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California's critical-access, rural hospitals got a big boost when UnitedHealth Group announced it would provide $10 million in loans to help them adopt electronic health records and improve their health IT systems, and $1 million in grants to jumpstart the process.
Innovent Oncology, a division of US Oncology, has engaged the actuarial and consulting firm Milliman to help develop risk contracting methodologies – including episode rates, bundled payments and capitation – to help identify potential areas where oncologists can improve quality of care while lowering health costs.
In a deal that will add feet-on-the-ground management of payer reimbursement services to 200 hospitals in 30 states enabled by a technology backbone, Emdeon Inc. announced in early September that it will acquire Altanta-based Chamberlin Emonds & Associates for $260 million in cash.
Healthcare information technology can collect and help analyze the quality measures the U.S. must have to integrate care, says the chief of the largest healthcare payer in the country, who added that the status quo of fragmented patient health information and fragmented care is no longer acceptable.
Novo Nordisk, a healthcare company with a focus on diabetes care, announced the availability of NovoDose – the first-ever mobile insulin-dosing guide for physicians to look up dosing guidelines and blood glucose goals for their patients with diabetes.
Hillside Avenue Family and Community Medicine has reduced the need for patient emergency room usage by more than 10 percent over the past year. The Rhode Island practice used McKesson's Practice Partner electronic health record solution to improve the health of chronically ill patients.
Policymakers should increase their sense of urgency to stop the global spread of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes that threaten the health and economies of industrialized and developing nations alike, Emory University global health researchers say.
The sale of hospital HER systems nearly doubled in 2009 over 2008, driven by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, according to a new report buy research firm KLAS. Epic and Cerner captured nearly 70 percent of the new large hospital sales.
Automated care coordination gaining traction in physician, homecare sectors.
The new California Telehealth Network, a statewide, medical-grade broadband system for improving healthcare access and emergency services, will receive a $9 million federal grant and additional $5 million in matching funds from some prominent California organizations.