2012 Current Lead
With Outsourcing Solution, Hospital is on Track for ICD-10 Launch
When it comes to tackling complex projects like ICD-10 preparation and planning, outsourcing all or some of the tasks may give some much needed help to already stretched-to-the-limit hospital staffs. As with most hospitals, preparing for ICD-10 isn’t the only project on Fairfield Medical Center’s (FMC) plate. For the 222-bed hospital, located in Lancaster, Ohio, outsourcing made sense.
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2012 Current Feature
A growing body of research into how people are using video games to manage their health may give payers, providers, patients, and software developers some clues about what it takes to improve health while simultaneously reducing costs. “Video games can change people in fundamental ways that can lead to better health behaviors,” Debra Lieberman, Ph.D.,
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Reporting on Meaningful Use quality measures is getting a little easier for healthcare providers, thanks to the latest version of an open source solution. popHealth, an open source reference implementation software service developed by The MITRE Corporation in 2009 with funding from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) released its latest version earlier this
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Cerner, Inc.’s strong fourth quarter results for 2011 capped off what company executives described as a “record year” across all key measures. Bookings, a term which Cerner uses to describe contracts signed but not yet paid for, reached all-time high of $889 million in 4Q, representing a 44 percent increase over the same period last
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Simply providing patients with a method to access their healthcare information will not ensure changes in patient outcomes, according to a recent study whose findings may warrant some additional thinking about the patient engagement and empowerment elements of Stage 2 Meaningful Use. However, the study also suggests that providing educational and clinical intervention tools to
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Characterizing December as an “exceptional” month for Meaningful Use registration, attestation, and payments, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) officials recently announced that $2.5 billion in Meaningful Use incentive payments had been distributed as of December 2011. Additionally, Robert Tagalicod from CMS reported to the HIT Policy Committee at its meeting earlier this month
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Surprise surgery cancellations or delays were costing Presidio Surgery Center time and money and Jessie Scott, administrator of the center, knew she had to find a solution. Six months after implementing a Web-based pre-op system, Presidio has lowered operating costs by substantially reducing day-of-surgery cancellations, reclaimed valuable nursing time and increased patient satisfaction. “We had
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Breaking News
DiagnosisOne Teams with Allscripts LOWELL, Mass., Dec 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — DiagnosisOne, the clinical decision support and analytics company, today announced a strategic agreement with Allscripts, the leading global provider of Electronic Health Record (EHR) and other technologies essential to creating a Connected Community of Health(TM), to integrate its industry leading smartPath healthcare informatics platform with the
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Office equipment and software maker Xerox Corp. announced that its ACS subsidiary bought The Breakaway Group, a cloud-computing company, to expand its electronic medical records business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Breakaway Group, based in Denver, owns a training simulation program called PromisePoint that helps medical workers learn to use electronic records.
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Mirth Corporation, a global leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, announced that the Crescent City Beacon Community (CBCC), one of 17 federally funded Beacon Communities nationwide, will utilize their full suite of interoperability and care management solutions to achieve its innovative vision for connected care across the greater New Orleans area. The Beacon
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Orion Health, the leader in health information exchange (HIE) and healthcare integration solutions, today announced that St. Vincent’s HealthCare, a faith-based, not-for-profit health system in Jacksonville, Fla., has selected Orion Health HIE to connect disparate software systems and enable enterprise-wide sharing of clinical data as well as communications with community physicians. St. Vincent’s HealthCare will
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The Adirondack Region Medical Home Pilot Program recently had 29 of 31 primary care practices recognized as Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Homes from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) – the highest level achievable. With the implementation support services and expertise of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), the healthcare providers of the Adirondack
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Single Touch Systems Inc. announced an agreement with NextGen Management LLC that will allow doctors in NextGen’s network to deliver wellness-focused mobile communications and branded content to their patients. Utilizing Single Touch’s proprietary messaging platform, NextGen’s newest offering will be marketed to health care professionals under the brand name, “Doctor’s Communication Services” (DCS). This service
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