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Taking an open (source) approach to HIT challenges There are three key areas of open-source innovation that can significantly benefit IT departments with...
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E-procurement 101 for health plans Reduce costs and meet medical loss ratio requirements using a centrally controlled, Web-based process...
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Three keys to improving self-pay patient collections You can shorten the billing cycle and increase patient satisfaction by following these important guidelines....
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Expert: Cloud computing a game changer for businesses Cloud computing is a game changer for businesses, which now face the choice of adapting to the demand...
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Medical facilities protect against unauthorized access Not just doors, but cabinets, carts, computers, ambulances and parking lots can be secured using the...
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In or out? HIE patient consent 101 How to populate a successful HIE with the right data, while simultaneously maintaining patient privacy...
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Industry News
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California acute-care teaching hospital turns to McKesson to centralize billing ATLANTA, Feb. 2, 2012 – Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., has selected McKesson Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) to help transform its revenue cycle operations. With 100 physicians and 115...
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Denmark selects InterSystems HealthShare for countrywide HIE CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—February 2, 2012—InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, today announced that InterSystems HealthShare has been chosen to support health information...
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AHIMA warns: ‘Keep moving on ICD-10 transition’ CHICAGO – Jan. 30, 2012 – The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) today urged the healthcare community to continue preparing for the transition to the ICD-10 classification system,...
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AAPPO unites with third-party administrators to form new healthcare industry association WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PPO association advocating for payer and network stakeholders, the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations (AAPPO), is uniting with...
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Intel and United Nations Population Fund boost health worker skills globally UNITED NATIONS, New York and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2012 – The high number of unnecessary deaths during pregnancy and childbirth is unacceptable for Intel Corporation and UNFPA, the United Nations...
Health Management Technology
Viewpoint
As we prepare for HIMSS12, which will be held Feb. 20-24 at the Las Vegas Venetian Sands Expo Center, I find myself wondering what attendees in the earlier days of HIMSS would think of the exhibition today....
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An EHR that delivers results
Arizona doctors credit EHR with helping them grow their practice into the largest of its specialty in the state. Before implementing an electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) system,...
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The industry needs to focus on building EHRs that decrease medical errors and enhance patient care. Achieving high-quality, cost-effective care requires an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes...
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The impact of regulatory compliance on patient relationship. Healthcare professionals are routinely confronted with a frustrating irony: The measures they take to satisfy compliance regulations and...
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Transferring data securely from medical devices to EMRs
Cardiac clinic moves closer to going paperless. Administrators in the cardiac electrophysiology clinic at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, struggled...
Read More...Making the cloud work for healthcare
The healthcare industry is looking to technology to improve patient care and efficiency. So it’s no surprise that many healthcare organizations have been looking closely at the advent of perhaps the...
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New TIA-1179 standard supports IP convergence of CIS
With healthcare networks expanding to support an increasing number of applications...
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It’s no secret that our computer hard drives contain information we’d rather keep secret...
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A closer look at ACOs
Patients and quality care come first.
Requiring the person or people responsible for the care of an individual to be accountable for the outcomes of that care seems like a reasonable progression...
Eight reasons payer interoperability and data sharing are essential in ACOs
Interoperability standards could be a prerequisite to measuring care.
As part of healthcare reform, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a growing foundation for the future of healthcare....
Revenue Cycle Management Feature Stories
How to make a turnaround
Today, ABQ Health Partners is a multi-faceted entity encompassing four urgent care centers...
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The quest for revenue recovery has never been more critical for hospitals. In an environment where every dollar counts, hospitals simply cannot afford mistakes in the revenue cycle management department,...
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