Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Telehealth Services Growing | New Role For Regional Centers?

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InformationWeek Healthcare
  Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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Ken Terry Teleservices Interest Grows In Healthcare
While the number of remotely monitored patients remains small, it's expected to rise rapidly, CSC report says.


HHS Expands Health IT Regional Extension Centers' Mission
RECs surpass their goal of helping small medical practices acquire EHRs, now apply their expertise to other healthcare reform objectives.

9 Pioneer ACOs Expected To Leave Medicare Program
Reasons aren't clear, but quality of data benchmarking and lack of access to claims data are said to be among the gripes.

Venture Capitalists Keep Digital Health Products Flowing
Rate of capital infusion into digital health companies during first half of the year didn't match previous year's, but far outpaced that of healthcare overall.

Halamka: IT Must Plan For Disparate EHRs
Beth Israel Deaconess CIO John Halamka advocates affiliation planning, or using prebuilt templates to facilitate workflow between disparate EHRs.

Can Data-Powered Comparative Effectiveness Research Save Healthcare?
Mounting evidence suggests CER will deliver new, cost-effective treatment options. But at least one controversial problem needs to be resolved first.

Social Media Improves Chronic Disease Care
Online health communities that include providers as well as patients can improve patient engagement and offer other benefits to both groups, says study.


 
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    Salaries for healthcare IT may not match some lucrative sectors -- just over half, 53%, of staffers will collect bonuses in 2013, and a mere 18% of managers say they're very satisfied with their total compensation packages. However, the flip side is a ...

  • Research: Healthcare IT Priorities Survey

    Healthcare providers are intensely focused on deploying and upgrading electronic health records systems this year and their IT plans reflect that. InformationWeek Analytics takes a close look at the priorities and goals they're pursuing.

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