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Colorado hospitals consider transfer of Medicaid revenues
Colorado hospitals are considering giving up some of their recently found Medicaid largesse in order to help fund new enrollees in the program, reports the Denver Post. Under the plan being
Colorado HIE efforts spotlight privacy issues
A recent Denver Post article about the Colorado health information exchange (HIE) reveals the disconnect between the nationwide effort to connect health records online to improve patient care and
Targeted alerts reduce ordering of inaccurate tests
Electronic alerts tied to EMRs and evidence-based guidelines can result in a sharp reduction in unnecessary diagnostic testing, but only if the alerts are timely, concise and properly targeted, a new
Reform opponents think states' votes on mandate will strengthen their case
While Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma all will officially challenge the health reform law on a constitutional level at the ballot box tomorrow--specifically the provision requiring everyone to buy
EMR-driven disease management reduces mortality, costs
EMRs keep on proving their mettle in the area of care coordination. The latest evidence comes from Kaiser Permanente Colorado, which improved outcomes by mining its EMR and electronic disease
FCC urged to reconsider narrowing of 'rural hospital' definition
Three entities serving healthcare or handling healthcare data are among the final 14 recipients of Department of Commerce stimulus funding to increase broadband access and adoption in underserved
SPOTLIGHT: Davies Public Health Awards
The Infectious Disease Bureau of the Boston Public Health Commission and the Denver Public Health Information Service have won 2009 Davies Public Health Awards of Excellence, HIMSS announced this
Behold, a telemedicine boom
Remember the boom (and, for many, eventual bust) in regional health information organizations from 2004 until about 2007? We may be on the cusp of a similar explosion in telemedicine.
EMR helps keep heart patients healthy in Kaiser program
Esteemed members of Congress and other, assorted inside-the-Beltway types, pay attention. There's some rare hard data showing that EMRs truly can reduce deaths from heart disease, keep patients
Stanford limiting drugmaker CME financing
Today, Stanford University is expected to announce that it will set strict limits on pharmaceutical industry financing of continuing education for doctors at its medical school. This marks a major
