Healthcare IT News
(August 7, 2012)
For hospitals looking to transform into accountable care organizations (ACOs), the transition can be overwhelming. So much so, said Brent Dover, president at HIE technology company Medicity, that it's basically like becoming a mini insurance company.
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iHealthBeat
(August 7, 2012)
On Monday, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced $4 million in grants to help six organizations use health IT tools to expand access to substance misuse treatment to people in underserved communities.
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iHealthBeat
(July 26, 2012)
Medication errors have been a problem for decades, but national concern has escalated since the Institute of Medicine in 1999 estimated that they kill at least 7,000 Americans annually, with preventable medication errors adding about $2 billion in additional costs each year to hospitals across the nation.
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Modern Healthcare - free registration required to view
(July 18, 2012)
About 55% of office-based physicians responding to a government-sponsored survey said they use some form of electronic health-record system, and by and large, they're a satisfied lot, according to a report on the survey. The overwhelming majority (85%) of those who said they use an EHR also indicated that they were either very satisfied (38%) or somewhat satisfied (47%) with their systems. More than 7 in 10 said they were happy enough with their selection that they would purchase the same EHR system again. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics conducted the nationwide survey last year; findings were discussed in an HHS news release and on the CDC's website on Tuesday.
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PhysBizTech
(July 6, 2012)
The proposed regulations for health information exchange could unintentionally stifle innovation and hinder the growth of data exchange, a possibility that has the eHealth Initiative (eHI) quite concerned.
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