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From Alaska to Massachusetts, eICU systems making the rounds
For hospitals looking to keep constant tabs on the most critical patients--both in-house and at remote rural facilities--electronic intensive care units continue to serve as a viable option. Such
Highmark, Verizon collaborate on new HIE
Pennsylvania insurer Highmark and telecom giant Verizon are creating a massive new health information exchange, the two companies announced this week. Once complete, the Highmark HIE will cover much
HIEs in Ohio, Mississippi facilitate first interstate Direct messaging
For the first time, the Direct protocol for secure messaging has been used to exchange health data across state lines . Physician offices in Lima, Ohio, and Biloxi, Miss., used Direct messaging to
Kaiser, Mayo press for standard product identifiers to improve patient safety
The Healthcare Transformation Group (HTG), a collaborative comprised of five big healthcare organizations--Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, and the
HFMA CEO: How to close the 'value gap' in care delivery
The CEO of the Healthcare Finance Management Association (HFMA) warned during the group's annual conference last week of a growing divide between delivering quality healthcare and what it costs to
ACO fears will be addressed, maybe alleviated
With the recent publication of the proposed rules regarding accountable care organizations (ACO), the topic has hit a fever-pitch level throughout the healthcare industry. Payers are particularly
Cleveland Clinic, leading hospitals blast ACOs
Similar to some other renowned health systems, Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, condemned federal rules of the accountable care organization (ACO) proposal released in March.
Despite information exchange plans, healthcare ultimately is local
The truism "all healthcare is local" seems to have been forgotten in the ambitious plans to hook up far-flung healthcare providers and create a national health data exchange. That was one of the
GE to help expand Pennsylvania HIE
The Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., which received a $16 million Beacon Community grant last May , established the Keystone Beacon Community to use health IT to improve the quality of care
Unencrypted email implicated in Geisinger patient data breach
Even Geisinger Health System, which has touted its sophisticated EHR , is not immune to patient privacy breaches. In letters that went out to more than 2,900 patients, Geisinger Health System
