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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.

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One year in, feds seek feedback on EHR program

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's (ONC) HIT Standards Committee Implementation Workgroup is gathering public comments from now through June 17 on the temporary EHR certification program that supports Stage 1 of the meaningful use program.

Survey: CIOs plan to spend more on health IT in 2011

More than 20 percent of hospital CIOs said they plan to significantly increase spending on IT in 2011, according to a survey from independent technology analyst Ovum.

meridianEHR selects CDW Healthcare for EHR support

CDW Healthcare has partnered with meridianEHR to be the preferred provider of IT infrastructure and services for meridianEMR tools.

HHS to grant $100M for community transformation

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made more than $100 million available to fund as many as 75 Community Transformation Grants.

MedQuist nets Anthelio contract

MedQuist Holdings, a provider of integrated healthcare clinical documentation tools, has been awarded a contract by Anthelio Healthcare Solutions of Dallas, Texas to implement MedQuists speech recognition and clinical documentation platform DocQment Enterprise Platform (DEP) in eight of Anthelios clients hospitals across five states for use by its medical transcriptionists.

Mass. offers a REC success story

WORCESTER, Mass.There are 62 Regional Extension Centers (RECs) covering every state and several territories, providing educational outreach, vendor selection and support and implementation guidance for small practices, said Fadesola Adetosoye, MS, project officer of the REC program at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. But only one RECthe Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI)has achieved its goal of enrolling 2,500 providers.

CHCF: Calif. health IT use is up

The use of health IT, defined as the software used to store, retrieve, share and use clinical information effectively, has been growing within the state of California. However, significant room for improvement remains, according a snapshot of the state of health IT in California from the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF).

Report: Mass. patient wait times rise

The 2011 Patient Access to Health Care Study: A Survey of Physicians Offices has revealed that wait times for most new patient appointments are trending upward across Massachusetts.

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Cardiovascular Business
Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

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. 

AI in Healthcare
A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

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.”

Cardiovascular Business
FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

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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