Tag: Health IT
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3 reasons most EHR vendors will be out of business by 2017
The crowded field of electronic health record vendors will be slashed to less than half by 2017, or by the implementation of Meaningful Use Stage 3–whichever comes first–according to a new Black Book Market Research report. read more Source: 3 reasons most EHR vendors will be out of business by 2017
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ONC issues surveillance guidance for certifcation contractors
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT has issued its first surveillance guidance to assist its ONC-Authorized Certification Bodies (ONC-ACBs), which certify which electronic health record products qualify for participation in the Meaningful Use Incentive program. read more Source: ONC issues surveillance guidance for certifcation contractors
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SRII 2012 – Big Data and Advanced Analytics Keynote Panel
Big Data and Advanced Analytics Keynote Panel with Brian Aker, Anjul Bhambhri, John Roese, Arijit Sengupta, and David Tennenhouse at SRII Global Leadership S… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Self-referred biopsies cost taxpayers millions, GAO reports
Physicians who prepare and examine tissue samples within their own practices, or who use services in which they have a financial interest, report higher use of these services, which could be driving up costs to Medicare, according to the Government Accountability Office. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130717/Self-referred-biopsies-cost-taxpayers-millions-GAO-reports.aspx
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What Does the Downshifting of Some of Medicare’s Pioneer ACOs Really Mean?
The July 16 announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that nine of the 32 patient care organizations participating in the Pioneer ACO Shared Savings Program were leaving the Pioneer program, with two of them leaving the Medicare Shared Savings Program altogether, was cause for reflective pause. But is the glass half-empty or…
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Cloud: TekLinks, an IBM Business Partner, Offers Solutions to Help Midsize Businesses
Learn more at: https://www.ibm.com/engines David Powell, VP of TekLinks, explains how a business partnership with IBM helps TekLinks provide security assuran…
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Nurses: New EHR system putting patients at risk
Sutter Corporation's launch of a new electronic health record system at its East Bay hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area is causing numerous problems and putting patients at risk, according to the California Nurses Association. read more Source: Nurses: New EHR system putting patients at risk
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Inside the Intel skoool™ Healthcare Education Platform
Watch this overview to learn why Intel created the skoool™ Healthcare Education Platform to bring information and training to 1 million healthcare workers in… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Lifting the Cloud of Secrecy over Healthcare Prices
The mystery regarding America’s high healthcare prices is increasingly becoming public knowledge. It’s not just the CMS releasing hospital outpatient data; it’s organizations like Fair Health and a database that has information on 16 billion billed medical and dental services. Forget the snake—this is the year of transparency. Secret societies. Price-fixing. A nation’s healthcare system…