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By Diana Manos | 11:57 am | August 30, 2013
A new poll by the American College of Physician Executives was prompted by a federal court judge's decision to overturn a longstanding injunction that prevented CMS from releasing information about payments to individual physicians.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:10 am | August 30, 2013
Dr. Donald Berwick might be running for Governor of Massachusetts, but he's still got a foothold in his former life. Berwick has a long record as the leading authority on healthcare quality and now he finds himself making recommendations for improving safety and restoring confidence in England's National Health Service
By MC4 Public Affairs | 10:33 am | August 30, 2013
Testing is concluded and the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care EMR 2.2.0.0 will bring new parts, including a medical reference application and an updated GUI.
By Erin McCann | 11:44 am | August 29, 2013
Hundreds of patients seen at the medical group practice of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School are being notified that their protected health information has been compromised after an unencrypted laptop was discovered missing from a medical clinic.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:42 am | August 29, 2013
For the residents of an isolated Native American community perched on 112,870 acres of grassland and desert along the border of Nevada and Utah, healthcare will soon be available at the click of an icon.
By Anthony Brino | 12:28 pm | August 28, 2013
With a $93 million federal loan, the cooperative Meritus Health Partners will appear alongside large national insurers on the federally-run insurance marketplace website.
By Erin McCann | 11:43 am | August 28, 2013
The nearly $1 billion electronic health record system at Sutter Health in Northern California crashed in August, leaving nurses and clinical staff not only unable to access vital patient information for a full day, but also scrambling to record new data on paper.
By Diana Manos | 11:38 am | August 28, 2013
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Lockheed Martin a $47.7 million contract to continue providing information technology and operational and logistics support for multiple divisions of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response.
By Kevin Fuller | 11:22 am | August 28, 2013
Lisa Burdue, accounts receivable manager with Internal Medicine Specialists, a gastroenterology and nephrology clinic in Central Florida, has seen firsthand how state-of-the-art revenue cycle technologies can boost reimbursement.
By Mike Miliard | 10:57 am | August 28, 2013
Chock full of IT talent, the San Diego Beacon community is well positioned for a sustainable future. As its health information exchange gains momentum, it's starting to see "how the water flows through the pipes."