National Health Spending Growth Remains Low for 4th Consecutive Year
CMS Office of the Actuary Report The following is communication from CMS. Overall national health expenditures grew at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in 2012,…
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Massachusetts’ Governor Patrick Launches Next Phase of Mass HIway
Mass HIway Will Help Reduce Costs and Save Lives BOSTON – Wednesday, January 8, 2014 – Governor Deval Patrick launched the next phase of the…
ACA Changes the Healthcare Marketplace and the Economics Driving It
Flawed Accounting By Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH, CMIO, Infor Follow him @bchaiken For more than a half century, the healthcare industry applied a flawed business…
Annual Reflections at the End of 2013
Another Gratifying Year William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor It has become a tradition for this blog for my last posting of…
Health IT Business News – Thursday, January 9, 2014
Today’s Business News No matter what the job setting, at some point, every health information technology professional ponders, “Am I really being paid what I…
Final Rules Extend Protections for EHR Donations through 2021
EHR Safe Harbor Extended to 2021 Last April the Obama administration proposed two new rules that would extend protections for hospitals that donate electronic health…
HIT and Healthcare Pop Quizzes
Do You Know Your Stuff? What do you know about HITECH, HIPAA, or ACA? Here are some quizzes that will test your knowledge or correct…
Health IT Business News – Monday, December 30, 2013
Today’s Business News Focused on better health and greater value through information technology, the HIMSS Foundation and the National eHealth Collaborative announced their merger. Both…
Health IT Appointments and Hires
Companies and Organizations Announce New Team Members The following are announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments in the healthcare and health IT…