ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO), a leader in analyzing adverse events, including those associated with electronic health records, announces the launch of the first multi-stakeholder partnership to generate new knowledge on safe health IT practices.
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The Painful Reality of the ICD-10 Delay
ICD-10: Painful To Implement, Painful To Delay (via InformationWeek)
Congress is on the verge of delaying healthcare's new diagnosis code system for another year -- a relief to doctors, but a pain for CIOs. If the implementation of ICD-10 diagnosis codes is delayed by an act of Congress
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BREAKING: House Passes SGR ‘Doc Fix’; ICD-10 Delayed to 2015
Despite push back from AHIMA and doctors groups, the House of Representatives passed a temporary fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for one year that also delays ICD-10 until 2015.
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Reflexion Health Nabs $7.5M to Modernize Physical Therapy through Microsoft Kinect
Reflexion Health, Inc., developer of a software platform for rehabilitation medicine, today announced it has closed a $7.5 million Series A Preferred Stock financing, with the Gary and Mary West Health Investment Fund.
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63% of Providers Reported No Change in Patient Volumes from ACA
The ACA has changed the healthcare landscape entirely, with an influx of newly-insured patients entering the healthcare system—in some cases for the very first time.
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BREAKING: SGR ‘Doc Fix’ Bill Could Delay ICD-10 to 2015
This morning a bicameral/bipartisan bill is being introduced that would fix the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) preventing a 24 percent cut in reimbursements to physicians under Medicare, The Hill reports. The bill also includes language located in Sec. 212 stating that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delay the ICD-10 implementation to October 1, 2015.
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Continua Announces Release of 2014 Interoperability Design Guidelines for Personal Connected Health
Continua Health Alliance 2014 design guidelines now available; first global interoperability standards ratified by ITU for personal connected health.
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Health Insurance Exchange IT Market Expected to Reach $2.6B by 2018
The health insurance exchange IT market is estimated at $1.6 billion in 2013 is expected to reach $2.6 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 10.5% from 2013 to 2018, according to new report by MarketsandMarkets.
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Infographic: The Big Data Cure
Infographic illustrates the key findings from the new study, “The Big Data Cure," underwritten by EMC Corporation that examines the current state of Big Data in Federal healthcare.
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New Mobile Health App to Fight AIDS, Malaria in 7 African Countries
Mobilium Global has announced the launch of its mobile health app in seven African countries (Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, and Senegal) to fight AIDS, Malaria and TB, IT News Africa reports.
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