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A New Paradigm for Chronic Care Management

Date: August 26, 2008

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Sixteenth National HIPAA Summit

Date: August 18, 2008

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The New Encryption Generation: Closing the Gap

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New Challenges and Solutions for Managing Revenue

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Software vendors should give better financial incentives to providers and payers acting as beta sites.



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November 1, 2007

Cover Story

The Hidden Costs of Radiology

Four years ago, St. Louis-based Metro Imaging implemented a new radiology information system at its five standalone diagnostic imaging sites employing seven radiologists and 70 other personnel. The new system from Milwaukee-based Merge Healthcare was Windows-based, a technological and cultural leap from the practice's decade-old, DOS-based radiology application.

Feature

Physicians Lead The Way On Quality Improvement Projects

During the last 10 years, a growing number of physicians have taken the plunge into the world of information technology, spending at least part of their time on clinical automation projects.

Group Practices

Going Solo Made Easier

Being a solo practitioner isn't easy. And when you decide to open up your practice in one of the poorest cities in the country, it can be even more difficult.

Payers

I.T. Ensures Quick Compliance

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts was up against an extremely tight deadline after the state legislature on April 12, 2006, mandated that by July 1, 2007, every resident must have health insurance.

My Two Cents

The Hospital's Role with EHRS

Lead or follow? It's an age-old question, and hospital CIOs find themselves struggling to come up with an answer when thinking about their organizations' role with electronic health records.

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Corporate Strategy

Misys Returns to its Roots

The bottom line was that Misys was not effectively competing with the major acute care vendors, says Vern Davenport, executive vice president and general manager of the Raleigh, N.C.-based company. Davenport joined the company in February. The acute care sector is "very demanding from a research and development viewpoint and very competitive," he notes. "For us to compete with those guys day in and day out required more investment than we were probably making." So…

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Special Report

Decision Support Not an Exact Science

As more provider organizations dive into computerized physician order entry, they are finding that integrating decision support can be an extremely complex undertaking.

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