Healthcare Finance Staff
Microsoft will offer new turnkey technology designed to help states quickly and efficiently roll out their statewide health insurance exchanges by 2014.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing an online toolkit and electronic user manual to help providers and health plans understand and establish the requirements for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule.
I've worn many professional hats in my career including that of a freelance writer and contract editor. If I were still plying the sole-proprietor waters and didn't have the health insurance I have now through my current employer, I'd want 2014 to hurry up and get here already.
Health information is one of the hottest topics online today, with 80 percent of Americans using the Internet to research areas including diseases, procedures, doctors, hospitals, drugs, test results and insurance, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet Project and California HealthCare Foundation.
The spotlight is on health data exchange in Indiana as the Central Indiana Beacon Community, led by the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), hosts a meeting Monday to share the experiences of running the nation's largest and oldest health information exchange in the country. Indiana health IT leaders are calling the 'deep dive' meeting the first - and only - such meeting of the Beacon Communities.
In an effort to boost drug safety, a new online service has been launched that allows doctors to check the FDA-approved labeling for the most commonly prescribed drugs.
Three of the nation's top hospital companies and two major hospital systems - together representing more than 400 hospitals across the country - have invested in the Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund L.P., a venture fund focused on investments in businesses that improve the delivery of healthcare services.
MedAssurant, which seeks to better use healthcare data to drive clinical outcomes and financial performance, has announced an innovation that's shown to increase analytical process runs by a factor of 2,000 over methodologies previously available.
The Mississippi Medicaid program has contracted Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) to help manage the government's EHR meaningful use incentive program.
UnitedHealth Group executives said healthcare information technology helped drive the insurer's strong showing in 2010, with a reported $84.2 billion in revenues, up by 8 percent year over year.