Tag: ehr
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4 ways to get personal about mHealth
In a world boasting seemingly futuristic technologies such as Wi-Fi-enabled pill bottles and pills that trigger an e-mail alert upon hitting the stomach, there are still hospitals that have yet to grant patients access to their electronic health records. read more
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EHR Association offers Code of Conduct
Calling it a landmark move, the HIMSS EHR Association, a collaboration of more than 40 EHR companies, today released an EHR Developer Code of Conduct. read more
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Practices embracing HIE, replacing EHRs
More than a third of physician practices plan to purchase, replace or upgrade ambulatory EHR systems, according to HIMSS Analytics’ newest Ambulatory Electronic Health Record & Practice Management Study. Meanwhile, nearly half of physician groups say they’ll join an HIE. read more
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IG report: $543 million in Medicare overpayments remain uncollected
USA Today reports that the inspector general’s report noted that one of the factors keeping the government from recouping these funds was problems with a new accounting system. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare reports that these types of overpayments are some of the most difficult to collect. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130703/IG-report-24543-million-in-Medicare-overpayments-remain-uncollected.aspx
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Providers: Assess the risks in EHR vendor contracting
Providers need look beyond electronic health record vendor contracts themselves and take a risk management approach when evaluating an EHR purchase, since there are so many vendor-related risks that can adversely affect them, according to John Christiansen, a health attorney with Seattle-based Christiansen IT Law. read more Source: Providers: Assess the risks in EHR vendor…
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State highlights: Dartmouth joins N.H. Medicaid managed care
New Hampshire’s largest health care provider signed contracts Monday with three health care plans to join the state’s managed care network for Medicaid — a key to getting the network operating. Dartmouth-Hitchcock announced it will work with Well Sense Health Plan, Granite State Health Plan and Meridian Health Plan of New Hampshire to provide coordinated…
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Clash of clan join mr.virgin and ask stuff I’m health caster 2 have fun
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Jason at CMS
Recorded on November 10, 2011 using a Flip Video camcorder. Video Rating: 0 / 5
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Dispatch from Osaka
This week I’m in Osaka keynoting the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society annual meeting. Dr. Hiroyuki Yoshihara, my colleague from Kyoto University, hosted a pre-conference workshop on the state of EHRs throughout the world. For years I’ve said that the challenges of EHR adoption and healthcare information exchange are the same in every…
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Big data, advanced analytics, and speed
Robert Tas, managing director and head of digital marketing at JP Morgan Chase, explains how digital analytics can now provide near instant information about…