Author: trident50
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Health IT Now recomends HHS, Congress take steps against non-interoperable systems
Health IT Now, buoyed by Rand’s recent report on electronic health records, has called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Congress to “decertify systems that require additional modules, expenses, and customization to share data,” and to investigate business practices that prohibit or restrict data sharing in federal incentive programs. read more…
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Missouri Researchers Turn to In-Home Monitoring System to Close Healthcare Loop
University of Missouri researchers have announced they are working to develop an in-home health monitoring and alert system that streams patients’ individualized health information between homes and hospitals. University of Missouri researchers have announced they are working to develop an in-home health monitoring and alert system that streams patients’ individualized health information between homes and…
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IT boosts enrollment in public health programs, but human aid still necessary
A majority of participants in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program favored an online enrollment process, but a segment still wants to be able to interact with caseworkers, according to a study from Georgia State University. read more …read more
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Hospitals to feds: Finalize Meaningful Use flexibility rule ‘quickly’
The American Hospital Association “strongly” urges that a rule recently proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT providing flexibility in the criteria to be used when attesting to Meaningful Use in 2014 be finalized as soon as possible. read more …read more
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Five Points Healthcare announces acquisition of BestCare Home Care
Five Points Healthcare announced that it acquired BestCare Home Care on April 30, 2014. BestCare is a home health provider of Medicare-certified, Medicaid-waiver and personal care services throughout Northern and Western Virginia. …read more
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Farzad Mostashari-led startup to aid physician ACO efforts
Former National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari will lead a new startup to help physicians begin their own accountable care organizations. read more …read more
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Podcast: How Can the Meaningful Use Program be Improved Going Forward?
In this edition of the Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor, Gabriel Perna speaks with Jason Fortin, senior advisor with Impact Advisors, on the drama surrounding the controversial meaningful use program. How can CMS and ONC improve the program going forward to avoid an embarrassingly low attestation rate for Stage 2? In this edition of the…
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Mostashari Launches ACO Start-up Company
Farzad Mostashari, M.D., the former National Coordinator for Health IT, is starting up a company that aims to help primary care physicians form and connect with accountable care organizations (ACOs). Farzad Mostashari, M.D., the former National Coordinator for Health IT, is starting up a company that aims to help primary care physicians form and connect…
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Industry groups to Congress: Telemedicine licensing ‘out of date’
A pair of industry groups put pressure on Congress to update “out-of-date” licensing and reimbursement policies for telemedicine. read more …read more
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Survey: Majority of EHR Users Express Some Satisfaction With Their Systems
Nearly three-quarters of survey respondents indicated they were at least somewhat satisfied with their electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to new research from Austin, Tx.-based EHR reviewer Software Advice. Nearly three-quarters of survey respondents indicated they were at least somewhat satisfied with their electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to new research from Austin,…