Quality and Safety
Just two months from January 1, 2011, the date set by CMS for 5010 Level 1 compliance, only a small percentage of companies will be ready to hit the ground running when the New Year strikes and it is likely that many companies won’t begin testing until the second half of 2011.
Portico Systems, a Philadelphia-based developer of integrated provider management solutions, has announced the launch of its Master Data Management (MDM) solution.
Practice Greenhealth has launched a study on the impact of sustainability "best practices" on patient and worker outcomes and lowering costs.
The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, a nonprofit organization comprised of 60 medical groups and six health plans in Minnesota and surrounding states, will use decision support technology to help ensure patients only receive medically appropriate diagnostic imaging tests.
The California HealthCare Foundation has launched a $10 million investment fund focusing on nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies with innovative services and devices that might significantly reduce costs and improve access to care in California.
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham, Pa., has announced a partnership with Philadelphia-based InstaMed to offer healthcare providers payment assurance through InstaMed's healthcare payments platform.
Janet Estep is president and CEO of NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association, a not-for-profit trade association that oversees the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network, one of the largest electronic payments networks in the world. Estep recently took time from here schedule to discuss how NACHA can support the healthcare industry’s efforts to create an effective electronic claims and payment system
Dr. Benn Kosynski, PhD, from Emory University is a fascinating professor. His work has pretty much defined “inter-organizational systems” or IOS over the past two decades.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded $34 million for projects focused on preventing healthcare-associated infections.
Technology company Pitney Bowes has seen results from an initiative to stabilize its employees' adherence to their medication treatment regimens, according to a study published in November's Health Affairs.