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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AHRQ maps care coordination measures

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released "The Care Coordination Measures Atlas," a resource for researchers interested in measuring care coordination, an emerging field of quality measurement.  

Texas group uses analytics to cut readmissions

Southeast Texas Medical Associates, a primary healthcare group based in Beaumont, Texas, is utilizing IBM business analytics software to review trend data to help identify causes and design interventions to prevent patient readmissions.

Toren joins Medsphere board of directors

Richard B. Toren has joined the board of directors at Medsphere Systems, bringing more than 30 years experience to the San Diego-based open-source healthcare enterprise system provider.

JAMA: Regions with more chronic conditions diagnoses have lower death rates

Hospital regions that have a greater frequency of diagnoses have a lower case-fatality rate for certain chronic conditions, a March 16 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) revealed.

HIEs get a new evaluation framework

The Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business has developed an evaluation framework to help states and the District of Columbia create self-sustaining and effective networks for the exchange of EHRs.

Survey: Public indifferent to medical ID theft

While consumers grasp the importance of protecting their medical and personal information, few individuals take the necessary precautions to avoid medical identity theft, according to a study from the Ponemon Institute.

MedHOK unveils data processing software

MedHOK has released 360Measures 1.56, cloud-based software that has earned National Committee for Quality Assurance Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set certification.

Commentary: UKs P4P initiative has had ambiguous impact on care

A commentary on the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse website titled Pay for Performance in U.K. General PracticeThe Ambiguous Impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, offers a mixed review of the pay-for-performance (P4P) initiatives of the National Health Services' Quality and Outcomes Framework.

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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

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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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