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Accountable Care: Let The Work Begin
1/5/2012
Hospitals looking to participate in a formal ACO or to develop an informal coordinated care strategy have their work cut out for them. By Whitney L.J. Howell
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Does HIMSS Level 7 Really Mean Paperless?
12/14/2011
In this blog excerpt, the author assesses the reality and attainability of a truly paperless healthcare environment. By Amy Lockton, Sales Solution Manager — Healthcare, Perceptive Software
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Leading Hospitals Share Workflow Success Stories
11/30/2011
Geisinger, Henry Ford, Covenant, and other leading health systems share their successes using e-forms and workflow software, as well as process improvements achieved through Six Sigma and Lean methodologies. By Aaron Vaught, Manager of Marketing, FormFast
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Making The Emergency Department Profitable With IT
11/28/2011
How to center your hospital system's finance strategy around the ED and how an EDIS (Emergency Department Information System) can help. By Steve Armond, chief financial officer, T-System, Inc. and Robert Hitchcock, MD, chief medical informatics officer, T-System, Inc.
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Paper Security Breaches: Are You At Risk?
11/23/2011
Improper disposal of paper records was recently cited by the Department of Health and Human Services as a growing cause of security breaches in healthcare. This article provides you with steps you can take to ensure the PHI (protected health information) contained on your paper documents doesn't fall into the wrong hands. By Randy Cusick, technical marketing manager, Xerox North America
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Accountable Care Trends, Strategies, And Best Practices
11/8/2011
This article provides advice on how private practices can merge health IT with payers, patient engagement, and liquid data to form accountable care organizations (ACOs).
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You've Scanned Your Healthcare Documents … Now What?
11/8/2011
Scanning is just the first step in an optimized workflow for paper based clinical documents. The goal behind any clinical scanning process should be to enhance your operational efficiency and improve the quality of patient care.
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Does Your Scanning Solution Meet Your Clinical Needs?
10/18/2011
Scanning is more than just converting paper to electronic documents – the scanning processes for clinical documents should meet the unique needs of the healthcare provider while also increasing operational efficiency, supporting compliance, and improving the quality of care.
By Dave McKanna, product marketing manager, Nuance
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15 Questions To Ask For A Successful 5010 Transition
9/16/2011
Is your practice ready for 5010? Asking the following questions of your PMS vendor, your staff, and your partners can ensure you avoid delays in reimbursement. By Jackie Griffin, Manager Of Training & Project Implementation, Gateway EDI
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Leaking Money – Revenue Loss From RAC
9/8/2011
RAC audits threaten to reclaim Medicare and Medicaid payments already collected by your healthcare facility. This article outlines ways you can ensure you retain this revenue. By Aaron Vaught, Manager of Marketing, and Shawn Curtiss, Product Management Director, FormFast, Inc.