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As I've described previously, Meaningful Use Stage 1 was focused on the electronic capture of data into EHRs. The standards we specified included content and vocabulary but not transport.
As hospitals and doctors continue to merge at an accelerated rate, health systems will face significant risk management challenges, according to an analysis by Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management arm of Aon Corporation.
Consulting firm TransUnion announced Tuesday it has acquired Denver-based Financial Healthcare Systems, provider of the real-time payment estimation tool ClearQuote.
For the first three quarters of 2011, the healthcare merger and acquisition market has posted 707 deals with a combined worth of $185.9 billion. Experts predict total healthcare M&A activity for the year will surpass 2010 by 20 percent, according to a new report from Irving Levin Associates.
Medical billing services provider MedData, Inc. announced Friday the acquisition of Data Management, Inc. (DMI), a provider of physician billing services to pathologists and emergency departments.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday that the number of participants in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has nearly tripled, with more than 10,000 members – doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers – now delivering care to Americans in underserved communities nationwide.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $3.4 million to programs in 19 states working to improve the system of services for children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN).
On October 7, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration announced they are soliciting nominations from sponsors of medical devices to participate in a parallel review pilot program.
The Cardinal Health Foundation announced Wednesday that it will award more than $1 million in grants to help U.S. hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care.
At a time when dwindling reimbursements are on the mind of every hospital executive, finding financially viable solutions is a must to keep ailing health systems solvent.