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
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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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CSC Partners with Allscripts and HP to Bid on DoD EHR Contract
CSC announced today that it will partner with Allscripts and HP to bid on the DoD EHR contract. The CSC-led team intends to deliver a secure, enterprise-wide information technology (IT) solution that joins multiple disparate EHR systems into a single, open, interoperable and extensible EHR platform that seamlessly connects patients and providers. The DoD EHR contract is estimated to be valued at $11 billion dollars to replace the agency's system.
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3 Tips for Deploying A HIPAA-Compliant Wi-Fi Network
On January 1, 2014, a key provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 went into effect, requiring healthcare providers across the country to adopt and demonstrate “meaningful use” of electronic medical records (EMR) in order to maintain their existing Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement levels. Many healthcare providers are finding that adopting wireless mobile solutions are a must-have to more accessible and updated EMRs and streamlined workflow processes.
The decision
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9 Emerging Job Titles for Healthcare Executives in 2014
Study examines the new crop of emerging job titles for healthcare executives due to the evolution in healthcare delivery and payment models.
According to a recent study by Spencer Stuart and the American Hospital Association, the evolution in healthcare delivery and payment models is impacting the leadership, talent and organizational structures of hospitals and care systems. The findings have been drawn from a survey of senior hospital and care system executives and additional interviews
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