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American Well, which offers Web-based physician visits for members of health plans in Hawaii and Minnesota, has landed another contract closer to home.
NaviNet, the country's largest real-time healthcare communications network, has announced a partnership with major health insurers in New Jersey to build a multi-payer portal as a "one-stop shop" for physicians to communicate directly with an array of health plans.
Twitter has the potential to spread misinformation about health and medicine, according to a new study that examined Twitter updates about antibiotics.
While the healthcare reform law does not focus on wellness, expect this area to grow, said E. David Hetz, cofounder and managing director of Cutlass Capital. Hetz spoke on a panel last week at the Health Technology Investment Forum.
Meaningful use compliance, data centers are among his priorities, the newly appointed chief info officer said.
The Regenstrief Institute, recognized as a healthcare IT leader, has been awarded a contract to help the Social Security Administration and Indiana healthcare providers make disability case determinations faster and better.
The recently signed healthcare reform legislation is "extremely complex, extremely expensive and negative for insurers" and the effects on small business are "not clear," according to Thomas Hodapp, CEO of Access Capital Management.
Data and technology company Thompson Reuters has released its 10 best practices for building a statewide health information exchange - from focusing on tactics to taking baby steps.
The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH), a nonprofit alliance of health plans that seeks to simplify administration for payers and providers and enable better care for patients, has announced a partnership with VeriSign, Inc., the Mountain View, Calif. network infrastructure company.
The American Medical Association (AMA) is offering physicians across the country a new online platform for access to an electronic health system from Ingenix, called CareTracker.