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Vital Signs
Study shows EHRs' role in cutting readmissions of high-risk heart failure patients
By Steven Ross Johnson | August 01, 2013
The findings of a new study published this week in BMJ Quality & Safety show the first evidence that electronic health records can play a role in reducing hospital readmissions of high-risk heart failure patients.
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Vital Signs
House Energy and Commerce Committee passes legislation to repeal, replace SGR
By Jessica Zigmond | July 31, 2013
It's Christmas in July for Medicare-participating physicians—though the gift is far from being delivered. On Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth-rate formula and replace it with a stable system of...
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Vital Signs
Half of voters unlikely to back Congress in defunding reform, survey finds
By Steven Ross Johnson | July 31, 2013
Supporters of the healthcare reform law got some good news from a survey just released by the healthcare policy briefing website The Morning Consult.
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News
Reform Update: Public health organizations work to prepare providers for Medicaid expansion
By Steven Ross Johnson | July 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Three leading public health organizations have announced plans to partner in a project aimed at helping the nation's healthcare providers prepare for the 2014 expansion of Medicaid coverage.
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Northwestern to pay nearly $3 million to settle claims against cancer researcher
By Joe Carlson | July 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Northwestern University has agreed to pay nearly $3 million to settle a whistle-blower's allegations that a cancer researcher formerly at the school was misusing federal grant money.
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Vital Signs
ANA wants exchanges to have minimum number of RNs
By Ashok Selvam | July 30, 2013
The American Nurses Association wants the federal government to require insurers selling plans on state insurance exchanges to have at least a certain percentage of advanced practice registered nurses in their provider networks.
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Magazine
Still seeking best practices | Annual ACO survey shows care coordination remains a work in progress for many providers
By Melanie Evans | July 27, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Most of the 37 organizations responding to Modern Healthcare's third annual survey of ACOs reported that efforts to track their performance included care-coordination measures.
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Magazine
Making room for faith | Hospitals working to better serve Muslim patients
By Ashok Selvam | July 27, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Khlood Salman became a strong advocate for better healthcare for Muslims in the U.S. after finding out shortly after graduating from nursing school that three of her young Muslim friends had breast cancer.
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Magazine
'Hidden surcharge' | Leapfrog Group introduces error calculator
By Rachel Landen | July 27, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Slightly more than a year after the Leapfrog Group unveiled controversial letter grades for hospital safety, the organization introduced an online tool to help employers calculate the “hidden surcharge”...
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News
Hospitals having trouble using EHRs to report quality measures, AHA study shows
By Joseph Conn | July 26, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospitals—even those with loads of experience using health information technology—are still having a tough time using electronic health-record systems to gather and report clinical quality measures, according to a new report summarizing a study by the American Hospital Association.
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