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Nuance’s Clintegrity CDI Generates $2.2M Gain in Revenue for Valley Medical Center

by Fred Pennic 06/18/2014 Leave a Comment

Nuance's Clintegrity CDI

Nuance's Clintegrity CDI generates $2.2 million gain in appropriate revenue and enables 11% improvement in Case Mix Index (CMI) for Valley Medical Center.  Nuance Communications, Inc. announced today that Valley Medical Center, part of the University of Washington Medical Center, has achieved higher levels of clinical excellence and gained additional revenue through proper reimbursements thanks to Nuance Clintegrity 360 solutions. Valley Medical has improved the quality of clinical information
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Only 8 Hospitals Have Attested for Meaningful Use Stage 2

by Jasmine Pennic 06/17/2014 1 Comment

Only 8 Hospitals Have Attested for Meaningful Use Stage 2

Only 8 hospitals have attested for meaningful use stage 2 out of a total of 75 hospitals during the 2014 reporting year, according to the latest data released by CMS. For physicians, only 447 eligible providers have attested for MU Stage 2 out of total 1,497.
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Healthcare Information System Market Expected to Reach $53.2B Globally by 2019

by Jasmine Pennic 06/17/2014 Leave a Comment

  The Healthcare Information System Market was valued at $35.1 billion and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.1% from 2013 to 2019, to reach an estimated value of $53.2 billion by 2019, according to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research.
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44% of Healthcare Organizations Use the Cloud for Hosting Clinical Applications

by Jasmine Pennic 06/16/2014 Leave a Comment

Cloud for Hosting Clinical Applications

44 percent of healthcare organizations use the cloud for hosting clinical applications, according to the latest HIMSS Analytics Inaugural Cloud Survey.  Other typical cloud services include Health Information Exchange (HIE), hosting human resources (HR) applications and data as well as backup and disaster recovery. Hosting clinical applications was identified as the most common area for which healthcare organizations rely on cloud services.
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Medtronic to Buy Covidien for $42.9B, Rebase to Ireland to Reduce Tax Burden

by Jasmine Pennic 06/16/2014 Leave a Comment

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Medtronic To Buy Smaller Rival Covidien In $43 Bln Deal (via http://361db.com) Medical device maker Medtronic, Inc. (MDT: Quote) agreed late Sunday to acquire smaller rival Covidien plc (COV: Quote) in a cash and stock deal valued at about $42.9 billion. The deal will help Medtronic shift base to Ireland and save it from paying…
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Cumberland Consulting Group Acquires Cipe Consulting Group

by Fred Pennic 06/16/2014 Leave a Comment

Cumberland Consulting Group Acquires Cipe Consulting Group

Cumberland Consulting Group, a national healthcare technology implementation and project management firm, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Seattle-based Cipe Consulting Group, LLC, a growing healthcare technology consulting firm specializing in electronic health records and revenue cycle system implementation and support, including workflow and business analytics.  The transaction expands Cumberland’s service offerings to include top-quality staffing resources with
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5 Tips to Protect Against Healthcare Security Data Breaches

by Fred Pennic 06/12/2014 Leave a Comment

HIPAA Violation Settlement_Healthcare Security Data Breaches_10 Steps to Maintaining Health Data Privacy in a Changing Mobile World

Those in the healthcare industry are at great risk for data breaches, according to the 2014 Experian Data Breach Industry Forecast. Those working in the healthcare industry must be careful to adhere to the new privacy and data breach regulations in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. Those who do not comply will most probably face heftier fines due to HIPAA’s new requirements. The response to this has been a surge in investment in cyber insurance policies.
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IBM Partners with Epic to Bid on $11B DoD HIM Contract

by Jasmine Pennic 06/11/2014 2 Comments

DoD EHR Modernization Project_IBM Partners with Epic to Bid on DoD HIM Contract

IBM today announced that it will team with Epic to compete for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) contract worth potentially $11 billion dollars. With 9.7 million beneficiaries, including active duty, retirees and their dependents, DHMSM will replace and modernize the Military Health System (MHS) clinical systems. IBM and Epic will propose a solution to transform the MHS leveraging Epic's high performance, interoperable and secure EHR software which is
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Total of 14 Revenue Cycle M&A Deals Worth $310M Occured Over the Past Year

by Fred Pennic 06/11/2014 Leave a Comment

Revenue Cycle M&A Deals_Total Dollars Spent on Medications in the U.S. Reached $329.2B in 2013

A total of 14 revenue cycle M&A deals worth $310 million occurred over the past twelve months ending on March 31, 2014, according to Greenberg Advisors, an M&A advisory firm that specializes in assisting owners and investors in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and related financial services firms. Information and other key data, was compiled from Greenberg Advisors' proprietary database of M&A transactions.
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VistA and Epic: A Tale of Two Systems, Two Platforms, Two Approaches

by Edmund Billings MD 06/10/2014 2 Comments

VistA and Epic

VistA and Epic: A Tale of Two Systems, Two Platforms, Two Approaches Over the last few weeks, access to VA health care for veterans has been all over the news.  At the same time, the DoD is moving to procure a replacement EHR system.  So it seems there is no time like the present to review a recent RAND case studies report entitled “Redirecting Innovation in U.S. Health Care: Options to Decrease Spending and Increase Value.”   The case studies include a chapter comparing America’s two
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