Tag: Health IT
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Study: Doctors Favor Integrated EMR, Practice Management System
While large institutions may not be jumping onto cloud-based technologies — or admitting it, in any event — the majority of doctors in a new Black Book survey are gung-ho on cloud solutions to their revenue cycle management dilemmas, according to a new piece in Healthcare IT News. A new Black Book study, “Top Physician…
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Health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving public’s health
A researcher’s voice of reason entered the national debate on “Obamacare” today when Springer Science+Business Media released The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment: Health Policy Innovations and Lessons, edited by Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH and June S. Wasser, MA. The book’s fresh perspective asserts that health policy innovation is translational research directed…
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Overly ambitious objectives may limit success of Meaningful Use EHR Incentive program
An aggressive timeline combined with overly ambitious objectives may unnecessarily limit the success of the entire Meaningful Use EHR Incentive program, the American College of Physicians (ACP) warned today in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Source: Overly…
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As opponent presses McConnell on conservative credentials, Senate Minority Leader to offer new bill delaying health law provision
This might come as news to the Obama administration-;Mitch McConnell apparently has done nothing in the Senate to thwart the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. At least that’s the charge leveled by Matt Bevin, a tea party-backed candidate who claims the Republican leader is not conservative enough. Source: As opponent presses McConnell on conservative credentials,…
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Verizon Powerful Answers In Motion Mobile Healthcare
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Researchers find decline in number of minority patients with Medicare receiving bariatric surgery
Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities’ access to care. This is according to a new research letter published online in the September 12 issue of JAMA which compares rates of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery for minority Medicare vs. non-Medicare patients before and after implementation of a Medicare coverage policy. From:…
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Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities’ access to care
Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities’ access to care. This is according to a new research letter published online in the September 12 issue of JAMA which compares rates of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery for minority Medicare vs. non-Medicare patients before and after implementation of a Medicare coverage policy. From:…
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As marketplaces get ready for opening, several states still facing debates about Medicaid expansion
Pennsylvania and Ohio are among the states where the Medicaid question is still in play this year. Meanwhile, in Arizona, an effort to get a referendum to block the expansion fails and an advocacy group vows to bring a lawsuit to stop it. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130913/As-marketplaces-get-ready-for-opening-several-states-still-facing-debates-about-Medicaid-expansion.aspx
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Revised Medicaid sterilization policy supports minority women at risk for unintended pregnancies
A revised Medicaid sterilization policy that removes logistical barriers, including a mandatory 30-day waiting period, could potentially honor women’s reproductive decisions, reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and save $215 million in public health costs each year, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130913/Revised-Medicaid-sterilization-policy-supports-minority-women-at-risk-for-unintended-pregnancies.aspx
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NJIT Electronic Medical Records
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