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Nearly $25B paid to providers for Meaningful Use09 Sep 2014
Dive Brief: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has paid nearly $25 billion in provider incentives through its Meaningful... Continue Reading
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Washington Debrief: Is Meaningful Use in Danger?09 Sep 2014
Key Takeaway: More groups weighed-in on the new meaningful use (MU) rule, allowing providers to meet MU through alternative pathways in 2014. Concerns... Continue Reading
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Why doctors hate electronic health records09 Sep 2014
Imagine you are a car mechanic, and the government offers to help you buy a new computerized tool to make... Continue Reading
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Life saving push buttons can drain your wallet09 Sep 2014
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Who hasn’t seen that commercial: “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” showing a senior citizen lying... Continue Reading
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Do Data From Wearables Belong In The Medical Record?09 Sep 2014
The great promise of wearables for medicine includes the opportunity for health measurement to participate more naturally in the flow... Continue Reading
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Convicted ex-CEO seeks $3.6M from hospital09 Sep 2014
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former executive at Roger Williams Medical Center convicted of corruption is seeking nearly $3.6 million in severance... Continue Reading
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Study: EHRs Linked to Higher Revenue, Lower Patient Volume09 Sep 2014
Electronic health record implementation can result in reduced patient volume but can increase revenue over the long term,according to a... Continue Reading
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Apple Wants Your Health Data. But Can HealthKit Protect It?09 Sep 2014
Two weeks ago, Apple warned developers: Don’t share data you’ve collected using HealthKit, Apple’s new software for medical and fitness apps. (HealthKit formally... Continue Reading
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Seattle Children’s Hospital CIO: Don’t Call Me Superman09 Sep 2014
Seattle Children’s Hospital SVP/CIO Wes Wright is no Superman. And he’s fine with that. Rather, Wright sees himself more like... Continue Reading
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Beaumont ‘unsafe for patients’, says CEO09 Sep 2014
The head of one of Ireland’s most overcrowded hospitals warned that the facility was “unsafe” for patients — just months... Continue Reading
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