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E-prescribing shoots up thanks to federal incentives
As of April, the rate of doctors e-prescribing via EMRs had hit 70%.
By Anne Zieger • July 18, 2014 -
Deep Dive
The Friday Dive: Halifax, ICD-10 and the rural health crisis
Healthcare Dive's editor looks back on the biggest news from the last week.
By Katie Bo Williams • July 18, 2014 -
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TrendlineAgentic AI
Agentic AI shows promise for alleviating healthcare tasks without requiring much human intervention. But the industry is still figuring out how to harness its independence without introducing undue risk.
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Loma Linda unveils $1.2B expansion plan
The huge California health system expects to complete four major projects by 2020.
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 17, 2014 -
Deep Dive
What hospitals can learn from recent anthrax and smallpox incidents
Hospital labs deal with biohazards on a daily basis. Are there lessons for them in how CDC and NIH handled their labs' recent lapses?
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 17, 2014 -
Research: 75% of patients want digital health services
Patient uptake of digital healthcare services is relatively low because existing services are of low quality or don't meet patient needs, researchers found.
By Anne Zieger • July 15, 2014 -
Digital health venture funding spikes dramatically
Payer administration saw the largest jump, up 354% between all of last year and the first six months of 2014 alone.
By Anne Zieger • July 15, 2014 -
EHR cyber-security: 'You get what you pay for'
The swift move from paper to digital health records has left EHRs incredibly vulnerable and hospitals aren't spending the money to fix the problem.
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 15, 2014 -
Critical access hospitals face tough EHR barriers
What options do rural hospitals have to meet federal standards?
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 14, 2014 -
EMR incentive payments approach $25B
The volume of Medicare providers participating in Meaningful Use has been climbing, but few providers have attested to Stage 2.
By Anne Zieger • July 14, 2014 -
CMS demands fixes in state Medicaid backlogs
Six states must explain how they're going to correct problems to allow timely processing of applications. How are states responding?
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 14, 2014 -
CMS hands out new round of innovation money
CMS wants to drive down costs and improve care for federal beneficiaries through innovation. What types of newly-funded projects are hospitals involved in?
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 11, 2014 -
Hospitals using EHRs aren't found to overbill Medicare
But how conclusive is this latest study? Some critics say researchers were looking in the wrong place.
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 10, 2014 -
Clinical devices underpin exploding mHealth market
Research suggests diagnostic devices will make up about 75% of the mHealth device market by 2023—but EMR vendors could change that.
By Anne Zieger • July 10, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Top 10 EHR vendors by number of MU attestations
Who is providing technology solutions that meet the federal standards?
By Katie Bo Williams • July 9, 2014 -
Michigan merger forms HIE for 5 million people
Health insurance exchanges have long struggled for financial sustainability. Is bigger better?
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 9, 2014 -
How one hospital sped through stage 2 attestation
Through hard work and vendor cooperation, one TN hospital kicked meaningful use stage 2 into gear within two weeks.
By Anne Zieger • July 8, 2014 -
NSA data collection included medical records
An expose by the Washington Post suggests that patient records may be vulnerable to government review.
By Anne Zieger • July 8, 2014 -
Google doesn't want to get into healthcare, but BlackBerry does
They think they can create driverless cars, so what's scaring Larry Page and Sergey Brin away from healthcare?
By Katie Bo Williams • July 7, 2014 -
CMS may expand telehealth coverage
There's still a long way to go before telemedicine becomes a widely-reimbursed service, but if the proposal is enacted, commercial insurers may follow suit.
By Anne Zieger • July 7, 2014 -
The BeneStream plan: New startup exploits ACA 'loophole'
The company enrolls eligible employees in Medicaid to help businesses comply with the employer mandate while keeping costs down.
By Katie Bo Williams • July 2, 2014 -
Medical boards draft interstate compact to ease telehealth restrictions
The compact would "speed the licensing" of physicians wishing to practice medicine in multiple states.
By Katie Bo Williams • July 2, 2014 -
CMS creating ICD-10 timeline to help providers
The national timeline will include specific timeframes by which the agency wants all stakeholders ready to test.
By Anne Zieger • July 1, 2014 -
University of Utah cuts costs with data tool
A multi-departmental team created a program that shows the cost of care for every patient in the system's hospitals.
By Anne Zieger • July 1, 2014 -
Study: Hospitals saved 10% per admission with advanced EHRs
...but is the study concrete evidence of a positive return on investment for EHR implementation?
By Judy Packer-Tursman • July 1, 2014 -
Providers worried, but surprisingly prepared for ICD-10
Despite revenue concerns, many providers believe that they will be ready to do end-to-end testing by the end of this year.
By Anne Zieger • June 30, 2014
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