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.

Resolute Anesthesia and Pain Solutions, LLC Begins Nationwide Expansion of Shareable Ink's Innovative iPad Solution

Nashville, TN and Boca Raton, FL, July 09, 2013 -- Shareable Ink®, an enterprise cloud computing company that transforms point-of-care clinical documentation to structured data and analytics, and Resolute Anesthesia and Pain Solutions, LLC (“Resolute”), a leading provider group of anesthesia services in the states of Florida, Illinois and Missouri, today announced the nationwide expansion of Shareable Ink’s Anesthesia Cloud for iPad. Resolute’s initial deployment of Shareable Ink’s innovative iPad solution at its Boca Raton Outpatient Surgery and Laser Center demonstrated reduction in unnecessary staff time, improved capture of new quality reporting metrics required by CMS, and better physician and patient satisfaction. As a result, Resolute will standardize use on Shareable Ink’s iPad solution at all facilities.

Ophthalmology academy to launch eyecare database

In an effort to improve the quality of care for patients requiring medical and surgical care for vision loss, the American Academy of Ophthalmology has plans to implement the nation's first comprehensive eye disease patient database.

Taming Data for Useful Improvements

The Dartmouth Atlas Project has documented glaring variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States for more than 20 years.

Today at DIA: Deloitte, Intermountain Launch OutcomesMiner Solution

BOSTON, June 24, 2013 -- Today at the Drug Information Association's 2013 Annual Meeting, Deloitte and Intermountain Healthcare announce the launch of OutcomesMiner, an analytics tool designed to give researchers, pharmaceutical and medical device companies the data-driven insight needed to conduct comparative effectiveness research and bring new therapies to market more rapidly.

Health systems, vendors launch Data Alliance Collaborative

Four health systems, IBM and the Premier healthcare alliance have formed an alliance to improve population health by sharing data analytics and business intelligence strategies and knowledge.

Sg2 Announces Groundbreaking Ambulatory Market Data Tools

(Skokie, Ill. – June 12, 2013) Sg2, the leader in health care strategic analytics and intelligence, announced today a new breed of ambulatory market data tools designed to provide a complete and comprehensive view of ambulatory health care service volumes and share in the private payer market.

Harris Corporation Awarded $37 Million Contract to Improve Veterans’ Benefit Claims Process

MELBOURNE, Fla. & WASHINGTON -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and international technology company, has been selected to help improve the Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) Enterprise Data Warehouse, the primary source for veterans’ benefits data and information.

Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation receives $172K grant

The Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), a Texas-based research and development corporation specializing in clinical prediction and surveillance models, received a $172,000 boost from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, according to a June 10 press release.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

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