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Insurers looking to offer low-cost options on the new health insurance exchanges are knitting together narrow provider networks that are willing to offer lower prices in exchange for the guaranteed volume that comes with serving an entire patient population. But that raises thorny questions for...
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari didn't quite bare his soul to a bunch of hospital CIOs, but the man who was indefatigably buoyant as the nation's federal health information technology czar did pull back the curtain a bit and offered an assessment of his own concerns as well as some "insider clues" in his...
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The key to effective health information technology in a small, office-based medical practice is to properly install the newly purchased electronic health-record system, according to a new report from KLAS Enterprises.
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Safeguarding patients' personal health information has become a more complicated job—and potentially more punitive—thanks to a raft of new federal rules going into effect this week.
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In the run-up to the Sept. 23 enforcement date for a host of revisions to federal health information privacy laws, one group—clinical laboratories—will get something of a respite, and another—pharmaceutical manufacturers—some regulatory relief.
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The Delaware Regional Extension Center is batting better than a thousand.
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Three members of Congress will hear today from representatives of hospital and physician organizations who were invited to speak in Washington about bipartisan House legislation to extend Medicare health information technology incentive payments to rural clinics, which up to now have not qualified...
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A substantial number of Americans are worried about the security of their medical information.
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About 3,720 years ago, the Code of Hammurabi and the founding of the Babylonian Empire were already old news, but war chariots were about to become the hottest thing in weapons technology. Put another way, that's roughly 32.8 million hours ago.
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One warm night in mid-July, more than 4 million patient records breezed out the door of the Advocate Medical Group administrative office in Park Ridge, Ill., in the arms of an unidentified thief who stole four computers from the largest medical group in Illinois. The 1,100-physician medical group...
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