Health care policymakers’ ability to plan future work force needs is hindered by incomplete and inconsistent data on certain health professions, as well as a lack of training in new care delivery models, according to an analysis by a Washington think tank. The Bipartisan Policy Center on Oc...
Read More →It’s all in the clouds. That’s at least what IT workers believe. And if you’re in healthcare, that’s where you probably need to be, too. Cloud computing is the ability to use the internet to store and retrieve data. Cbeyond, Inc., a provider of IT and communications servic...
Read More →It’s been overlooked — it’s received very little coverage by the popular press — but it’s worth repeating: one benefit of the health care reform legislation will be: enhanced “job mobility.” Employee mobility is one of those terms that probably most Ameri...
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Understandably, the attentions of health-policy watchers are focused intently on the implementation of the landmark 2010 health reform law. The future of the law seems as unsettled as ever. “Obama-care” draws sharp barbs in the nascent presidential-nominating race. Meanwhile, appella...
Read More →At a medical office conference I attended, influential hospital executives stated that investing their capital in infrastructure needs and health information technology (IT) took priority over building new or renovating existing hospital ancillary facilities. However, the many advantages to new fa...
Read More →NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Inc. Latest from The Business Journals People on the move Apixio adds Steve Roberts to sales, Jenny Field to marketing Integrated Healthcare Solutions lands .5M investment Follow this company expanded its reach in the Health IT marketplac...
Read More →The health care reform law is more than a year old now. What do you see happening next with reform? “The price of health care is two or three times the general inflation rate, and as a population, we can’t keep going that way. Both political parties say it’s unsustainable — everybody agrees ...
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