Tag: ehr
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Research roundup: Examining the health of future Medicaid patients; Rural trauma care issues; Lessons from Medicare Part D
Under the federal health law, states have the option of expanding Medicaid coverage to most-low income populations, potentially adding millions of new enrollees. Researchers analyzed 2007-2010 survey data from a study population of more than 1,000 people, and found that, compared to adults already enrolled in state Medicaid programs, low-income uninsured adults who stand to…
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Political fight jeopardizes Mississippi’s entire Medicaid program
The state’s Democratic and Republican lawmakers are embroiled in a game of chicken that threatens to blow up the Medicaid program, which serves 700,000 poor Mississipians. Meanwhile, reports from Indiana, Montana and California detail other developments related to state officials’ decisions about whether to expand the program under the health law. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130625/Political-fight-jeopardizes-Mississippis-entire-Medicaid-program.aspx
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Intel and Jaotech Transforming Healthcare
See how Intel and Jaotech technologies are delivering intelligent bedside terminals which combine medical care access and patient entertainment. Mark Blatt, MD, Worldwide Medical Director at Intel, sits down with the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Ebenezer Applah-Denkyria, to talk a… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Oklahoma Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Success: Drs. Melissa and Jeffrey Gastorf
Drs. Melissa and Jeffrey Gastorf describe their experience of upgrading to electronic health records, and receiving their CMS Incentive Program payment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a National Provider Call on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule to Address the 2012 Physician Quali… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Viewpoints: Mich. gov. says Medicaid expansion would save money, lives; CMS on making medical devices affordable
The people of Michigan elected the members of the state Senate to be leaders, not vacationers. Unfortunately, the Senate forgot that Thursday and adjourned for its summer vacation. It left Lansing without voting on a bill that would provide health care coverage to nearly half a million working Michiganders. Ensuring access to affordable, quality health…
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Dea Belazi, PharmD, Discusses Medication Adherence
Dea Belazi, PharmD, Vice President, Payer & Healthcare Solutions, Source Healthcare Analytics, says that medication adherence is a major keystone that allows…
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Connecting the Meditech Hospitals in Massachusetts
Yesterday I joined several Massachusetts CIOs at a Meditech healthcare information exchange kickoff meeting. Here are the slides we used. Meditech has chosen to do the right thing – support the Direct protocol without requiring a vendor specific HISP, an interoperability “subscription” or transaction fees. Nationwide, any of Meditech’s Meaningful Use Stage 2 certified platforms…
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MeHI Awards $2.35 Million to Accelerate Connections to Statewide HIE
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MeHI) has announced 32 collaborative projects that will receive HIway Implementation Grants of up to $75,000 each that will assist 80 healthcare organizations across the Commonwealth in connecting to the statewide health information exchange (HIE), the Mass HIway, enabling them to improve patient care and reduce…
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The Unfilled Opportunity
We’ve come a long way with telemedicine and yet it’s in its “relative infancy,” a recent report from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) revealed. That’s too bad because as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) showed me, there’s a lot of opportunity out there for it to do more. I’ve been thinking…
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Discovery 13: Mobile Healthcare Futures Panel
Mobile healthcare is a very sensitive topic. Although it is high on both personal and institutional agendas, the all-encompassing benefits of provisioning se… Healthcare Chief Medical Information Office, Dr. Ferdinand Velasco, speaks with Maribel Lopez of Lopez Research on how doctors are embracing mobile devices a… Video Rating: 0 / 5