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View ArticleMobile App Helps Consumers Shop For Healthcare
Castlight Health mobile app lets consumers use their smartphones to look up cost and quality information about their healthcare providers, an especially helpful tool for patients with high-deductible...
View ArticleFeds Propose One-Year ICD-10 Delay
Department of Human and Health Services proposes extending ICD-10 compliance deadline to Oct. 1, 2014. It also proposes unique ID numbers for health plans to save provider frustration and money.
View ArticleDon't Hit Snooze Button On ICD-10
Given a one-year extension for ICD-10 compliance, healthcare groups must make the most of the preparation time.
View ArticleAs More Docs Use Digital Records, So Will Consumers
HITECH Act is prompting widespread adoption of e-health records, but there's more to "Meaningful Use" than what's in the government's programs.
View ArticleICD-10 Boosts Appeal Of Computer-Assisted Coding Tools
Growing number of hospitals and other inpatient organizations plan to purchase computer-assisted coding tools to help with ICD-10 mandate, says new KLAS Research report.
View ArticlePhilips, Vidyo Partner To Extend Telehealth
Collaboration aims to expand telemedicine services into specialties such as pediatrics, neurology, emergency care, home health, and transitional care.
View ArticleThe Great ICD-10 Debate: Healthcare Coding Transforms
Healthcare's move to ICD-10, an updated set of diagnosis and inpatient procedure codes, will affect everything from billing systems to medical records. After several delays, debate still rages on how...
View ArticleAmerican Well Revamps Telehealth Platform
Online Care 6.0 update adds conveniences for consumers and healthcare providers connecting outside the office; changes include support for smartphones and medical devices.
View ArticleCRM Platform Can Churn Out Customized Health Apps
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health uses Microsoft's customer relationship management platform to rapidly develop niche health-related apps when off-the-shelf doesn't fit.
View ArticleEHR Vendors Ask For Meaningful Use Reporting Changes
EHR software vendors say doctors and hospitals need more time to qualify for Meaningful Use Stage 2 and ask the feds to tweak their reporting requirements.
View ArticleCompromise On Health Data Access May Be Ugly
Some hospitals and doctors oppose giving patients electronic data as quickly as required by proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations. Consumer groups want more speed--and the compromise likely won't...
View ArticleTowers Watson To Acquire Extend Health
Benefits and talent management consulting firm plans to buy online health insurance exchange provider Extend Health for $435 million.
View Article10 Wearable Devices To Keep Patients Healthy
Wearable devices equipped with sensors, Web connections, or both, help consumers and healthcare providers track health and fitness. Take a look at what's possible now.
View ArticleNorth Carolina Fights Medicaid Fraud With Analytics
In two years, IBM data mining software has identified $191 million in potentially false Medicaid claims.
View Article11 BI Tools To Analyze Healthcare Operations
Although clinical decision support systems remain the rock stars in many large hospitals and group practices, let's not forget the need to analyze operational, financial, and quality control data.
View ArticleHow To Improve Communication Between Clinicians
Although mandated to communicate better with patients, some healthcare providers also are looking for tech tools that get info to staff faster.
View ArticleMaine Health Information Exchange Adds Medical Images
HealthInfoNet, Maine's health information exchange, becomes first in the nation to support statewide sharing of X-rays, CT scans, and other medical images.
View ArticleHealth IT Faces Eventful Summer
Supreme Court's upcoming decision on healthcare reform and feds' Meaningful Use Stage 2 final rules add up to a heated summer for healthcare IT execs.
View Article8 Health Information Exchanges Lead The Way
Look inside some of the most established HIEs and how they help U.S. health organizations share data, in the name of lower costs and better patient care.
View Article25 CIOs Transforming Healthcare
InformationWeek Healthcare's second annual list of IT executives highlights the exceptional thinkers and doers who are moving patient care forward.
View ArticleHealth IT Pros Face Salary Gap
Electronic medical records, compliance, and other initiatives are driving demand for health IT pros. But according to InformationWeek's 2012 Salary Survey, their compensation still trails that of IT...
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