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Dignity Health, a large and expanding health system based in San Francisco, has formed a revenue cycle management company in a joint venture with Optum, a subsidiary of insurer UnitedHealth Group.
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While the patient-centered medical home has been touted as the foundation for a better coordinated and more efficient healthcare system, experts now say medical home practices need to be connected to other parts of the healthcare system. To this end, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative...
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A former employee of North Country Hospital, Newport, Vt., says he was given a laptop to fix that contained sensitive patient information. He says he tried to do the right thing and alert hospital officials when a laptop ended up in his possession with more than 3,000 patient documents on it, but...
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The Veterans Affairs Department led the nation in digitizing medical records, giving employees access to health and financial records with a few keystrokes. An analysis of reports filed with the VA's Risk Management and Incident Response Resolution Team found a pattern of illegal snooping through...
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The College of Health Information Management Executives' 2013 Fall CIO Forum wrapped up Friday in Scottsdale, Ariz., with a spate of announcements and award presentations.
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For the past 12 days, a system costing more than $400 million and billed as a one-stop click-and-go hub for citizens seeking health insurance has thwarted the efforts of millions to simply log in.
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St. Joseph's Healthcare System in Paterson, N.J., has named Jane Tsui-Wu CIO and VP of information technology.
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The CEO of St. Jude Medical says that there's still room for innovation in the device industry at the intersection of cost-cutting and improved patient health.
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The Commerce Department has granted $300,000 in funding to the American Health Information Management Association to develop educational programs, strengthen standards and promote the profession.
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Dr. Teresa Myers, an Akron, Ohio-based physician, is among a growing group of physicians in the U.S. practicing telemedicine. She currently works with the Online Care Group, which manages physicians for American Well, which this week announced the introduction of $49 10-minute video chats with...
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