Patty Enrado

LOS ANGELES – The California Heart Center Foundation implemented a standalone dashboard to monitor its productivity, financial performance and referrals from outside physicians almost a yea...

More than nine million Cigna HealthCare plan members will be able to manage their healthcare on their personal computers when the national carrier releases its latest online healthcare tool...

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Later this month, ChainDrugStore.net will provide pharmacy analytics to manufacturing partners, managed care organizations and pharmacy members. Manufacturin...

LOUISVILLE, KY – Humana of  Arizona has received only limited data since the June implementation of its INSPIRIS-based care management program for the frail elderly, but the program is show...

WILMINGTON, DE – Last July, the research firm HealthCore released a study showing that use of a patient clinical summary (PCS) electronic health record in an emergency department results in sign...

CHICAGO – The first group of physicians participating in the Illinois E-Rx Collaborative and DrFirst’s e-prescribing initiative has begun writing prescriptions electronically....

OREM, UT – With tight operating margins, shrinking reimbursement rates and competition from other facilities, hospitals and large physician groups must constantly improve their ope...

WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expected to publish a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in April as it moves toward a more comprehensive implementation of a severity-...

CHATTANOOGA, TN – By the end of March, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee expects to deploy a suite of Web-based applications to five pilot providers. Implementation o...

BJACKSONVILLE, FL – Hoping to duplicate success with its two Georgia plans, a national carrier is implementing its automated payment process system for its Ohio plans. The...