merge Healthcare, a leading vendor in the imaging informatics space, announced that Michael W. Ferro, Jr. had resigned as chairman of the board and as a director, effectively immediately. The move came just two weeks after CEO Jeffery Surges resigned on Aug. 9.
August 26, 2013
Advocate Medical Group (AMG), part of the not-for-profit Downers Grove, Ill.-based integrated healthcare network, Advocate Health Care, had one of its administrative offices robbed in July, and computers with protected health information (PHI) were taken.
August 23, 2013
Missouri Health Connection (MHC) this week announced the launch of its statewide health information network, providing services to more than 7,000 physicians, serving patients in 62 hospitals and more than 350 clinics in the Show-Me State.
August 23, 2013
Community Health Systems, a Nashville-based nationwide operator of acute-care hospitals, and the Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit multi specialty academic medical center, are joining up to buy Akron General Health System under the umbrella of a joint subsidiary, the trio of providers announced this week.
August 22, 2013
UnitedHealthcare (UHC), the Minnetonka, Minn.-based health insurer, has improved its claims management website with the addition of an electronic bill-payment service that enables consumers to pay their medical bills, and manage their healthcare claims and related expenses all from one location
August 22, 2013
The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) will be providing its members with the Direct Project capabilities, which allows provider to securely exchange health information over the internet.
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