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When Medicare Severity (MS-) DRGs came into effect in October 2007, hospitals discovered an unexpected clinical documentation gap that impacted their bottom line.
April 8, 2011
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Healthcare organizations are constantly making upgrades or replacing redundant technology, but what happens to these orphaned IT systems and the data on them? More importantly do companies even know what data is stored on these assets?
April 7, 2011
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Northgate Managed Services has been announced as the preferred bidder to roll out a clinical portal service, based on technology from Carefx, for NHS Lothian, NHS Fife, NHS Borders and NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
March 3, 2011
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IBM and Aetna subsidiary ActiveHealth Management, alongside Medens Corp., will deliver cloud services to help physicians in Puerto Rico share and exchange health information and make more accurate decisions about patient care.
November 18, 2010
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IBM has created a new Federal Community Cloud designed to help government organizations, such as the Department of Health & Human Services, respond to technology requirements more quickly and at lower cost.
November 2, 2010
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Dozens of would-be competitors collaborate under ONC auspices on pivotal data exchange project
March 22, 2011
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The American Academy of Family Physicians and e-prescribing network Surescripts have introduced a new messaging system to provide doctors across the country with a way to securely communicate with each other.
March 22, 2011
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Seven entities awarded grants
March 22, 2011
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An electronic health card designed to maintain an individual's personal health record and provide a payment card option that can access an individual's HSA, FSA or HRA account was launched during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference last month.
March 22, 2011
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A new study from the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by Experian, finds that almost 1.5 million Americans are victims of medical identity theft - an increase from last year. While consumers grasp the importance of protecting their medical and personal information, it reports, few take the precautions to avoid medical ID theft.
March 15, 2011
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Rather than focusing on new construction, health systems are renovating or expanding with an eye toward IT advancement and green construction, according to a survey conducted by Health Facilities Management magazine and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
March 1, 2011
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MedPlus, the healthcare information technology subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, has unveiled the next release of its Care360 EHR solution, designed to significantly enhance its interoperability by supporting specifications established by the Direct Project under the coordination of the ONC.
February 18, 2011
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Hospitals require methods for storing, archiving and backing up massive amounts of data. Data warehousing is an especially important priority for healthcare providers who have seen an increase in data as they move from paper to digital records.
