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May Features May Features
 Guest Blog 

Network management: What becomes possible with integration

 By James Evans, VP, financial and network management, McKesson Health Solutions on December 20, 2012

Jim Evans As I’ve written about in the first two parts of this series, network management must be retooled if health plans and their provider network are to meet the cost, quality, and...



 

 May's Thought Leader 

Benefiting from the changing nature of home visits

 By Kelly Monical on April 23, 2013

The concept of home visits is not new, and they are often called home assessments. A health plan sends a healthcare provider into a member’s home to address certain care needs. Often, these interactions have been thought to focus less on providing optimal patient care and more on optimizing risk scores for significant financial return for the health plan....




 Phil's Blog 

Who you callin' fat!?

 By Phil Colpas, Managing Editor on April 22, 2013

Phil Colpas
Let’s face it: Our collective health as a species has been mostly on the decline since we hit our personal, post-Industrial Revolution zenith; quite recently, in fact, when Homo sapiens boasted...



 

 Online Only Features 

Beyond the boom

 By Steven Heck, May 13, 2013

Signs about the future of the “provider IT boom” do not indicate a soft landing. Here's what you can do to prepare yourself and your organization....



Healthcare social media comes of age

 By Mike Coyne, May 6, 2013

How healthcare organizations can plan and design provider communications that align with key priorities throughout the year....



A day in the life of an implantable device

 By Suzanne Alexander-Vaughn, April 30, 2013

How collaboration and change can avoid errors and waste....



 

 

 On the radar... 

Study shows uninsured Americans not taking steps to ensure healthy future

Nearly one in four adults in the U.S. are currently without health insurance, and only 33 percent of those without insurance have...




UIC information specialists ease switch to new healthcare codes

CHICAGO, May 17, 2013 — University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed a website that walks healthcare...




McKesson announces nationwide expansion of its EHR give-away program, McKesson Gives Back

ATLANTA, May 14, 2013 — McKesson announced today the expanded, nationwide roll-out of its McKesson Gives Back program, a...




BridgeHead and NetApp collaborate to offer hospitals data and storage management solutions

Woburn, MA & Ashtead, UK — May 10, 2013 — BridgeHead Software, a healthcare data management company, today...




API Healthcare and Teletracking Technologies announce partnership

May 9, 2013 (Hartford, Wisc.)—API Healthcare and TeleTracking Technologies today announced they are partnering together to...




Pennsylvania radiology practice chooses McKesson for revenue management services

ATLANTA – May 8, 2013 — J.M. Winston Radiology Associates, Inc.,  a 6-physician radiology practice based in...




Hospital IT leaders agree on network priorities and future wireless challenges

CHICAGO (May 6, 2012) – Today HIMSS Analytics, with the support of Comcast Business, releases the results of a study of...




CHIME calls for Stage 2 extension in letter to senators

ANN ARBOR, MI, May 6, 2013 – Following a request for feedback from Senators in Washington on the status of health IT...




AHIMA advises CMS to adopt coding guidelines; vendors, users need code of ethics

Washington, D.C. – May 3, 2013 – Electronic health records (EHRs), when used correctly, produce more accurate...






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