Economics

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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Truven Health Analytics and Cerner Partner to Make Micromedex Integrated CareNotes Available to Cerner EHR Clients

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Truven Health Analytics™ today announced an agreement with Cerner Corporation, a leading provider of health information and electronic health record (EHR) systems, to resell its Micromedex® CareNotes® product, a part of the Patient Connect Suite of patient and consumer education and engagement solutions.

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MGMA study finds QI not good for practice efficiency, morale

Most physician group practices are actively engaged in internal processes to improve clinical quality but they are highly critical of Medicare's physician quality reporting programs and their impact on patients and practices.

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NIH, Geisinger launch portal for genomic data

The National Institutes of Health's Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has launched a patient portal called GenomeConnect.

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NIH invests in big data

The National Institutes of Health has awarded grants designed to develop new strategies to analyze and leverage big data.

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Study demonstrates feasibility of centralized data warehouse with disparate EHRs

The establishment of a national, centralized database with multiple partners and disparate EHR systems is doable, according to a study published in eGEMS (Generating Evidence & Methods to improve patient outcomes).

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RWJF to embark on five-city tour to explore how data can improve health

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is hosting a series of “Learning What Works” events as part of its new Data for Health initiative to identify ways to harness data to improve health.

CMS unveils new investment model to advance ACOs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a new initiative to encourage new accountable care organizations to form in rural and underserved areas and current Medicare Shared Saving Program ACOs to transition to arrangements with greater financial risk.

ActX Joins Greenway Online Marketplace for Comprehensive Health IT Solutions, Offering Integrated Genomic Decision Support

SEATTLE--ActX today announced it has joined the Greenway Health online Marketplace of value-added partners for users of Greenway’s integrated electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solutions.

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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