HHS reports hospital readmissions falls by 8% and an estimated 150,000 fewer hospital readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries between January 2012 and December 2013.
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70% of Physicians Spend More Than One Day a Week on Paperwork, Not Patient Care
Successful patient engagement requires that physicians have adequate time and space to focus on care. However, 70% of physicians are spending more than one day a week on paperwork
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TELUS $2.8B Investment in British Columbia Expands Telehealth Access
TELUS, Canada's fastest-growing national telecommunications company will invest $2.8 billion in new infrastructure and facilities across British Columbia through 2016.
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Meaningful Use Stage 2: Creating the Foundation for Population Health
New Allscripts white paper focuses on key elements that will help healthcare organizations achieve their meaningful use Stage 2 requirements while remaining focused on the long-term goals of improving population health.
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Welltok Launches Pilot with Aetna To Help Members with Chronic Kidney Disease
Welltok, Aetna and the National Kidney Foundation recently launched a 12 month pilot program that aims to help Aetna members with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) connect with peers and learn to cope with their condition.
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David Einhorn Predicts Athenahealth’s Shares to Plummet 80% or More
David Einhorn, President of hedge fund Greenlight Capital, Inc. poked fun at Athenahealth during this year's Ira Sohn conference claiming the company is "overpriced and caught up in a bubble."
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Leidos Lands $12M VA Contract for Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy
Leidos, a national security, health and engineering solutions company, was awarded a prime contract to provide systems integration support and services to the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP).
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51% of RECs Spent Between $5 and $9M to Assist Providers Achieve MU Stage 1
More than half of Regional Extension Centers (RECs) indicated that they had spent between $5 and $9 million assisting providers in their region achieve MU Stage 1, according to the 2014 HIMSS Regional Extension Center Survey.
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BREAKING: ICD-10 Compliance Date Set for Oct. 1, 2015
A CMS spokeswoman has official announced the new effective date for ICD-10 compliance will be October 1, 2015.
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Incorporating Better Functions into EHRs Will Help Reduce Health Disparities
To advance the goal that federal health IT policy facilitates better care, better outcomes and lower costs for patients and families, the Consumer Partnership for eHealth (CPeH) provided comments this week on the draft 2015 Edition of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria, released by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) in February.
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