It's every CIO's worst nightmare: a laptop computer with patient health information goes missing or is stolen. Not only does this breach jeopardize your patients' privacy, it almost always means costly penalties for your organization.
Now, thanks to advancements in anti-theft technology, many CIOs have enabled laptops to protect themselves in these types of situations. The latest anti-theft technology triggers an automatic remote lockdown scenario, or "poison-pill," to keep patient data safe
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Video Case Study: Revenue Cycle Management at Fletcher Allen Health Care
Chuck Podesta, CIO of Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) in Vermont discusses his academic medical center's use of the Centricity Business revenue cycle management solution from GE Healthcare. Podesta addresses ICD-10 readiness, Accountable Care Organizations, connectivity with Epic clinicals, and FAHC's new population health management patient portal tool, MyHealth.
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GNAX Health Named by VMware as First vCloud® Powered Provider in HIT
GNAX Health Named by VMware as First vCloud® Powered Provider in HIT as the first and only healthcare IT company to meet VMware's criteria
GNAX Health, a healthcare technology infrastructure service provider located in Atlanta, Georgia, proudly announces certification as the first and only healthcare IT company to meet VMware's criteria as a "vCloud Powered" services provider. The announcement was made by Mariano Maluf, CTO, GNAX Health, and President, Global VMUG, at VMworld 2011.
"We're
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How Will We Care for Six Million Centenarians by 2050?
There's no doubt that people are living longer these days. In 1950 only 3,000 people on Earth were over the age of 100. By the year 2050, six million people may reach that century mark. What will healthcare look like for this generation?
Global aging will require us to adopt a very different healthcare model, according to Intel Fellow Eric Dishman. He says healthcare reform will revolve around what he calls the 4 C's: complexity, coordination, collectivity and community.
Let's hear from Eric
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GE Healthcare Launches Centricity Business 5.0
GE Healthcare, a leading provider of health information technology, today launched Centricity Business 5.0, their next generation of revenue cycle management solution for hospital networks, academic medical centers, large practice, and physician billing groups. With the rising costs of healthcare associated with healthcare reform and ICD-10, Centricity Business 5.0 will help healthcare providers achieve greater profitability and efficiency by streamlining administrative tasks from front desk to
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Video: The Future of Electronic Health Record
The ONC released this video last month discusses the positive impact of technology in health care.
Innovative health care can save lives and every physician and health care provider has a stake in its success. Through the use of electronic health records (EHRs), the coordination of health care for an individual patient between various practitioner offices is more efficient and accurate, resulting in better overall patient care. With an EHR, a patient's information is always current and
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Video: The Impact of Accountable Care Organizations on Healthcare Delivery Pt 2
The second part interview where Host, Gina Clark, Chief Marketing Officer for AmerisourceBergen interviews Loreen Brown, VP of Access and Reimbursement for Xcenda to share her insights on the impact of Accountable Care Organizations on healthcare delivery.
AmerisourceBergen delivers pharmaceuticals on a just-in-time basis to tens of thousands of healthcare providers each day.
Healthcare organizations and pharmaceutical manufacturers turn to us for the strategic business resources and
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Thought Leadership: Managing Healthcare IS Supply and Demand
By Daniel Herman, Founder and Managing Principal, Aspen Advisors, Guy Scalzi, Principal, Aspen Advisors, and Roger Kropf, Professor in the Health Policy and Management Program, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Abstract:
IT governance has been topic of interest for many years, and even though the concept has been embraced within the healthcare industry, the reality is that it’s still not operationally working well within most healthcare organizations.
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Video: The Impact of Accountable Care Organizations on Healthcare Delivery Pt 1
Accountable care organizations might create a paradigm shift for healthcare--but questions remain over implementation costs, provider enthusiasm, and performance measurement. Loreen Brown, Vice President of Access and Reimbursement for Xcenda, joins "In The Know" to discuss how providers are responding to the cost and practicality of ACO participation, as well as how ACOs might change the way manufacturers interact with prescribers.
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GE Healthcare Launches Centricity Advance – Mobile
GE Healthcare today announced the release of Centricity* Advance-Mobile, a native Applie iPad application that is specifically designed for primary care physicians in small practices. Clinicians who will use the complete web based EMR and practice management system won't be tied to their desktop, but can walk freely utilizing their iPad with the ability to interact with their patients and patient record. The mobile application will allow immediate response to patient requests, such as
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