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MedeAnalytics, a provider of healthcare performance management solutions such as on-demand analytics, announced Wednesday the launch of its new accountable care organization solution, alongside an ACO resource center for provider and payer organizations.
The implementation of a telepharmacy model in a multi-hospital health system increased access to pharmacy services, allowing for round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists, which is critical to reducing errors, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.
A Department of Health and Human Services advisory panel wants feedback from the public about concepts it has developed for clinical quality measures for meaningful use in 2013 and 2015.
Social media tools may prove an effective way to boost participation in online health programs, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School.
The Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape, a well-known paper-based medical chart used by pediatric emergency personnel to provide specific medical instructions to doctors based on a child’s measurements, is undergoing an electronic revamp that displays the information via a large-screen digital format.
In an investment it expects will pay dividends as healthcare IT usage grows apace, Aetna announced Tuesday that it would spend $500 million to acquire Medicity, the Salt Lake City-based developer of health information exchange technology.
The real barrier to adoption of personal health records is not privacy and security, but rather the unwillingness of healthcare data sources to give consumers control over their health information, Dossia CEO Colin Evans told a government panel recently.
As it seeks to expand its suite of clinical solutions for unified patient information management (UPIM), NaviNet, the biggest healthcare communications network in the country, has acquired Prematics, a provider of mobile care management solutions.
The American Hospital Association is urging the Office of the National Coordinator to relax its rules on meaningful use so EHRs do not have to be certified against all 24 criteria, arguing that the requirement is inconsistent since hospitals are required to report on 19 measures.
Picis has been awarded a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract to implement an anesthesia record keeping (ARK) system in the Stars & Stripes Healthcare Network, a Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) serving Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia.