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MedAssurant, which seeks to better use healthcare data to drive clinical outcomes and financial performance, has announced an innovation that's shown to increase analytical process runs by a factor of 2,000 over methodologies previously available.
The American Medical Association and 100 medical and physician organizations say the bi-partisan HEALTH Act, submitted to Congress earlier this week, could be exactly what the doctor ordered for solving medical liability issues.
The Mississippi Medicaid program has contracted Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) to help manage the government's EHR meaningful use incentive program.
Pay-for-performance programs, which reward doctors for quality care and patient outcomes, may not be improving patient care, according to a new study.
President Barack Obama mentioned healthcare in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, but it wasn't at the top of the list.
Physician re-entry programs should be easier and better coordinated nationwide, according to the American Medical Association.
Sentara Healthcare of Norfolk, Va., has been named the top integrated healthcare network in the country, according to the SDI 2011 Top 100 IHNs. This is the 14th year that SDI has ranked healthcare networks on their performance and degree of integration.
Experts at the eHealth Initiative's annual conference, held Jan. 19-21 in Washington, D.C., offered their advice on how to accomplish coordinated care "in the real world."
New reimbursement models driven by healthcare reform top the list of healthcare provider predictions for 2011 from IDC Health Insights analysts Judy Hanover and Lynn Dunbrack.
Overall U.S. healthcare prices increased slightly from November to December, rising 0.3 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.