Tag: ehr
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Groups push for release of final device identifier rule
A range of patient advocacy groups is urging the Office of Management and Budget to release a final Unique Device Identification (UDI) rule as soon as possible. read more Source: Groups push for release of final device identifier rule
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From Paper To iPads: One Doctor’s Search For The Perfect EHR
In 2005, a group of skilled and experienced Board Certified surgeons came together to form Central Park ENT and Surgery Center (CPENT). Central Park ENT offers multidisciplinary care of a wide range of conditions for all people, served by seven dedicated surgeons. Source: From Paper To iPads: One Doctor's Search For The Perfect EHR
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EHR and HIT News for July 25th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes partnership news from Amazing Charts that will allow their client physicians to access and respond to after-hours messages using a mobile phone app. There is also news from Axial Exchange announcing improvements to their patient engagement app. Amazing Charts Partners with Ringadoc to Improve Efficiency of After-Hours Calls…
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Viewpoints: Doctors’ sway over Medicare pay; hospital rankings not all they seem; legal immigrants’ health needs overlooked
Reporters Peter Whoriskey and Dan Keating have opened Post readers’ eyes to the fact that Medicare pays for physician services -; a $69.6 billion item in 2012 -; according to an arcane and little-known price list, over which doctors themselves exercise considerable and less-than-totally-transparent influence (7/24). From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130726/Viewpoints-Doctors-sway-over-Medicare-pay3b-hospital-rankings-not-all-they-seem3b-legal-immigrants-health-needs-overlooked.aspx
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State highlights: D.C. to use cash reserves to pay Medicaid providers off; Texas, Planned Parenthood reach overbilling settlement; Veteran health centers at colleges
How do you spend $48 million in unbudgeted taxpayer money without getting an OK from elected lawmakers? In the District of Columbia, there’s pretty much only one way, and that’s the way Mayor Vincent C. Gray is proposing to settle a high-stakes dispute with D.C. Chartered Health Plan. Gray spokesman Pedro Ribeiro confirmed Wednesday that…
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Report shows almost 4 million Canadians struggle to afford food
A new report by researchers at the University of Toronto shows that almost four million Canadians are struggling to put the food they need on the table because of food insecurity. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130726/Report-shows-almost-4-million-Canadians-struggle-to-afford-food.aspx
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Health Apps: FOODUCATE
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For many states, Medicaid expansion plans remain unsettled
Federal officials remind Florida lawmakers that it is not too late to opt into the program, while in Virginia, Politico reports the issue could be decided by this fall’s gubernatorial election. Also, an Arizona push to get the issue on the ballot in November may fail because of paperwork errors and the Michigan Senate considers…
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Two GOP senators push to choke off IRS health law implementation funds
Also in the news, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is positioning himself to be the lead sponsor of legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. Meanwhile, the nursing home industry is stepping up its lobbying efforts to protect its Medicare funding. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130726/Two-GOP-senators-push-to-choke-off-IRS-health-law-implementation-funds.aspx
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2012 Health Privacy Summit – “Big Data — More Information & More Risks”
The third panel at the 2nd International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy was: “Big Data — More Information & More Risks” This panel explores how EHRs,… Video Rating: 5 / 5 Advanced Analytics for All: Enabling business users to act on length of stay patterns at a leading hospital system- The future of…