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NewsCoordinate safety, incentives to cut HACs, readmissions
The campaign against hospital readmissions and healthcare-acquired conditions (HACs) requires coordination--public and private, payer and provider, according to a new report by the Measures Read more...
Highmark to acquire a healthcare system
As hospitals continue to merge, acquire and consolidate to manage spiraling healthcare costs, they may soon find unlikely business partners: health insurers. In the most recent move to integrate Read more...
Private employers paying for better health choices, too
In an interesting parallel to the federal government's efforts, private employers are also offering cash incentives to employees who make healthier lifestyle choices. We told you yesterday about Read more...
Docs, hospitals should share responsiblity for readmissions
Hospitals may soon have plenty of incentive to lower their readmission rates, with the Obama administration considering doling out bonuses to facilities that can do so, and penalizing those with Read more...
MedPAC seeks changes in physician payment incentives; Coalition promotes electronic ordering of imaging tests;
> In an announcement likely to be taken seriously--as its recommendations may soon be implemented automatically--MedPAC has released a report suggesting that Medicare change the way it pays Read more...
Study: P4P works with proper incentives
Building on what seems to be a growing consensus, a new study concludes that pay-for-performance schemes can be effective if doctors get the right incentives. The study, which appears in the American Read more...
Groups urge legislators, president to address healthcare disparities
Sadly, there are often large disparities in between the health outcomes of different minority groups, including higher rates of death from some conditions. Now, with a new president in place, Read more...
Physicians support incentives for EMRs
A new study suggests that physicians generally support measures in the pending economic stimulus package that would pay to promote broader adoption of health information technology. However, they Read more...
CA hospitals risk earthquake damage
Now here's a scary statistic: As many as half of California hospital facilities are at risk for earthquake damage--or even collapse--and won't meet state construction requirements, due largely to Read more...
Study: U.S. chronically ill most likely to go without care
In yet another sign of the stresses facing our healthcare system, a recent study found that chronically ill patients in the U.S. are much more likely to go without healthcare because of the cost than Read more...
| Press ReleasesRedBrick Health and The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) Announce the Formation of a First-of-its-Kind WoMINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RedBrick Health, a leader in consumer health engagement technology and The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM), a global non-profit Read more >> Adult Americans Maintain Their Smoking Habit Despite Declining Access to Food, Shelter or HealthcareOctober 2011 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Shows Basic Access Reaches Four-Year Low NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Despite the fact that Americans’ access to basic necessities, such as Read more >> Practice Fusion Awarded as No. 1 EMR for e-Prescribing and Helping Doctors Achieve Meaningful UseBrown-Wilson's independent survey of 120,000 ambulatory medical providers finds Practice Fusion as the leader in key Electronic Medical Record (EMR) featuresSAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Read more >> Out With The Old, In With The New – Another TeleHealth Industry First For CJPS HealthcareAUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In yet another unprecedented move, CJPS Healthcare Supplies & Equipment (www.CJPS.com) announces a new Trade-Up program. This announcement comes on the Read more >> Merge Healthcare Announces the Addition of 11 Radiology Practices That Have Selected Merge RIS to Achieve Meaningful UseRadiologists drive Meaningful Use acceleration; create enterprise imaging foundation CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise imaging and Read more >> |
