Archives for September 2012
Researchers Say EHR Data Often Inaccurate, Missing and Complex18 Sep 2012
According to George Hripcsak, MD, author of the article and a professor of biomedical informatics at Columbia University in New... Continue Reading
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September 18, 2012-How doctors and hospitals have collected billions18 Sep 2012
Tuesday September 18, 2012 Home | Subscribe Provider Advisory Weekly Top Stories Calculating Provider Revenue Loss in an ACO Study... Continue Reading
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7 Ways Analytics Can Help Hospitals Gain Competitive Edge11 Sep 2012
In an August 29 webinar for Becker’s Hospital Review, two experts from iVantage Health Analytics discussed seven strategies to compete... Continue Reading
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A Look From Within: Why Are U.S. Healthcare Costs so High?11 Sep 2012
President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law in 2010 for, what many could say,... Continue Reading
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Obama’s Health Care Record11 Sep 2012
Medicare, Medicaid and the 2010 health law will continue to be hot topics this presidential campaign season. KHN has assembled... Continue Reading
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Young People Pay Less For Health Coverage, Older People Pay More, Under Maine’s ‘Market-Based’ Approach11 Sep 2012
Even as many states gear up for tougher insurance regulations under the federal health law, Maine lawmakers last year bucked... Continue Reading
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Marquette General joins Duke LifePoint11 Sep 2012
The Marquette General Health System Board of Trustees and Duke LifePoint Healthcare today announced they have finalized the transaction for... Continue Reading
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UPMC Invests in Intelligent Infrastructure with IBM to Support Vision of Personalized Medicine11 Sep 2012
UPMC, one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, today announced the renewal of its agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM)... Continue Reading
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HCCA SURVEY: GOVERNMENT AUDITORS FOCUS MORE ON NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS11 Sep 2012
HCCA Survey: Government Auditors Focus More on Not-For-Profit Health Care Providers Regulators Frequently Conduct Overlapping Audits Minneapolis, Minn.—August 14, 2012—Strong... Continue Reading
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Using ‘triple threat’ approach, hospitals can lower central-line infection risk11 Sep 2012
According to a new John Hopkins Children’s Center study published earlier this week, hospitals can prevent one in five central-line... Continue Reading
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