A majority of hospitals, medical centers and physician groups are developing accountable care organizations, but few have dedicated the resources necessary to build one successfully. An understanding of how this part of health system reform works is sometimes lacking, according to the Accountable...
Read More →Blog Directory In January 2010, the Commission on the Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century — an independent initiative drawing on the expertise of leaders from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, institutions and regions of the world — was launched to landscape profes...
Read More →The healthcare IT (EHR and interoperability modules) and mobile health (or mHealth) industries are traveling on similar paths. They are both technologies in evolution that are sorely needed. EHRs have been mandated by health reform legislation. MHealth is still seen as an interesting curio...
Read More →On August 16, 2011, Dr. Alfred Hamilton from the School of Public Health and Health Service at George Washington University and Dr. Jay Conyers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health) moderated a symposium on the George Washington University campus titled, “Th...
Read More →As lawmakers search for ways to curb spending and address the soaring deficit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC) hosted a day-long conference, titled “Controlling Costs: The Price of Good Health,” to discuss the causes and dangers of runaway cos...
Read More →Many rural physicians don’t have access to newer technological advances to help them sort through patient information easily. But, thanks to a new federal initiative, paper patient charts can now be obsolete. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley made a stop in Selma and visited Pediatric Adolescent Med...
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The majority opinion by a 6th circuit panel Wednesday upholding Obama’s health care reform law is a victory for the administration on its face. But to understand just how big a victory it is, you have to read the concurring opinion by Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton. Sutton, a former clerk to Sup...
Read More →Health care information technology companies will benefit in the second half of this year from a growing wave of care providers looking to capitalize on government electronic health record incentives, according to a Morgan Keegan analyst. Analyst Jamie Stockton said the sector performed bette...
Read More →Healthcare information technology (HIT) is already creating new opportunities for revolutionary change. But several pivotal decisions lie ahead with respect to HIT and healthcare information exchange. Many critical issues facing healthcare leaders will be examined in the inaugural Healthcare IT Semi...
Read More →As part of the national healthcare reform mandate, accountable care organizations are slated to roll out next year. And though the proposed rules have yet to be finalized, nurses are trying to understand, and assert, their roles within these new entities. Accountable Care Organizations in princip...
Read More →This Article is written by RoadRacer, neighbornewspapers.com is the source of this Article: Escalating Healthcare costs are crippling America’s competitiveness and our economic recovery. They are about 20% of the US economy. $1 in every $5 is spent on healthcare including over 30% of t...
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Healthcare providers in the U.S. are encountering a lack of qualified candidates as they race to meet federal government deadlines for electronic health record and health IT use. The challenge, medical CIOs say, is to find enough IT staff who can help hospitals and medical practices migrate from pa...
Read More →Hospitals with advanced health information technology systems and a high quality of care achieve greater revenue growth, attend to more patients, enjoy a superior reputation for excellence, and are better able to contain costs, a report from Fitch Ratings has revealed. As hospitals accelerate the ad...
Read More →Providing a seamless, integrated system of care across a range of healthcare settings, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are increasingly being touted as the cure for a failing health system. But challenges remain. Unlike the current fragmented model of healthcare provision, the ACO version is d...
Read More →Top congressional Republicans said on Sunday they would be open to a compromise on healthcare costs, one of the biggest stumbling blocks in a deal to get the United States’ debt under control. Representative Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, said he woul...
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