Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Calls for national telehealth strategy within the Australian Health System

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A collaboration of health industry stakeholders released a White Paper in Canberra last week to promote the adoption of  telehealth  nat...

How Will New Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Affect Medicare Reimbursements?

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Program will have hospitalists identify appropriate metrics, patient attribution by Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM We talk a lot ...

J.D. Power ranks AvMed, Humana tops for member satisfaction

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A J.D. Power study placed AvMed Health Plans and Humana in a tie for highest member satisfaction among Florida health plans. The W...

Halifax Health to pay $85m to resolve part of whistle-blower suit

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Halifax Health has agreed to pay $85 million to resolve allegations that it violated a federal law designed to prevent Medicare abu...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Measuring patient engagement is a 'science,' not a 'dark art'

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A new collaboration announced at HIMSS14 aims to rank all of the nation's hospitals on their patient engagement abilities, much like h...

Medicaid ACO Looks Promising

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By  Christine Kern Coalitions in New Jersey continue preparations as they await state rules allowing launch of new healthcare mod...

Google Glass could be a powerful tool for disruptive innovation in healthcare.

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I joined the  Glass Explorer Program  and have started using Google Glass with a focus on finding medical uses for this type of wearable ...

Virtual College’s Lean Healthcare Awards recognise efficiency and improvements in patient experience.

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Representatives from NHS hospital trusts and private healthcare organisations gathered at the Marriott Hotel in Leeds on Thursday 6th Fe...
Friday, March 7, 2014

HealthStream buys New York Online Training Company for $15.4 Million

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Nashville-based HealthStream has acquired Jericho, N.Y.-based Health Care Compliance Strategies, a company focused on interactive and enga...
Thursday, March 6, 2014

32 Recently Announced ACOs

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The following accountable care organizations or value-based care delivery arrangements were covered by  Becker's Hospital Review  with...

Presidential Innovation Fellows Round 3: Serve. Create. Innovate.

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Today, we are very excited to announce that applications are  now being accepted   for the third round of the Presidential Innovation Fell...