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April 24, 2012

May 2012 print feature: The art of medicine
We're living in an iOS world nowadays, but sometimes, to look at them, it seems EHRs are stuck in a Windows '97 rut.
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February 28, 2012

IMQ/PACE physician leaders program described as unique training opportunity
Stepping Up To Leadership - IMQ/PACE Platinum Level Training Program For Physician Leaders received such critical acclaim last year that the Institute of Medical Quality, University of California San Diego's Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) program and The Physicians Foundation agreed to offer this physician leadership training program again this year.
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September 29, 2011

Award-winner recounts long, slow path into HIT future
HIMSS recently gave the University of California San Diego Health System (UCSD) an award for reaching the highest level of advancement in electronic health records.
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September 06, 2011

UC San Diego Health System earns Stage 7 Award
The UC San Diego Health System has been recognized by HIMSS Analytics for reaching Stage 7 – the highest level on its EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM).
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March 23, 2011

Texas provider uses business analytics for post-treatment care
Southeast Texas Medical Associates, a primary healthcare group based in Beaumont, Texas, is using IBM business analytics software to gain greater insight into hospital re-admissions, reviewing trend data to help identify causes and design interventions to prevent patients from having to return to the hospital soon after discharge.
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December 16, 2010

Top 5 provider mistakes in revenue cycle
When providers mismanage the revenue cycle, the financial impact may seem relatively small on an individual claim, but when multiplied by hundreds of visits a week, the effect on the bottom line is the equivalent of death by a thousand paper cuts—slow, agonizing and certain. The good news is there is a remedy.
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October 25, 2010

Project aims to reduce heart failure readmissions
A UCLA-led consortium of five University of California medical schools and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has received a $9.9 million grant from HHS's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to investigate the use of wireless and telephone care management to reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients.
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October 05, 2010

AHRQ funds project to reduce heart failure readmissions
A UCLA-led consortium of five University of California medical schools and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has received a $9.9 million grant from HHS's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to investigate the use of wireless and telephone care management to reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients.
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September 15, 2010

California's new telehealth network gets $14M boost
The new California Telehealth Network, a statewide, medical-grade broadband system for improving healthcare access and emergency services, will receive a $9 million federal grant and additional $5 million in matching funds from some prominent California organizations.
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September 08, 2010

California launches nation's largest telehealth network
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined a diverse group of statewide healthcare and technology agencies Aug. 17 at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to launch the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which is set to be the largest in the nation.
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August 17, 2010

California launches nation's largest telehealth network
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined a diverse group of statewide healthcare and technology agencies Tuesday at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to launch the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which is set to be the largest in the nation.
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June 03, 2010

National privacy center backed by trusted entities
Amidst all the millions of federal dollars slated for health IT adoption, HHS understands the importance of protecting patient information in electronic form.
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May 19, 2010

Health IT hottest career trend for college graduates

Healthcare information technology is the hottest career option for college graduates, according to a new trend study from the University of California San Diego Extension.
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May 10, 2010

Students should flock to healthcare IT
Amid an economy still recovering from a deep recession, students participating in the University of California San Diego Extension Health Information Technology Program are very lucky.
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May 07, 2010

Capstone project requires students to develop an EHR plan that demonstrates meaningful use
Students participating in the University of California San Diego Extension Health Information Technology Program are sharing the results of their capstone project – developing a plan to install an electronic health record that demonstrates meaningful use at a community clinic.
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April 14, 2010

California embarks on "future of medicine" with telehealth project
A consortium leading a $30 million telehealth project in California has tapped AT&T to connect hundreds of healthcare providers throughout the state.
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November 30, 2009

How the healthcare industry can increase the number of successful EHR/EMR initiatives
Long before ARRA, more than five years ago, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center began a $50 million electronic medical record initiative. This past summer, UCSF reportedly wrote off a third of that cost and scrapped its contract with the EMR vendor.
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September 18, 2009

Vendor Notebook - Boston Software's WorkStation to enable Vocollect's AccuNurse solution
Vocollect, Inc. and Boston Software Systems have announced a partnership to use Boston WorkStation automation technology to enable Vocollect's AccuNurse voice-assisted care to integrate with MEDITECH and other healthcare platforms.
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September 01, 2009

California telemedicine program aims to alleviate nurse shortage
The University of California at Merced’s Valley Telehealth Partnership is too new to have made an impact on the physician and nurse shortages in the San Joaquin Valley.
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August 19, 2009

California telemedicine program aims to alleviate nurse shortage
The University of California at Merced's Valley Telehealth Partnership is too new to have made an impact on the physician and nurse shortages in the San Joaquin Valley.
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