Author: trident50
-
Cigna profits are up but costs from early marketplace customers also higher than expected
The insurer also said “effective medical management” in its employer plans and Medicare Advantage business was helping rein in expenses, The Wall Street Journal reports. …read more
-
Consolidation and other insights from the 2014 Meaningful Use EHR Market Share Report
Software Advice recently published their 2014 Meaningful Use EHR Market Share Report (a SlideShare version is also available). They reported that in contrast to the buzz about this impending market consolidation, they found a trend toward fragmentation; in fact, the number of vendors in the health space with MU attestations actually grew 25% in the…
-
Brief EHR Notes, 40% EHR Replacement, and $23 Billion EHR Market
RT @kevinmd: Brevity is the soul of a good EMR note http://t.co/AuHO9FWPp2 — athenahealth (@athenahealth) May 4, 2014 It’s amazing how this has shifted. When I first started blogging about EMR, it was all about the lengthy note to justify the higher billing. We’re still dealing with the impact of that choice. I’m still not…
-
Morning Headlines 5/5/14
Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND reports $72.9 million loss Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota releases its 2013 year-end report. Within the report, BCBS-ND discloses that its bottom line dropped $72 million, compared to 2012. Its subsidiary Noridian Healthcare Solutions took a $51 million loss after being fired as the lead contractor on…
-
Huge growth ahead for mHealth monitoring, diagnostic devices
In just six years the mHealth monitoring and diagnostic medical device segment will be a $8.03 billion market, representing an annual growth rate of 43.3 percent from 2014 through 2019, reveals a new Transparency Market Research report. read more …read more
-
Monday Morning Update 5/5/14
Top News Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota partially blames its poor 2013 performance on newly implemented EHRs of providers that delayed their insurance claims submissions, which it says caused it to underestimate the value of those claims. I didn’t realize until reading the CEO’s discussion that Noridian Healthcare Solutions is a subsidiary of…
-
IHI’s Goldmann: Making Explicit the Link Between EHRs and the Triple Aim
0 Don Goldmann, M.D., the chief medical officer and chief scientific officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, gave a bracing opening keynote address at this week’s Healthcare Informatics Executive Summit, reminding us all of the bigger picture around electronic patient information Don Goldmann, M.D. read more …read more
-
Pilot taps text to deliver pre-natal support for rural moms-to-be
A new program developed by University of British Columbia researchers aims to provide pregnant women living in rural locations with needed prenatal care through text messaging. read more …read more
-
Using Healthcare I.T. to Reach Out to the Underserved
0 As the number of insured Americans increases under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, how is healthcare IT playing to make sure that this new population is getting the quality of healthcare they need and are entitled to? After all, nationally the number of Americans who are newly enrolled in private health insurance…
-
FDA says da Vinci robot adequately addressed risks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week declared the maker of the Da Vinci robot surgical system has adequately addressed violations the agency pointed out last summer, MedScape reports. read more …read more