Writing for an online publication called Windows Secrets, Fred Langa issued a dire warning last week about a newly discovered, extremely prevalent scam that could cause your company a great deal of grief. The caller first identifies himself as representing Microsoft Tech Support, claiming that your PC has automatically notified Microsoft that it has […]
Allscripts acquires dbMotion and Jardogs. Reinventing itself after a change in leadership earlier this year (CEO Tullman Loses Final Battle for Control of Allscripts, Resigns – HCTR, 12/19/12), Allscripts announced during this week’s HIMSS Annual Meeting in New Orleans that it has acquired data integration vendor dbMotion and patient engagement software firm Jardogs. The […]
Based on an annual Medicaid net cost per nursing facility resident of approximately $71,500, the Connecticut Medicaid program plans to save $33 million in FY14 and $71.2 million in FY15 over FY13 levels by moving an annual average of 1,002 nursing home residents to community-based care services. Currently, Medicaid covers approximately 16,500 individuals in […]
A gift in kind presented to Penn State Altoona by Delta Health Technologies, LLC, will enable the campus’s nursing students to utilize Delta’s clinical documentation software in their education. Delta provided 200 licenses to its ClinicalVirtuoso™ application, for a gift valued at nearly $300,000. Details about ClinicalVirtuoso™ , a fully-functional home health clinical system, […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor As this issue was going to press, the March 1 Sequestration deadline came and went, with all sides spending more time arguing who is to blame than writing legislation. Medicare providers will face a 2% rate reduction if sequestration is not avoided but it is not that simple.
To help healthcare providers prepare for ICD-10, CMS has released new checklists and timelines for small and medium provider practices, large provider practices, small hospitals and payers. These resources are designed to give a high-level understanding of what the ICD-10 transition requires and how each provider’s ICD-10 preparations compare with recommended time frames. Many […]
By Audrey Kinsella Patient engagement is an experience, an expectation and a goal. Persons with chronic conditions, especially in this era of accountable care, reach for the goal as they experience care at the hands of professionals, from whom they expect quality interactions. Patient engagement is a goal at the Center for Connected Health, […]
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference takes place amid growing pressure on the health care industry and the Obama administration to move forward with interoperability. But HIMSS Vice President for Informatics, Joyce Sensmeier, says the keys for sharing patient data among different IT systems, devices and platforms already exist. She was interviewed […]
Grane Home Health and Grane Hospice, a locally owned and operated agency serving Western Pennsylvania from its Pittsburgh headquarters chose CellTrak as a point of care mobile solution to interface with its McKesson Horizon EHR system. Details about its use by clinicians are provided, in an article below, titled “Pittsburgh home care and hospice […]
In 2004, President George W. Bush set a goal for the Department of Health and Human Services to guide completion of a National Health Information Network within 10 years. To spearhead the project, he created, but did not initially fund, the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. Nine years and four […]
