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This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Liaison Technologies Solves Data Challenges for Healthcare and Life Sciences

ATLANTA, April 9, 2015 – Liaison Technologies, an industry-recognized leader in cloud-based integration and data management offerings, today announced the availability of the Liaison Alloy Health Platform™, a next-generation platform for integrating and managing data across the increasingly interdependent domains of healthcare, health research, and life sciences. 

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Insurance policy premiums to vary based on health data

Life insurance company John Hancock Insurance has launched the John Hancock Vitality program in which policyholders can receive premium discounts in return for sharing their health data and completing certain activities. 

Cerner, Tableau Collaborate to Provide Advanced Data Exploration Capabilities to Health Care Organizations

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner Corp. has collaborated with Tableau Software to enhance the data discovery experience of health care organizations through interactive data exploration.

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County-by-county rankings reveal disparities affecting health

Nationwide county-by-county rankings reveal rates of poverty, violent crime, premature deaths and more.

Study finds correlation between Facebook ratings and readmissions

A study on social media found a link between hospitals' Facebook ratings and how well they performed on 30-day readmission rates.

Alpha II Announces 2015 PQRS Registry

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - April 1, 2015 - Alpha II, LLC, a leading developer of software platforms, software as a service and publications that support the healthcare revenue cycle, announced today that it has developed a Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Registry to successfully collect and report 2015 PQRS data - as outlined by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - on behalf of individual providers and group practices.

Maryland hospitals achieve impressive care quality improvements

Hospitals in Maryland have focused on patient safety with impressive results.

15% of providers now using predictive analytics

Fifteen percent of providers are using some kind of predictive modeling, according to a study conducted by health IT company Jvion.

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