Bernie Monegain
Medicare programs designed to boost the care of chronically ill patients while reducing hospital admissions and saving costs have largely failed, a new government-contracted study concludes.
The widespread use of healthcare information technology is a critical first step to curing much of what ails the healthcare system, the heads of three national healthcare organizations say in a "Shared Roadmap and Vision for Health IT," released Wednesday.
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions announced on Tuesday it plans to sell its Medication Services business.
San Jose, Calif.-based healthcare IT company Axolotl has created a four-person team dedicated to building New York's statewide health information network. The SHIN-NY development team will work with the New York Department of Health and the New York eHealth Collaborative.
The market for bringing healthcare data from disparate sources into one view is growing by leaps, according to a new study from KLAS, a healthcare research firm based in Orem, Utah. The study notes that software giant Microsoft is rapidly expanding its footprint in what KLAS calls an emerging aggregation market.
The Marshfield Clinic will roll out new business intelligence software to boost operations not only in the business centers, but also to improve care with better data.
South Carolina's 65 acute care hospitals are banding together to prevent healthcare-acquired infections across the state. The effort is expected to save hundreds of lives and as much $40 million a year.
Two physician organizations are weighing in on the healthcare piece of the economic stimulus package, calling on the president and Congress to support healthcare information technology, additional funding for primary care training, Medicaid funding for states and comparative effectiveness research.
Humana, one of the nation's largest health-benefits companies, has promised to adopt machine-readable patient ID cards and, in the process, won the acclaim of the Medical Group Management Association, which estimates the cards could save physician offices and hospitals as much as $1 billion a year.
More data means better care, and to that end Lourdes Hospital has expanded its Web-based clinical portal.