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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?
Peter Christensen Health Center, an Indian health center that is part of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in north central Wisconsin, has seen a 35 percent jump in revenue over five years, thanks in part to efficiencies brought out by its EHR and billing system.
The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), a statewide leadership group that promotes quality improvement, accountability and affordability of healthcare in California, has named its top 45 performing physician organizations for 2009, based on the IHA statewide Pay for Performance (P4P) program measures.
Nimble, a new comprehensive EMR application designed and developed specifically for the iPad, hit the market last month with the aim of allowing docs to provide meaningful care – at the point of care.
Add this to the perils of healthcare leadership – more information might make you dumber. 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.
"The future physician of America" is a tech savvy one – one who reaches for an iPhone to choose clinical references, and who expects to use an EHR when he or she begins practicing, according to a recent survey of medical students.
In an effort to increase understanding of the tax credit and grandfathering provisions of healthcare reform, WellPoint Inc. recently launched two new online tools to help business owners understand the implications of these provisions with their current health plan.