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President Obama announces $795 million program to develop broadband access in rural parts of the country.
Policymakers are studying how best to scale criteria for quality measures over duration of HIT incentive program.
President Obama announced Friday a $795 million government program to develop broadband access in rural parts of the country. Among the beneficiaries will be 900 healthcare facilities.
IBM and the University of Missouri (MU) announced an initiative on Friday that aims to develop a first-of-a-kind cloud computing environment for genomics research collaboration at a regional level.
With the federal programs in place under the HITECH Act, hospitals feel pressured and rushed to purchase an HIE platform, according to Ed Duryee, CIO of Elyria, Ohio-based EMH Regional Healthcare System. "We're in the throes of deciding how to get into the HIE game," he said.
ClaimTrust, a provider of revenue cycle tools and services for hospitals, announced the availability of its newest product, InSight Payment Variance Analyzer, a payment analysis tool that automatically compares remittances to payer contracts in order to catch any variances and ensure maximum contractual payment for hospitals.
HealthCare.gov automatically sorts public and private insurance options to match individual needs, HHS senior officials said.
A new survey shows that while the medical management industry continues to focus resources on health IT, consumers are hampered in accessing their information online due to the cost of developing Web portals and other business and security-related concerns.
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are working on consent management tools that would let patients control access to their personal health information - including medication lists, lab test results and diagnoses - during health information exchanges between the two agencies.