athenahealth Acquires Epocrates for $293 Million
Move Signals athenahealth Expansion Into Mobile Device Offerings It’s a new year and let the acquisitions begin. Today, athenahealth announced it will acquire mobile medical…
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HIEs Need To Deliver Clear Value
HIE in 2013: Climbing past the low-hanging fruit Unlike western and central Pennsylvania, providers in greater Philadelphia are not linked by a health information exchange,…
CMS Seeks Comments On Reporting of CQMs by Hospitals
Looks to Align CQMs and EHRs CMS is seeking public comment on hospital readiness to use EHRs in submitting reports on clinical quality measures (CQMs)….
CMS Delays Enforcement of Two HIPAA Rules
Two HIPAA Operating Standards Delayed Until March 31 Last Wednesday CMS announced it has delayed the enforcement date for certain operating rules for HIPAA transaction standards. Enforcement…
HIEs Need to Deliver Clear Value
HIE in 2013: Climbing past the low-hanging fruit Unlike western and central Pennsylvania, providers in greater Philadelphia are not linked by a health information exchange,…
KMPG Poll Looks At Health System Confidence in Meeting Meaningful Use
Training, Change Management Biggest Hurdles Business leaders at hospitals and health systems are only somewhat confident in their organization’s level of readiness to meet meaningful…
ISO 9001 Can Bring ‘Big Picture’ Approach to Healthcare
Quality in Healthcare – ISO 9001:2008, the Gold Standard ISO 9001:2008 is the international standard for quality management in over 160 countries for manufacturing and…
Fiscal Cliff Package Effects on Healthcare
Healthcare Impact of the “Fiscal Cliff” Deal Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have voted by 257-167, with 172 Democratic votes and only 85…
Health IT Trends and Predictions for 2013
What Lies Ahead for Health IT It’s a new year. Year nine of GW Bush’s 10 years to widespread health information technology. Year four of…