Hospital administrators estimate that one-third of healthcare costs are the result of tests and treatments that aren't medically necessary and ordered to prevent lawsuits
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TrustHCS Partners with Greenway for ICD-10 Preparation and Transition
TrustHCS and Greenway Health have solidified a partnership to assist users of the Greenway PrimeSUITE integrated electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solution with ICD-10 preparation and transition.
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Doctors Saved 1 Hour Daily Using Laptops/Tablets for Hospital Rounds
Doctors using laptops or tablets for hospital rounds instead of paper could save an average of 57 minutes a day, according to recent research from Birmingham Women's Hospital in the UK.
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GE Healthcare Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For Q.Clear Technology
GE Healthcare announced that it received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance of its innovative Q.Clear^ technology that can provide up to two times improvement in both quantitative accuracy and image quality in PET/CT imaging.
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12 AHRQ Funded Meaningful Use Stage 3 Projects to Watch
An in-depth review of 12 AHRQ funded meaningful use stage 3 projects to watch that will help shape MU stage 3 final objectives.
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AAP-Kognito Launch Virtual Human App to Address Childhood Obesity
Committed to the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight (IHCW) has partnered with New York-based Kognito
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Report: Practice Fusion Named the No. 1 EHR Vendor in Primary Care Practices
Brown-Wilson’s Black Book Rankings names Practice Fusion as the top-rated EHR platform for fifth consecutive year among primary care doctors and ambulatory practices.
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Enspektos’ Founder Talks Unleashing the Digital Health Innovation Virus
Digital health futurist Fard Johnmar talks how unleashing the digital health innovation virus will help spread game changing ideas in healthcare.
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Blueprint Health Showcases Its Fifth Class of 7 Startups at Demo Day in NYC
Blueprint Health, an NYC-based health and technology accelerator program today announced the showcase of their Winter 2014 class of startups at their 5th annual Demo Day in NYC.
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President Obama Signs SGR Legislation, ICD-10 Delayed to 2015
On Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama officially signed the temporary Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) "doc fix" delaying the compliance date of ICD-10 until October 1, 2015.
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