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Can online care be more personal than in-person care?
In a guest post for Forbes, Kaveh Safavi, managing director Accenture's healthcare practice in North America, discusses the benefits of online care over an in-person experience. "Studies have shown
Survey: U.S. docs mixed on benefits of connected health
Doctors understand the basic benefits of connected health, including data-sharing via electronic health systems and health information exchanges, but don't quite grasp the finer points, according to
AT&T, Accenture team to enable medical image sharing via the cloud
AT&T and Accenture have partnered to offer a cloud-based image storage and exchange solution to hospitals. The solution will help radiologists and other healthcare professionals electronically
Insurers: Wake up and smell members' service expectations
Have you ever called your health insurance company to question a claim, report a problem, or determine coverage? I'm going to assume yes. Has that call ever resulted in a genuinely positive
Survey: Members will pay more for better customer service
If health insurance companies improve the quality of their customer service, they likely could charge more for their products. That's because nearly half of the health plan customers surveyed by
Key to physician retention: Adapt to generational differences
One of FiercePracticeManagement's most-read articles last week covered two recent surveys whose results indicate a rough road ahead for physician practices. In particular, the Merritt Hawkins "2011
Physicians leaving practices for health system employment
By 2013, less than a third of physicians will be in private practice, electing instead for employment with larger health systems, according to a new report released today by management consulting
CIOs need to consider new course to promote EMR adoption
CIOs will need to think and act far differently than in past years to successfully drive the use of and implement EMRs, according to an Accenture survey of CIOs who already have achieved advanced use
Accenture contract will examine EMR real-world use
Under a new contract, Accenture will be working with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to develop and manage real-world "use cases" that ONC will use to help in
Stanford Hospital to outsource virtualization, business intelligence to Accenture
Stanford Hospital & Clinics has signed a seven-year "connected health technology" agreement with Accenture in an effort to improve patient care and streamline operations. Financial terms were not
