Author: trident50
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Indian Health Service contributes open-source code to OSEHRA
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service has contributed an open-source version of its Resource and Patient Management System to the Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance Technical Journal. read more …read more
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AHIP Will Showcase Healthcare Pricing Data through Portals
American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national trade association representing the health insurance industry, is making a move toward transparency. American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national trade association representing the health insurance industry, is making a move toward transparency. AHIP has announced a collaborative agreement with HealthSparq, a Portland, Ore.-based vendor that provides pricing…
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Calif. ACO Saves $4.7M in Six Months
The accountable care organization (ACO) formed by Anthem Blue Cross and the Torrance, Calif.-based HealthCare Partners has produced $4.7 million in savings for the first six months of 2013 compared to a comparison group, the two organizations have announced. The accountable care organization (ACO) formed by Anthem Blue Cross and the Torrance, Calif.-based HealthCare Partners…
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CommonWell interoperability available this summer
Fifteen months after banding together in the name of electronic health record interoperability, the CommonWell Health Alliance–which includes EHR vendors Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, CPSI, Greenway and McKesson–plans to officially begin delivering on that promise this summer. read more …read more
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Telehealth provides support to rural consultants on forensic examinations for sexual abuse
Telehealth support for rural consultants is shown to improve the quality of forensic exams for sexual abuse, according to a study published in Child Abuse & Neglect. read more …read more
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Apple to FDA: There’s a ‘moral obligation’ to do more with health sensors
Apple officials expressed that the IT industry may have a “moral obligation” to “do more” with health sensors and other similar devices in a conversation held in December with U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials. read more …read more
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IBM, Epic join forces to vie for Pentagon EHR contract
IBM and Verona, Wisconsin-based Epic have joined forces to compete for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract, which will replace and modernize the agency’s electronic health record system. read more …read more
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Testimony raises plenty of concerns about ICD-10 delays
With the ICD-10 delay, CMS has squandered the opportunity to learn from the mistakes made with the 2012 switch in transaction standards, according to Holly Louie, chair of the Healthcare Billing and Management Association’s ICD-10 Committee. read more …read more
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At Kaiser Permanente, big data aids the youngest patients
Big data is making headway in healthcare, and Kaiser Permanente is showing what can be done with that information by using data techniques to help the most vulnerable among us–infants. read more …read more
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 attestations still lackluster, CMS says
While the majority of eligible hospitals and eligible professionals have attested to Stage 1 of Meaningful Use, only 447 EPs and eight EHs have attested to Stage 2 in 2014, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported at the June 10 Health IT Policy Committee meeting. read more…