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> Looking for a Twitter account that focuses solely on ICD-10? One vendor, MedData, has just what you need. The account, @EveryICD10, is tweeting out every code, according to an article at Healthcare Finance News. It started on July 9, and has already tweeted more than 15,300 codes. Article
> A new pill may make checking for colon cancer an easy, faster procedure. Medical engineer Yoav Kimchy created the pill, which has a small sensor inside it that works like an X-ray machine, according to Quartz. When the pill is swallowed, it emits signals, which allow it to map the inside of the colon and then send that data to a wireless patch on the patient's skin. Article
> Harvard Medical School is receiving a $600,000 donation to analyze the growth of telemedicine. The money was donated by Comprehensive Health Services, a medical services providers, in support of the school's Telemedicine Research Fund and Health Care Markets and Regulation Lab. Announcement
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> Patients at St. Luke's University Hospital in Pennsylvania not only receive quality medical care at the facility. They also receive fresh, nutritious food courtesy of the hospital's farm. Article
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> Healthcare spending has been growing at a historically low rate, but that will change in the coming years. That's the conclusion of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which has studied spending and growth trends for the next several years. The agency's findings, published in the most recent issue of the journal Health Affairs, is that growth and prices are on the rise. Article
> If your hospital doesn't already have a team in place, chief financial officers may want to put one together to handle all the dramatic changes in the current reimbursement environment. Article
And Finally... A different kind of traffic "jam." Article