New Allscripts white paper focuses on key elements that will help healthcare organizations achieve their meaningful use Stage 2 requirements while remaining focused on the long-term goals of improving population health.
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Push vs. Pull: 3 Myths about Health Data Sharing
Dr. Robert Rowley shares three myths about health data sharing.
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US Healthcare Cloud Market Expected Reach $6.5B by 2018
The North American healthcare cloud market was valued at $1.75B in 2013 and is poised to grow at a CAGR of 29.8% from 2013 to 2018, to reach $6.5 billion by 2018, according to a Marketandmarkets report.
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David Einhorn Predicts Athenahealth’s Shares to Plummet 80% or More
David Einhorn, President of hedge fund Greenlight Capital, Inc. poked fun at Athenahealth during this year's Ira Sohn conference claiming the company is "overpriced and caught up in a bubble."
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Leidos Lands $12M VA Contract for Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy
Leidos, a national security, health and engineering solutions company, was awarded a prime contract to provide systems integration support and services to the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP).
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Rhode Island Eye Institute Selects CareCloud’s Practice Management Offering
CareCloud, provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR), and medical billing software and services, today announced that The Rhode Island Eye Institute has selected CareCloud’s cloud-based practice management solution, CareCloud Central, for its 20 providers across four locations.
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Gartner Names the “Coolest” Vendors for Healthcare Providers and Payers
New Gartner report highlights the “coolest” innovative vendors for healthcare providers and payers in the industry.
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51% of RECs Spent Between $5 and $9M to Assist Providers Achieve MU Stage 1
More than half of Regional Extension Centers (RECs) indicated that they had spent between $5 and $9 million assisting providers in their region achieve MU Stage 1, according to the 2014 HIMSS Regional Extension Center Survey.
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BREAKING: ICD-10 Compliance Date Set for Oct. 1, 2015
A CMS spokeswoman has official announced the new effective date for ICD-10 compliance will be October 1, 2015.
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Incorporating Better Functions into EHRs Will Help Reduce Health Disparities
To advance the goal that federal health IT policy facilitates better care, better outcomes and lower costs for patients and families, the Consumer Partnership for eHealth (CPeH) provided comments this week on the draft 2015 Edition of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria, released by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) in February.
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