Tag: informatics
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Cruz says immigration plan would affect workers’ benefits under health law; Senate panel hears concerns about Medicare audits
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, criticizes the pending immigration bill and health law while Medicare observation care and audits are hot topics during a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Also in the news, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, talks about hospital CEO pay. In addition, he and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., push to open the Medicare claims payment…
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Verizon Mobile Devices and Healthcare
In order to advance their commitment to make healthcare easier for both patients and their providers, Verizon is optimizing now commonplace mobile technology… Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Ind., Ark. Medicaid expansion plans take shape, but also take time
Also, news outlets examine the idea that the expansion’s new enrollees will likely be healthier than current beneficiaries but this will probably not relieve the expansion’s pressure on the health care workforce. Source: Ind., Ark. Medicaid expansion plans take shape, but also take time
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M. Rafi Mujahid at CMS-TMC, Mitha Tiwana with UOS_A_Committee (17-09-10) 22-24
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Tavenner outlines specifics on health exchanges, other health law issues
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chief Marilyn Tavenner discussed health exchanges, among other things, with Georgia Health News. Other news outlets detailed the exchange developments in Minnesota and Colorado. Source: Tavenner outlines specifics on health exchanges, other health law issues
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Electronic health records bring risks as well as benefits
When Scot Silverstein’s 84-year-old mother, Betty, starting mixing up her words, he worried she was having a stroke. So he rushed her to Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania…Electronic health records are supposed to improve medical care by providing physicians quick and easy access to a patient’s history, prescriptions, lab results and other vital data. Source:…
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AAHC develops online toolkit to address non-medical issues that impact health and well-being
The Association of Academic Health Centers has developed wherehealthbegins.org, an online toolkit of best practices and resources for academic health centers and their community partners to use in addressing the broad range of non-medical issues that impact health and well-being. Source: AAHC develops online toolkit to address non-medical issues that impact health and well-being
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Why Praxis EMR? (The true difference with other Electronic Medical Records Software)
Call us toll free at +1 (800) 985-6016. Template-free charting from Praxis EMR. Praxis EMR is the only EMR that gets smarter and faster the more you use it. Video Rating: 0 / 5 Video Rating: 0 / 5
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LIVE FROM AMDIS: ONC’s Reider and Muntz Respond to CMIOs’ Concerns
In a June 26 presentation to CMIOs gathered at the annual AMDIS Physician-Computer Connection Symposium being held in Ojai, California, senior ONC officials Jacob Reider, M.D. and David Muntz addressed medical informaticist concerns over meaningful use. In a morning presentation to many of the nation’s leading CMIOs, Jacob Reider, M.D. and David Muntz, senior officials…
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Physician adoption of EHRs continues to rise
Physician adoption of electronic health records continues to increase, with 50.3 percent of practices reporting their use in January 2013, up from 49.6 percent in July 2012, according to a newly released report from Irvine, Calif.-based healthcare marketing firm SK&A. read more Source: Physician adoption of EHRs continues to rise