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By Patty Enrado | 03:31 pm | July 31, 2009
When Community Health Plan of Washington implemented ZeOmega’s Jiva care management software in October 2008, the health plan saw the immediate elimination of duplicate assessments being done on the same patients by its use, disease and case management departments, said Sandra Hewett, the plan’s delegated services administrator.
By Patty Enrado | 03:27 pm | July 31, 2009
After a successful pilot in its Hudson, N.Y. region, MVP Healthcare is rolling out McKesson’s Advanced Diagnostics Management (ADM) to the rest of its provider network to automate the clinical review and authorization of imaging tests.
By Patty Enrado | 03:25 pm | July 31, 2009
Since Geisinger Health Plan began predictive modeling for Health Navigator, its medical home program, nearly two years ago, the payer has seen a decrease in hospital admissions for its high-risk members in disease and case management.
By Kyle Hardy | 03:18 pm | July 31, 2009
Physicians fail to share abnormal test results with patients in one out of every 14 medical tests, undermining the claimed efficacy of electronic medical records, according to a recent study.
By Molly Merrill | 02:29 pm | July 31, 2009
The House Committee on Small Businesses is reviewing legislation that would provide small medical practices with a $10 million boost for adopting healthcare IT.
By Molly Merrill | 02:24 pm | July 31, 2009
Specialty physicians can better coordinate the care of patients with chronic diseases using electronic health records and providing e-consulations, according to results of new study.
By Molly Merrill | 02:21 pm | July 31, 2009
A battle is brewing between the American Medical Association and Sermo, Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based online physician community.
By Eric Wicklund | 02:16 pm | July 31, 2009
Ten healthcare affiliations in New York City launched an information exchange last month.
By Healthcare IT News | 02:12 pm | July 31, 2009
Officials are saying that a virus is to blame for compromising thousands of patient medical records at Alberta Health Services.
By Molly Merrill | 02:09 pm | July 31, 2009
As with anything on the Web, Twitter has its security issues – and hospitals have to be on the alert.