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Studies have illustrated the potential benefits of EHR adoption, such as improvement in the clinical care process and the overall patient experience. EHR implementation, however, can also have a significant impact on operational efficiencies, creating opportunities for healthcare organizations to leverage the same workflow automation capabilities to improve a number of cumbersome administrative processes to drive bottom line improvement.

The National Quality Forum Board of Directors has endorsed 19 measures related to pulmonary conditions, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia.

As congressional lawmakers reached an agreement Tuesday that would avoid a government shut down before the presidential election, the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis estimating the cost of alternative policies to modify the physician payment rate set by the sustainable growth rate.

The Massachusetts Legislature Tuesday passed the next phase of its ongoing attempt to reform the healthcare system: sweeping cost control legislation.

Memorial Medical Center in Port Lavaca, Texas, realized a $50,000 bump in revenue in just three months by optimizing the billing process.

The newest monthly Physician Wellbeing Index from online medical learning network QuantiaMD shows that 26 percent of primary care physicians report poor financial health.

Telehealth's promise of opening a virtual connection between clinicians, organizations and patients offers the opportunity to increase patient access while improving care continuity. But telehealth can also provide business benefits for healthcare providers.

The Medicaid expansion was supposed to be the least controversial part of the health reform lawsuit. But since the Supreme Court essentially made broadening its eligibility voluntary for states, not a day goes by without news reports guessing how Medicaid will fare in the future.

Grand Junction, Colo., gets a lot of credit and attention as being home to pioneers in providing high-quality, low-cost healthcare. Healthcare leaders in the city of more than 58,000 are once again demonstrating their initiative.

Grand Junction, Colo., gets a lot of credit and attention as being home to pioneers in providing high-quality, low-cost healthcare. Healthcare leaders in the city of more than 58,000 are once again demonstrating their initiative.