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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AIM: Computer intervention can help oncologists react to patients

A brief computerized intervention improves how oncologists respond to patients' expressions of negative emotions, according to an article published in the Nov. 1 edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

VA removes interoperability liability in interim final rule

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has released an interim final rule to amend the regulation of the applicability of VA restrictions on disclosure of certain medical information to the Department of Defense.

ID theft scheme results in 7,300 breach notifications at Emory

The Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare was recently informed that information from 32 patients treated in the Emory Clinic section of orthopedics was found in the possession of a non-Emory-affiliated individual.

JDI: Virtualization is no replacement for physical network servers

While the attraction of virtual computing and the ability to run multiple operating systems optimized for different tasks on a single physical machine is compelling, there are also potential drawbacks, according to an article in this months Journal of Digital Imaging.

Survey: 50% of providers use patient satisfaction to drive doc payments

Fifty percent of 316 completed surveys from healthcare professionals are now using patient satisfaction scores to guide physician incentive payments, according to an October report from HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Unit. Fifty-seven percent use quality metrics.

Michigan HIE goes live on NwHIN

The South East Michigan Health Information Exchange (SEMHIE) has been validated for conformance and interoperability testing by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and is now live on the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange (NwHIN).

MGMA urges HHS to issue HIPAA 5010 contingency plan

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) research on the transition to the new HIPAA Version 5010 electronic transaction standards indicated a need for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately issue a comprehensive contingency plan permitting health plans to adjudicate claims that may not have all the required data content.

Oracle SOA Suite available for healthcare integration

Oracle has announced Oracle SOA Suite for healthcare integration is now available.

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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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