Archives for April 2016
Centra Health selects Cerner’s EHR: 4 things to know25 Apr 2016
Lynchburg, Va-based Central Health has selected Cerner to implement a health IT system across its five hospitals, more than 50... Continue Reading
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Answer Man: Epic project named for epic Mayo doc25 Apr 2016
Dear Answer Man, let’s see how good you are. I’ve heard that Mayo Clinic has a nickname for its big... Continue Reading
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Health Plan Industry’s Worst Nightmare: Employers Realizing They Are Actually The Insurance Company25 Apr 2016
The best book I’ve read to help understand the underlying dynamics of healthcare’s under-performance is David Goldhill’s “Catastrophic Care: Why... Continue Reading
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Wyoming Medical Center informs 3,200 patients of email breach25 Apr 2016
Two Wyoming Medical Center employees fell for phishing schemes in February, potentially exposing the information of 3,184 patients, the hospital... Continue Reading
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Meaningful Use: Is It Really Going Away or Just Hiding?25 Apr 2016
Can You Just Forget Meaningful Use? When a federal official stated in January 2016 that the meaningful use (MU) program... Continue Reading
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Seven things telemedicine can learn from Fitbit25 Apr 2016
I have been a Fitbit user for a few years now. Every time I need to lose some weight (yes,... Continue Reading
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IBM Watson Health, ODH Partner on Health Management25 Apr 2016
Using Watson Health Cloud, Mentrics gathers and aggregates health data, including behavioural and physical medical services and prescription claims. ... Continue Reading
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Humana launches medication tracking app for Apple Watch25 Apr 2016
Humana has launched an Apple Watch-enabled version of its existing mail order pharmacy app, called the Humana Pharmacy App. The... Continue Reading
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EverlyWell raises $2.5M for at-home lab test service25 Apr 2016
Austin, Texas-based EverlyWell has raised $2.5 million for an at-home lab test service and announced its public beta launch. “Diagnostic... Continue Reading
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UnitedHealth’s exit won’t kill ACA exchanges25 Apr 2016
Although United Health Group Inc.’s withdrawal from public health insurance exchanges in all but a “handful” of states will reduce... Continue Reading
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