CoverMyMeds, the nation’s largest prior authorization (PA) network, and Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR for doctors and patients, today announced a partnership that will bring CoverMyMeds’ integrated electronic prior authorization (ePA) functionality to Practice Fusion’s 110,000 medical professionals who manage more than 100 million patient records. The integration will enable practitioners on the Practice Fusion platform to submit ePAs for medications to health insurance plans within their
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St. Clair Hospital Selected as 2014 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award Recipient
St. Clair Hospital of Mt. Lebanon, Pa. has been named a 2014 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient. Since 1994, the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence has recognized outstanding achievement of organizations that have utilized health information technology to substantially improve patient outcomes while achieving return on investment.
St. Clair Hospital, an independent, 328-bed acute care facility that provides advanced, high quality healthcare to more than 500,000 residents of
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Imprivata Partners with Symantec for Comprehensive Fingerprint Biometric & Token Solution for EPCS
Imprivata today announced a partnership with Symantec to provide a comprehensive fingerprint biometric and FICAM-certified Credential Service Provider (CSP) solution for electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS). Symantec Norton Secure Login, acting as the CSP, and Symantec Validation and ID Protection Services (VIP) seamlessly integrate with Imprivata Confirm ID™ to simplify the process of identity-proofing and credentialing prescribers to comply with DEA requirements for EPCS.
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Computer Assisted Coding Market Expected to Reach $3.5B by 2019
The global computer assisted coding (CAC) market is expected to grow at a double-digit CAGR and reach $3.5 Billion by 2019 largely driven by the ICD-10 transition, according to a new research report by MarketsandMarkets. The report finds providers are increasingly turning to CAC solutions to help reduce coding errors, increase coder productivity and offer quality healthcare. This can be attributed to various factors such as rapid growth in the number of healthcare facilities,
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4 Ways Under Armour Can Drive Value in Digital Health & Fitness
Last week, Under Armour held their "Connected Fitness Day" presentation hosted by the company's CEO Kevin Plank and Chief Financial Officer Brad Dickerson along with executives from the recently acquired MapMyFitness, Endomondo and MyFitnessPal, Yahoo Finance reports. The recent acquisitions have helped bolstered UA's position as one of the one of the world’s largest digital health and fitness communities in the world.
For Under Armour, 2015 is expected to be the year of investment and
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Lehigh Valley Health Network to Spend $200M on Epic Install
Allentown, PA-based Lehigh Valley Health Network will spend $200 million to implement Epic's EHR system over the next four to six years, The Morning Call reports. The Epic implementation will start with the networks outpatient offices on Feb. 18, comprising more than 200 sites. The $200M price tag covers Epic's EHR software, hardware, data conversation and project team personnel to support the roll out. The new Epic system will replace more than two dozen existing legacy systems including GE
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Infographic: Wearables in Healthcare
Infographic visualization created by Boston Technology illustrates the facts, trends, different types, challenges and future of wearables in healthcare.
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Cerner Chooses Cloudera to Power Its Big Data Platform
Cerner today announced that Cloudera, a provider of enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop will power its Big Data platform with a Cloudera enterprise data hub (EDH) to create a holistic understanding of the healthcare system and to improve patient outcomes. By utilizing Cloudera's enterprise data hub, the company is expanding beyond its traditional focus on EMR to gather and analyze the world's healthcare data in an effort to reduce costs and make the delivery of
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Practice Fusion EHR Releases Online Mobile Patient Check-In
Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR for doctors and patients has released Online Patient Check-In – a new service that lets patients complete traditional check-in forms from their phone, tablet, or computer before getting to the doctor’s office. By digitizing this part of the patient’s office visit experience, Practice Fusion is freeing patients from what is considered to be the most redundant and cumbersome part of the visit with their doctor by automatically delivering the information before
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AMA: Meaningful Use Program is Still Broken
More than three quarters of eligible professionals have still been unable to attest to Meaningful Use, according to the Health IT Policy Committee. Federal officials reported on Feb 10 that only 3 to 4 percent of the 4,993 U.S. hospitals have not registered or participated in the MU program. The updated numbers show positive retention rates for MU with 2,275 eligible hospitals attesting for MU Stage 1 and 1,815 have also attested to MU Stage 2.
"The vast majority of eligible hospitals have
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