Tag: ehr
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Passes Bill to Repeal SGR
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 51-0 to approve bipartisan legislation that would replace the current Medicare payment model— known as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)—with a stable system of payments to reimburse U.S. doctors. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 51-0 to approve bipartisan legislation that would replace the current Medicare payment…
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Physician profile data hub planned
A centralized data hub of physician profiles is in the works through an information-sharing company called Data Commons, a joint venture of leading organizations in medical education, licensure and… read more Source: Physician profile data hub planned
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North Carolina moves toward greater cost transparency; Keystone HIE will include heart monitoring info;
News From Around the Web > North Carolina is making moves to improve health cost transparency, according to an article in the Charlotte Business Journal. Starting next year, patients in the Tar… read more Source: North Carolina moves toward greater cost transparency; Keystone HIE will include heart monitoring info;
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KLAS Report: Smart Pump/EMR Integration Harder Than Expected, but Worth It
The momentum surrounding the adoption of integrating smart pumps and EMR technology is outweighing the myriad of integration challenges facing providers. In a recent report entitled Smart Pump/EMR Integration: Not Easy, but Worth the Effort, early adopters share their insights, progress, and the impact this technology is having in their organizations. “Providers make it clear…
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Can Healthcare “Step on a Scale” Today?
At the Healthcare Forum, Dr. Farzad Mostashari posited an important question: Can healthcare step on a scale today? Embedded in this question is the idea that healthcare should have a simple way to measure the quality of care it provides. Dr. Mostashari suggested that most practices today can’t step on the proverbial scale. However, the…
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Medicare premiums hold the line — increasing $1 in price from the past three years
The Obama administration cast the average monthly premium price increase as a matter of inches. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130801/Medicare-premiums-hold-the-line-increasing-241-in-price-from-the-past-three-years.aspx
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ONC contract guidance attempts to level the EHR playing field
Regular readers of FierceEMR know that I tend to be cynical about new developments. I don't take them at face value and delve deeper to see if there's anything in addition going on behind the scenes. And so it is with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's new “legal” guidance on EHR…
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Data hub will be key to health law operation but also raises privacy concerns
Bloomberg news service examines the complications involved in building the hub that will connect databases of seven federal agencies. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130801/Data-hub-will-be-key-to-health-law-operation-but-also-raises-privacy-concerns.aspx
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Clint McClellan: 2011 mHealth Summit
http://www.mhealthalliance.org Clint McClellan, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing at Qualcomm, Inc. and Chairman of the Board for Continua Health Allian… Victry, a community health worker, uses the Vodacom mHealth Applications known as Nompilo. Nompilo means “Mother of Health” in Zulu and is a name often ascri…
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Cedars-Sinai physicist receives William D. Coolidge Award for pioneering work in radiation oncology
Benedick Fraass, PhD, FAAPM, FASTRO, FACR, received the highest honor from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine — the William D. Coolidge Award — for his distinguished career achievements in medical physics, including his pioneering work in radiation oncology. Source: Cedars-Sinai physicist receives William D. Coolidge Award for pioneering work in radiation oncology