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With the numbers of Alzheimer’s disease patients expected to reach 13.2 million coupled with an estimated price tag of $1.1 trillion (in 2011 dollars) by 2050, lawmakers and those in the healthcare industry know how imperative it is that the country get a handle on the disease.
Mayo Clinic reported a solid performance in 2011 on Feb. 23 and shared plans for growth in services and programs to meet the needs of tomorrow's patients in new and different ways.
Cost overruns on healthcare construction projects can mean big bucks to hospital executives overseeing capital spending. Staying on budget takes a watchful eye and guiding hand at the C-suite level and a deep enough understanding of the design and construction processes to create the proper budget from the start, say industry experts.
Any lingering illusions that the transition to the HIPAA 5010 standard would present only minor glitches have come crashing down. In late January, the Medical Group Management Association sent an urgent plea to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, asking the agency to take immediate action to alleviate a host of claims problems and payment delays.
Some healthcare stocks will get hammered in 2012, while others will do quite well, according to industry analysts who spoke to an audience of 600 at the Nashville Health Care Council. But their overall forecast was for modest growth, mirroring the economy as a whole.
The advisory board will specifically focus on medical industry trends, clinical imperatives, regulatory considerations, privacy concerns and patient and clinician expectations around Watson technology and how it can be incorporated into clinician workflows, according to IBM.
An amendment tacked onto an unrelated transportation bill that would allow any employer, not just those affiliated with a religious organization, to not offer contraceptive health coverage to employees failed yesterday in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 51-48.
Louisiana is moving forward on its new Web-based Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) now that it has federal approval on the $185 million, 10-year contract with CNSI, a Gaithersburg, Md., health IT services provider, to develop and deploy the system by the end of 2014.
StrategicplanningMD, a leading provider of strategic planning software to healthcare organizations, announced Wednesday that the Idaho Hospital Association has adopted its web-based technology platform.
Managing costs in today's industry has been put front and center. And although incentive funds have been helping organizations to implement health IT, easy tweaks and innovative tips are always welcome to help cut corners. Industry experts give use five simple ways to help manage the cost of health IT.