Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

New HIMSS Analytics Report Finds that Canadian Hospitals are Facing Data Access and Workflow Efficiency Challenges

LEXINGTON, Mass.-- Imprivata®, a leading global provider of healthcare IT security solutions, today announced the availability of a new report from HIMSS Analytics that outlines the data access and workflow efficiency challenges Canadian hospitals face as they continue to implement electronic health record (EHR) systems. Titled “Streamlining Workflows and Access to Patient Data in Canadian Hospitals,” the study, commissioned by Imprivata, specifies how EHR adoption can impact workflow efficiency and data access, and identifies single sign-on (SSO) technology as one of the solutions to streamline access to clinical systems and patient information. Imprivata is available to discuss the findings of this study and to demonstrate the features and benefits of Imprivata OneSign® in booth #108 during e-Health 2013 Conference (May 26-29, 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

ELNs, Data Analytics, Knowledge Management: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities

LONDON, May 15, 2013 -- Pharma IQ is pleased to announce the release of a brand new infographic summary of the results from an industry survey conducted earlier this year.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont Selects MedeAnalytics' Medical Management Analytics

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 30, 2013 -- MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced today that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) selected MedeAnalytics' Medical Management Analytics. BCBSVT's vision is to provide population health management--which includes an integrated approach to physical and mental health--as well as future episode-based contracting, also known as bundled payments.

NextBio Announces Translational Medicine Partnership with Sanofi

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 30, 2013 -- NextBio today announced a multi-year collaboration with Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) aimed at using NextBio Clinical to incorporate patient omics and clinical data into Sanofi's drug research and development, as part of Sanofi's Translational Medicine for Patients (TM4P) program.

Health Leaders Launch Big Data Challenge to Transform Health Care Delivery

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 -- Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), Heritage Provider Network (HPN), and The Advisory Board Company launched the Care Transformation Prize Series , a national contest to address the most daunting data problems U.S. health care organizations face as they implement new delivery system and payment reforms.

Core Informatics and OpenEye Scientific Software Forge Partnership

BRANFORD, Conn. and SANTA FE, N.M., April 9, 2013 -- Core Informatics, a leading provider of data management solutions to the life sciences, molecular diagnostics, and energy industries, and OpenEye Scientific Software, a leading developer of innovative molecular modeling and cheminformatics solutions for molecular discovery, announce a new partnership and the integration of OpenEye cheminformatics software into Core Informatics' web-based Laboratory Information Management System (Core LIMS) and Electronic Lab Notebook (Core ELN).

Catholic Health Initiatives and Accenture Apply Analytics to Identify Health Risks among Patient Populations

ENGLEWOOD, Colo; April 08, 2013 – Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), one of the nation’s largest non-profit health providers and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have teamed on a nine-month initiative that will apply analytics to identify at-risk factors among patient populations.

GS1 Us Celebrates 40 Years Of The Barcode And Adoption Of Global Standards For Conducting Business

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (April 3, 2013) – Today marks the 40th anniversary that organizations united to adopt a universal way to conduct business using GS1 Standards. Beginning with a U.P.C. (Universal Product Code) barcode, the GS1 System of Standards has set the foundation for a technological revolution that has changed the way companies, from manufacturers to retailers, conduct business around the world. Now, more than five billion GS1 barcodes are scanned every day.

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If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

Cardiologists and other physicians may soon need to provide much more information when ordering remote patient monitoring for Medicare patients.

Why are so many cardiovascular devices involved in Class I recalls? One possible reason could be the large number of devices hitting the market without undergoing much premarket clinical testing. 

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