To assist public health organizations better understand and use health information exchange, HIMSS and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) have collaborated to produce the Public Health & HIE Toolkit. The Toolkit was developed to help public health departments understand: • what HIE services are and what types of organizations providing them; • how a health department might use or support such services; and • how to assess whether the value of participating
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9 Dominant Vendors in the Practice Management Market
The global practice management market is poised to grow at a high single-digit CAGR from 2013-2018 to reach $247.1 million by 2018, according to MarketsandMarkets.
The factors propelling the growth of the practice management system market include growing need to integrate healthcare systems, firm government support and increase in patient awareness and better healthcare. On the other hand, the factors restraining the growth of the market include high operational cost and lack of trained IT
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Only Cerner, Epic, and Meditech Expanded EMR Market Share in 2013
Cerner, Epic, and Meditech were the only three EMR solutions to expand their EMR market share in 2013, according to a recent KLAS report. In their latest report entitled, "Clinical Market Share 2014: Competition Mounts as Markets Collide." The report found that Cerner and Epic won the majority of large(over 200 beds) and small facility (200 beds or less) segments.
"EMR vendors that cater to smaller facilities are feeling the pinch and saw a decrease in wins across the board. It is simply
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Cerner Partners with Leidos, Accenture to Bid on $11B DoD EHR Contract
Responding to their EHR competitors, Epic and Allscripts, Cerner Corporation is partnering with Leidos and Accenture Federal Services to bid on the 10 year $11 billion dollar Department of Defense EHR contract, Modern Healthcare reports. Earlier this week, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Allscripts announced a partnership to bid on the DoD EHR contract.
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Webinar: The Next Great Era Of Healthcare Consulting – Population Health Management
This post is sponsored by Wellcentive
As your clients are preparing for risk-based, outcomes-based reimbursement, you are realizing your firm's service lines need to strategically align with your clients’ emerging clinical and financial needs. Meanwhile, you may have noticed that your clients’ demand for EHR implementation support has declined, as EHR transitions likely peaked more than 12 months ago. So, where to go from here?
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Phillips Partners with Salesforce to Develop A Cloud-Based Care Coordination Platform
Philips and Salesforce.com announced a collaboration to develop a cloud-based care coordination platform, with two clinical applications set to launch this summer.
A range of tech companies from Apple to Samsung to Google have been proposing solutions to healthcare’s biggest challenge – putting the rapidly-growing volume of healthcare data to good use. But while those “platforms” involve consumer health data, they don’t integrate a key piece of the healthcare puzzle – clinical data.
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CareCloud Nabs $25.5M in Venture Debt from Hercules Technology Growth Capital
CareCloud, provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR), and medical billing software and services, today announced that it has received a $25.5 million debt financing commitment from Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., the leading specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans to venture capital-backed companies in technology-related markets, including technology, biotechnology, life science, and energy & renewable technology
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An Insider’s Look to Clinical Engagement
As healthcare informatics continues to generate attention in the media one of the greatest challenges facing start-ups and large corporations alike is the ability to engage healthcare professionals.
An Insider’s Look to Clinical Engagement is a free white paper written by the UK based clinical team at corporate strategy consultancy AbedGraham supported by the industry insights of HIT Consultant. This concise paper highlights the increasing prevalence of healthcare professionals in
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In-Depth: Rise of the ePatient Movement
Explore the electronic evolution that is propelling the ePatient movement into the epicenter of healthcare: Regina Holliday, Dave Chase, and Stephen Beck share their insights for a collective perspective of how HIT has both evaded and empowered patients, changing healthcare delivery for good.
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Practice Fusion Partners with Emdeon to Simplify Medical Claim Filings in Practice Fusion EHR
Practice Fusion, the country’s largest physician-patient community, and Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, are teaming up to offer automated health plan eligibility checks in the Practice Fusion EHR. When scheduling a patient visit through the Practice Fusion EHR, medical professionals will be able to check that patient’s health plan information electronically via the Emdeon network, which will
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