Ambulatory Care news and information

Modern Healthcare's Washington bureau chief Jessica Zigmond talks with Dr. Susan Turney, president and CEO of the MGMA-ACMPE.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks talks with Dr. Kevin Ronneberg, associate medical director of Target Corp., about the company's in-store clinics.
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Four developers of electronic health-record system are in a tight battle to become the most popular developer of complete, inpatient EHR systems that hospitals use to achieve meaningful use and receive Medicare EHR incentive payments, an analysis of federal program data shows.
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Epic Systems Corp. has more physicians and other eligible professionals who have attested as meaningful users of complete electronic health-record systems in the ambulatory-care setting than any other vendor in a still-crowded and intensely competitive field, an analysis of federal data shows.
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The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.
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Ambulatory care is getting more sophisticated, and advanced healthcare services that once required hospitalization can now be delivered on an outpatient basis.
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John Muir Health, Walnut Creek, Calif., has formed a joint venture with Tenet Healthcare Corp. that will give the not-for-profit system a 49% stake in Tenet's San Ramon Regional Medical Center.
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Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation has plans to battle for patients against Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest provider of dialysis treatments.
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Montefiore Medical Center is expected to buy bankrupt New York Westchester Square Medical Center when the Bronx community hospital puts itself on the auction block next month for about $14 million.
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Four Colorado ASCs have filed an antitrust lawsuit against HCA, HCA-HealthOne, Centura Health, the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado.
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