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Wearable Fitness Trackers Adoption Trends (Infographic)

by Jasmine Pennic 10/03/2014 Leave a Comment

Wearable Fitness Trackers Adoption Trends (Infographic)

Wearable fitness trackers have created an unprecedented opportunity for the healthcare community to collect valuable data that could greatly impact patient care and health insurance premiums. Still, adoption rates for such devices remain low in the U.S. adult population. While the use of health and fitness tracking devices has more than doubled in the last two years, a new nationwide survey conducted by TechnologyAdvice shows that only 25.1 percent of adults are currently using either a
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Philips Telehealth Apps Receives 510(k) Clearance for New Digital Health Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 10/02/2014 Leave a Comment

The Philips eCareCompanion telehealth application

Royal Philips has announced its telehealth apps eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion  have received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A part of Philips Hospital to Home's suite of telehealth programs, eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion are focused on patient care within the home and are the first clinical applications to be available through the cloud-based digital health platform, which Philips announced in collaboration with Salesforce.com earlier this summer.
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ICD-10: Bracing for Minimal Disruption to Your Healthcare Organization

by Jasmine Pennic 10/02/2014 Leave a Comment

ICD-10 Bracing for Minimal Disruption to Your Healthcare Organization

ICD-10 is the largest healthcare mandate in history: Are You Ready? Many in healthcare are focused on meeting the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, but ask clinicians and they will tell you it is the upcoming conversion to ICD-10 that has their undivided attention. Why? - The precision documentation requirements are exponentially higher than what was required by ICD-9 - For the first time, ICD-10 puts the responsibility for accurate coding solely in the hands of the physician. -
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Medfusion Launches New Integration to Allscripts Pro EHR

by Jasmine Pennic 10/01/2014 Leave a Comment

Medfusion, a leading provider of patient portal software for more than 9.7 million patients, has launched its new integration to the Allscripts Pro EHR, available now for customers. This integration enables discrete data and secure messages to flow more efficiently between practices and their patients and creates a foundation for Medfusion to independently launch innovative new features to customers in the years to come.  To ensure there would be no interruption to customers’ 2014 Meaningful
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Optum to Acquire MedSynergies to Boost Revenue Cycle Market Share

by Jasmine Pennic 09/30/2014 Leave a Comment

Optum to Acquire MedSynergies to Boost Revenue Cycle Market Share

  Optum, a data services division of UnitedHealth Group Inc. announced it will acquire MedSynergies Inc., which provides physician practice management, revenue management, physician referral management and other business services to physician groups aligned with large health systems. Terms of the deal has not been disclosed and is subject to to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. MedSynergies will provide Optum with innovative physician practice management
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Axial Exchange’s Patient Engagement App Integrates with Apple HealthKit

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Axial Exchange's Patient Engagement App Integrates with Apple HealthKit 1

Axial Exchange, Inc., a pioneer in using mobile applications to deepen the patient’s role in improving outcomes, today announced that it has completed its integration with Apple HealthKit. Axial Exchange app users will now be able to view all of their health and wellness data from the Axial app and other health applications in one, comprehensive mobile dashboard. Apple HealthKit allows health and fitness apps to share their data with each other and with Apple’s new Health app. “Giving users
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Nuances Launches Clintegrity 360 Compliance Services at AHIMA 2014

by Jasmine Pennic 09/29/2014 Leave a Comment

Nuance Unveils The Industry’s Largest Medical Imaging Network for Image Sharing

Today at AHIMA, Nuance announced the expansion of its healthcare consulting services to help organizations more holistically respond to compliance, physician engagement, ICD-10, and shifting payment models. The newest offering, Clintegrity 360 | Compliance Services, provides the management tools and training required to effectively monitor complex coding requirements, and leverage technology to avoid issues that may affect the reliability of hospital reimbursement. Nuance Clintegrity 360 |
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EHR Replacement: What Practices Need to Know

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EHR replacement

  Allscripts white paper analyzes the root causes of underperforming EHRs and develop a checklist of criteria for EHR replacement.  Adopting technology can be challenging. Healthcare organizations facing regulatory changes and market pressures may be resistant to switching to new technology, and this is understandable. Having an electronic health record (EHR) that works for you is more important now than ever. The reality is that the longer a clinic or physician group tries to work
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Value-Based Arrangements: 41% of Physicians Distrust Payers

by Jasmine Pennic 09/26/2014 Leave a Comment

Value-Based Arrangements

According the recently conducted 2014 FTI Consulting Payer-Provider Survey, 41 percent of physicians not currently in a value-based arrangements say their biggest obstacle to entering into one is their distrust of payers. The study also found that only 16 percent of all physicians surveyed were willing to accept the financial risk – a key element of many value-based relationships sought by insurers. This lack of trust will be a huge hurdle for payers to overcome as they often cite physician
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Infographic: Why Healthcare Is Moving to the Cloud

by Jasmine Pennic 09/25/2014 Leave a Comment

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According to recent research, nearly one-third of health care sector decision-makers are already using cloud-based applications*, and according to CDW’s 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, a majority of health care organizations utilizing the cloud say it has reduced their IT costs by an average of 20 percent annually. Last fall, the new HIPAA rules went into effect, and the four-tier violation schedule increased minimum and maximum fines. Any health care entity found to be in willful neglect
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