Tag: informatics
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As EHRs increasingly go mobile, prioritize security efforts
I read with great interest my colleague Greg Slabodkin's thought-provoking commentary this week about electronic health records and mobile technology. Slabodkin, the editor of FierceMobileHealthcare, noted both the “meteoritic” rise in demand for mobile device EHR applications by physicians and the fact that use of mobile technology could make users more satisfied with their EHRs.…
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Telehealth sees explosive growth
Healthcare providers are taking telemedicine to new heights, with the market seeing growth of a whopping 237 percent within a five-year period, according to a new Kalorama report. Officials say the telemedicine patient monitoring market grew from $4.2 billion in 2007 to more than $10 billion in 2012. According to the report, the market itself…
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Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement
Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician network and Accountable Care Organization consisting of almost 300 healthcare practitioners, announced that it has signed a Patient Centered Primary Care agreement with Empire BlueCross BlueShield. …read more Source: Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement
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State highlights: Conn. bill would maintain coverage for low-income parents; Wis. may pay hospitals for uninsured care; Is hospital data sale a risk to patient privacy?
The House of Representatives adopted an omnibus bill Tuesday to implement numerous social service policy changes in the next state budget, including the end of a health coverage program launched by former Gov. M. Jodi Rell to help the uninsured. One thing it doesn’t change: Medicaid eligibility for low-income parents. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had…
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Viewpoints: Kasich on what would Reagan do about Medicaid; The need for more doctors
Leaders in the states that have decided against expanding (Medicaid) have often invoked Reagan conservatism as the reason to oppose extending Medicaid health care coverage to more people. After all, doesn’t (Ronald) Reagan embody modern conservatism? He cut taxes, cut government red tape and fought the growth of entitlements. Yes, he did all those things.…
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NAHQ offers recommendations to preserve integrity of health care quality and patient safety systems
For too long, progress in preventing medication errors and other mistakes that compromise patient safety in healthcare facilities has been unacceptably slow and patients in the majority of U.S. hospitals may not be much safer today than they were 10 years ago, according to an editorial published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality. …read more…
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Habilitative services face uncertain future under Affordable Care Act
Despite their inclusion as essential health benefits, habilitative services face an uncertain future under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new analysis done at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. …read more Source: Habilitative services face uncertain future under Affordable Care Act
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‘Doc fix’ momentum builds among House Republicans
GOP staff of the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees released a framework for repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula. One House Democrat said the approach wasn’t strong enough. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130606/Doc-fix-momentum-builds-among-House-Republicans.aspx
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Docs, hospitals, unions unite to protest Calif. planned Medicaid cut
Health care professionals — doctors, hospitals and unionized health care workers — protested planned cuts to California’s Medicaid system — Medi-Cal– at the state capitol on Tuesday. They say the governor’s proposed budget could shutter a medical center and force doctors to stop taking patients on the program. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130606/Docs-hospitals-unions-unite-to-protest-Calif-planned-Medicaid-cut.aspx
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Commercial insurers less likely to offer ACOs ‘upside-only’ shared-savings arrangements, study finds
Commercial insurers participating in accountable care arrangements are less likely than Medicare to use payment models featuring the “upside-only” shared savings preferred by providers, according to an analysis by Premier. …read more Source: Commercial insurers less likely to offer ACOs 'upside-only' shared-savings arrangements, study finds