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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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Canon gains health IT entry via Median Technologies

Canon has entered into a partnership agreement with CT-centered patient monitoring tool developer Median Technologies.

W. Va. REC selects Greenway EHR

The West Virginia Regional Health IT Extension Center has selected Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE 2011 EHR, practice management and interoperability tools to enhance clinical performance across the organization.

KLAS: Specialist consultants best vendors at IT implementation

Third-party firms specializing in a vendors applications implement them more adeptly than the vendor itselfby a widening margin, according to a KLAS report.

HRSA: $100K grants will support Beacon health centers

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will award $9 million in fiscal year 2011, providing one-time supplemental funding of up to $100,000 to support health centers located in Beacon Communities, stated Carlene Randolph, branch chief of health IT at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services HRSA stated during a conference call June 30.

JAMIA: E-prescribing systems don't reduce common mistakes

Implementing a computerized prescribing system without comprehensive functionality and processes in place to ensure meaningful system use does not decrease medication errors, according to research published online June 29 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

HIE Roundtable explores sustainability

We have a very diverse group of [health information exchanges] that started in many different ways but are in some ways evolving in the same direction, which is an interesting trend, said Kate Berry, CEO of the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC), during a June 28 HIE Leaders Roundtable webinar hosted by the Washington, D.C.-based organization.

JABFM: Patient-centered care could mean lower annual charges

Patient-centered care was associated with decreased utilization of healthcare services and lower total annual charges, according to research that was published in the May-June edition of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

AMA to Congress: Dump Medicare SGR as part of reform

The American Medical Association (AMA) and 112 state and medical specialty societies have urged the Obama Administration and Congress to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and permanently reform the Medicare physician payment system as part of any agreement on authorizing an increase in the debt ceiling.

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

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