Featured ACO Articles
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PrimeSUITE Implementation Boosts Important Metrics At Birmingham Heart Clinic
8/22/2012
This case study from Greenway covers the Birmingham Heart Clinic, a nine provider cardiology practice established in 1994, and how it was able to boost charge capture, pre-provider income, and patient visits during the inaugural deployment year of PrimeSUITE®.
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Accountable Care Trends, Strategies, And Best Practices
11/30/2012
Movement within the nation’s healthcare system has been swift and broad-‐based since the October 2011 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Shared Savings Final Rule.
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Cost Fears Not Slowing Wireless Growth In Healthcare
10/9/2012
As healthcare organizations develop strategies to comply with federal mandates and succeed in the new environment, wireless is one of the emerging technologies that can enable organizations to meet their clinical and business objectives, especially in this era of having to do more with a finite set of resources.
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The Promise Of Mobile Technology
11/21/2012
Unlike information technology preceding it, mobile technology’s adoption in healthcare has been rapid and broad. According to CompTIA, 81 percent of U.S. physicians use a smartphone in their work environment.
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Enabling Collaborative Healthcare Delivery: Care Coordination Strategies With 21st Century Technology
11/9/2011
In 2003, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) identified care coordination as one of its 20 national priorities for quality. Since then, other prominent organizations, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Commonwealth Fund, the National Quality Forum, and the World Health Organization, have recognized care coordination as a key component for improving healthcare delivery. By Intel
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PrimeSUITE Custom Templating And Usability Lead To Nation’s First Private Practice Designation As Joint Commission Center Of Excellence
8/22/2012
This success story from Greenway focuses on Dr. G. Edward Newman and his vision of a comprehensive, 21st century medical practice.
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Using A Healthy EHR Core To Form A Successful ACO
12/30/2014
Coastal Carolina Health Care (CCHC) successfully uses Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR as a core solution for its practice and Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Coastal Carolina Quality Care, Inc. The solution’s robust reporting capabilities helped CCHC successfully attest for Meaningful Use Stage 2, provide comprehensive preventative care for patients and reduce the number of emergency room (ER) visits and hospital readmissions.
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White Paper: Healthcare Business Insights: Social Media Strategy For Healthcare Vendors
6/3/2011
This white paper outlines how vendors in the healthcare space are using social networking sites to take relationship building to the next level, resulting in increased qualified leads, and, ultimately, a greater return on marketing investment. By Jennifer Dennard
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Even A 60-Year-Old Multi-Specialty Practice Can Succeed With EHR
6/1/2012
After 60+ years in operation, The Veranda multi-specialty practice wanted a solution that would include an integrated electronic health record (EHR)/practice management (PM) solution, as well as one that could support multiple specialties as the practice considered growing outside of its OB/GYN roots.
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Accountable Care Organization Technology Framework
2/20/2014
The “accountable care organization” (ACO) is a major topic of discussion in American health policy. While the ACO label has been around since 2006, it was mentioned in numerous healthcare reform bills proposed in 2009 and was ultimately included in Section 3022 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) as the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The ACA’s ACO provision covers Medicare ACOs.