Tag: Health IT
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HIT Voices: The Policy Challenges Facing Healthcare IT Leaders (Part 3)
In the final part of our HIT voices series, Russ Branzell, CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and George T.“Buddy” Hickman, executive vice president and CIO of Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center and CHIME’s board chair discuss meaningful use. Just what is at stake if the Stage 2 timeline isn’t extended? Never…
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JHI signs agreement with HMV to enhance clinical care, patient safety and nursing education
Enhancements in clinical care and patient safety, medical research and nursing initiatives are at the core of a new affiliation agreement signed on Aug. 27 by Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Baltimore, USA, and Hospital Moinhos de Vento of Porto Alegre, one of Brazil’s leaders in health care delivery and innovation. Source: JHI signs agreement with…
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First Edition: August 28, 2013
Today’s headlines include reports about the vote by Michigan lawmakers to expand Medicaid. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130828/First-Edition-August-28-2013.aspx
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[VMI] Mobile Healthcare @ VMI
Android Application for healthcare assistance, controlling and measurment of movement.
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The impact of physicians’ retirement on access to health care
Some 10,000 baby boomers will retire every day for the next 19 years, including many doctors. But at the same time, more people will be looking for health providers under ObamaCare. Source: The impact of physicians’ retirement on access to health care
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State Highlights: N.H. pushes back at health care costs ahead of Obamacare
Health care spending has increased faster and reached higher levels in New Hampshire than in most other states, but hospitals, insurers and others have been trying to tackle the problem long before the Affordable Care Act. The New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, which promotes affordable, effective and accessible health care, has overseen several of the…
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Michigan lawmakers set to vote on Medicaid expansion
The Michigan Senate is weighing whether to expand Medicaid eligibility to allow 470,000 residents to qualify for the program in a closely-watched vote that has divided conservative Republicans and centrist Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. Lawmakers are slated to vote on three separate proposals Tuesday. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130828/Michigan-lawmakers-set-to-vote-on-Medicaid-expansion.aspx
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Meaningful Use 101: How to use Chart Talk to simplify Meaningful Use of an EHR
Chart Talk has made demonstrating Meaningful Use systematic. The clinical workflow was a primary concern when developing for Meaningful Use. Many EHR’s were … Video Rating: 5 / 5 This Customer testimonial video highlights how healthcare organizations can increase EMR adoption and achieve Meaningful Use faster with fast, secure access … Video Rating: 0 /…
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Health law in cross hairs as debt-limit deadline approaches
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Monday the nation will hit its debt limit in mid-October, setting up a potential clash between the White House and some House Republicans who say they will tie their votes on raising the debt ceiling to defunding the health law. Also in the news, a survey of business economists cites…
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Providers: Read the fine print in your EHR contracts
We all have a tendency to skip over the fine print sometimes; the car rental agreement, the parking garage receipt, etc. I’ve seen firsthand plenty of patients who don’t bother to read their HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices. So it’s particularly interesting to read that physicians are upset that electronic health record vendor Practice Fusion…