Author: trident50
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Attesting to MU Stage 2: One Health System’s War Story
Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP), a three-hospital system headquartered in Covina, Calif. in the San Gabriel Valley, is one of the first (and only) provider organizations to have completed all of its reporting for year one of Stage 2. However, getting there was not easy. Two of the systems’ leaders explain the difficulties of meeting…
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Lessons from the Cincinnati Beacon Community project
While the Cincinnati Beacon Community project has shown results in improved care, it didn’t achieve all of its aims, according to an article published this month in Health Affairs. And the process wasn’t always smooth. read more …read more
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Adding community info to EHRs could prevent obesity, researchers say
As healthcare data mining grows in popularity, so do the calls to add more non-clinical data points to EHRs. The latest study finds iIncorporating community-level data might help doctors tailor their care and researchers better understand factors related to obesity. read more …read more
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Ex-HHS head Donna Shalala: Data sharing with payers requires trust
At a recent eMerge Americas digital business conference held in Miami Beach, Donna Shalala, former Clinton Administration secretary for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, spoke out on why healthcare providers are reluctant to share data with payers, InformationWeek reported. read more …read more
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Groups hit with record $4.8M HIPAA fine
Event Call out Unpublish: Mon, 06/16/2014 (All day) Event Teaser: This Privacy & Security Forum delivers what CIOs, CISOs and other healthcare IT leaders told us they want from an industry conference: peer-to-peer learning, case studies and forums to brainstorm and share ideas. To those shirking their HIPAA privacy and security duties: get ready to…
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State highlights: SEIU, hospital strike deal in Calif.; N.Y. Medicaid audit; dental therapists
A selection of health policy stories from California, New York, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana and North Carolina. …read more
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Expanding Medicaid access increases use of subspecialty surgical services in New York State
Researchers in the department of surgery at the University of Michigan have found that expanding access to Medicaid in New York State increased beneficiaries’ use of subspecialty surgical services. …read more
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Viewpoints: Evidence for Obamacare saving lives; a continuing role for Minnesotacare
People asking the ultimate question about the Affordable Care Act–will it actually save lives?–now have an answer, and it’s yes. …read more
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MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics open in central Georgia
The first MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics in central Georgia have opened inside two CVS/pharmacy stores in Macon and one in Warner Robbins. …read more
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Obama official: Make health IT real for people to speed adoption
Elsewhere, only four hospitals are enrolled in stage 2 of “meaningful use” — where they are paid for using electronic health records, and concierge medical services expand. …read more