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Medical offices owned by hospitals and health systems are the leaders in adopting electronic health record technology, according to the latest results of an ongoing survey released Monday by SK&A, a healthcare information solutions and research provider.
Medical practices that have implemented an electronic health record system report better financial performance than those that have not, according to the Medical Group Management Association's newly released "Electronic Health Records Impacts on Revenue, Costs, and Staffing: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data."
With its investment in CardioNexus Corporation, a portfolio company of Houston's Fairway Medical Technologies, Panasonic Corporation of North America has signaled its plans to become a player in the increasingly important field of personalized preventive medicine.
Rigorous performance measurement and evaluation - best accomplished with an electronic health record system - will be critical to the success of accountable care organizations, according to industry experts.
Add this to the perils of healthcare leadership - more information might make you dumber. That's the warning Malcolm Gladwell offered Sunday night in his keynote address to approximately 4,500 attendees at the MGMA 2010 annual conference, which kicked off at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
In a move that will broaden its reach in the hospital communications market – and, ideally, save lives – Vocera, which develops point of care communications solutions, has acquired two companies, Clinical Health Communications and Integrated Voice Solutions.
An intensive population management program that matches heart disease patients to personal nurses and clinical pharmacy specialists is able to save lives, reduce hospital visits and drive down costs, according to a new study from Kaiser Permanente Colorado.
The United States Armed Forces spent some significant money with three big vendors this October, adding to and improving its healthcare IT capabilities.
"We were hearing a lot of, 'OK, I get that Covisint will help deliver the data back and forth, but what do we do with it? How can we change it into information that will help the physician make better decisions?’"
Katie Carolan, director of operations at Baltimore-based Health Record Services (HRS), spends a lot of time giving presentations at state American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) shows and talking to her own clients about the looming switch to ICD-10. How prepared are people to meet the October 2013 deadline?