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By Joon Yun for Forbes Hospital, heal thyself. Almost everyone feels ill when thinking about the rising cost of healthcare in this country; it already stands at a gut-churning $2.7 trillion per year. Similarly, most folks find hospitals uncomfortable, even…
by Julie Rovner for NPR The bill that prevented the nation from plunging over the fiscal cliff did more than just stop income tax increases and delay across-the-board spending cuts. It also included several provisions that tweaked Medicare and brought…
The case of Kaiser and Sure File Filing Systems underscores how patient information remains vulnerable in the hands of healthcare providers and outside contractors. By Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times Federal and state officials are investigating whether healthcare giant Kaiser…
by Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media Some 25 hospitals, including 520-bed Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, received a failing grade of F, while another 121 hospitals, including the Cleveland Clinic, got a barely passing D in the…
From SmartData Collective A recent blog by the HIPAA, HITECH & HIT legal blog of Fox Rothschild revealed a survey administered by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS). The EHR…
By REED ABELSON for The New York Times The conversion to electronic medical records — a critical piece of the Obama administration’s plan for health care reform — is “vulnerable” to fraud and abuse because of the failure of Medicare…
Dolbey Announces Ability to Automate Contrast Dose Capture with Fusion Suite to Improve Radiology Documentation Workflow Chicago, IL- At the 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting (RSNA) Dolbey announces they have recently extended interfacing capability of its Fusion product suite…
By Steven Salzberg for Forbes The New England Journal of Medicine published a study two weeks ago showing, amazingly, that eating chocolate might make you smarter. To be precise, the author, Franz Messerli, was wondering if chocolate consumption might be…
By Alexander Bolton for The Hill The Obama administration is relying heavily on outside contractors to implement a core component of healthcare reform as it races to set up a federal health insurance marketplace before 2014. The fast-approaching deadline gives…
Press Release found at Digital Journal OREM, UT, November 06, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — Across the health information exchange (HIE) market, providers are expressing dissatisfaction with their vendors as connectivity issues persist. This and other key findings were released in a…