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March 1, 2008

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Futurists Ponder the Possibilities

Anniversaries are a good time to consider past accomplishments and future possibilities. To mark Health Data Management’s 15th anniversary, we asked five of the nation’s leading health care futurists for their reflections on the past 15 years and their predictions for where health care information technology is headed in the next decade and a half.

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Finding the Right I.T.

Selecting the right information technology to support a health care organization’s business objectives sometimes involves carefully measuring whether the technology offers a tangible return on investment.

Hospitals

Starting from Scratch

The opening of a new, non-replacement hospital is a relatively rare event that provides insights on what information technologies are most appealing when truly starting with a blank slate.

Group Practices

Sharing the Costs of E-Records

Hundreds of physicians in the Boston area are getting major financial help with implementing integrated practice management and electronic health records software in their practices.

Payers

Plan Fine-Tunes Subsidy Program

A Hawaii insurer’s ambitious efforts to offer financial help to physicians and hospitals implementing information technology is off to a somewhat slower start than anticipated.

My Two Cents

Why Use Electronic Records?

History provides some valuable lessons.

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Corporate Strategy

Taking On a New Task

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Inc. unveiled a major twist in December with the launching of an outsourced revenue cycle management service.

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So You Want To Be a CIO?

Ten years ago, Janet Stanek was having difficulty finding a job as a health care CIO. Though she was armed with several years of health information management experience, a bachelor’s degree in medical records administration and an MBA, some organizations told her she didn’t have enough technological experience to break into the position.

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