Client News Coverage

Doctors Administrative Solutions Granted Qualified EHR Vendor Status by Florida REC

Posted in Client News Coverage on Sunday, April 03, 2011.

Doctors Administrative Solutions (DAS) announced on March 22, 2011 that it has been named a qualified electronic health record (EHR) vendor by the Paperfree Florida Collaborative, a regional extension center (REC) established to assist Florida healthcare providers in the selection and meaningful use of health IT systems.

Executive Insight»

New health plan launches medical home model for its SC Medicaid contract

Posted in Client News Coverage on Friday, April 01, 2011.

COLUMBIA, SC – Palmetto Physician Connections, a new government-sponsored health plan, is launching a medical home care model as it looks to build its managed care business with South Carolina’s Healthy Connections Choices Medicaid program.

Healthcare Finance News»

Doctors Administrative Solutions Appoints Jennifer Shimek as COO

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Doctors Administrative Solutions (DAS), Tampa, FL, appointed Jennifer Shimek as chief operating officer (COO) on March 7, 2011. She is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the organization.

Executive Insight»

MedHOK Earns Full NCQA HEDIS Software Certification For 360Measures

Posted in Client News Coverage on Monday, March 14, 2011.

Software recognized for its ability to ensure quality improvement and compliance for health plans by organizing data into actionable, sharable information that provides a 360-degree view of the patient

MedHOK has earned National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) Software Certification for 360Measures. Full HEDIS 2011 certification was achieved for 360Measures 1.56, which successfully passed all 62 measures included in the program.

Healthcare Technology Online»

MedHOK unveils data processing software

Posted in Client News Coverage on Sunday, March 13, 2011.

MedHOK has released 360Measures 1.56, cloud-based software that has earned National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) certification.

CMIO»

Reaping the Benefits of Electronic Patient Referral

Posted in Client News Coverage on Monday, March 07, 2011.

Approximately 22 million people are referred to another doctor by a physician each year, according to data compiled by San Francisco-based electronic health records (EHR) provider Practice Fusion. But only 16% of primary care providers surveyed said they use an electronic process to send patient records for referrals, according to poll by Growth Survey Research Practice Fusion.

Physician's Money Digest»

Reaping the Benefits of Electronic Patient Referral

Posted in Client News Coverage on Monday, March 07, 2011.

Approximately 22 million people are referred to another doctor by a physician each year, according to data compiled by San Francisco-based electronic health records (EHR) provider Practice Fusion. But only 16% of primary care providers surveyed said they use an electronic process to send patient records for referrals, according to poll by Growth Survey Research Practice Fusion.

Physician's Money Digest»

Outsourcing MPI Management

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, March 02, 2011.

Effective master patient index (MPI) management is a critical element of any hospital's data integrity strategy, ensuring that patient information is clean, accurate and duplicate-free when used for any aspect of care or administration. Further, high-quality data enhances care, quality and safety.

Advance for Health Information Professionals»

Outsourcing MPI Management

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.

The outsourcing concept is gaining traction as a way to reduce costs, improve data integrity.

Effective master patient index (MPI) management is a critical element of any hospital's data integrity strategy, ensuring that patient information is clean, accurate and duplicate-free when used for any aspect of care or administration. Further, high-quality data enhances care, quality and safety.

Executive Insights»

Value-Based Purchasing, RAC Fuel Drive to Improve Documentation

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, February 03, 2011.

Harnessing clinical data to advance patient care is seen as the ultimate goal

Whether it's the migration to value-based purchasing and pay for performance, increased scrutiny under the federal recovery audit contractor program or simply achieving internal benchmarks, pressure is mounting on hospitals to improve clinical documentation.

Hospitals & Health Networks»

Gold from the Mine

Posted in Client News Coverage on Friday, January 14, 2011.

Healthcare IT and Clinician Leaders Make Evidence-Based Care a Reality

Healthcare IT leaders nationwide are moving forward steadily to introduce evidence-based care tools into clinician workflows, both with regard to the development of order sets in computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, as well as in the context of the medical diagnosis process. As they advance in these areas, they are finding that building everything from scratch is simply too labor-intensive a prospect. And as hospitals and medical groups turn increasingly to the commercially sponsored offerings available, they are finding the insertion of evidence-based decision support to be a plus in winning doctors over to CPOE adoption.

Healthcare Informatics»

The Role of Automation in Reconciling Patient Records

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, December 29, 2010.

Duplicate patient records have long been a serious problem for hospitals, creating the potential for missing or inaccurate patient information that can lead to life-threatening care situations. They are also a substantial drain on financial, health information management (HIM), and IT resources.

HISTalk Readers Write»

ProVation Medical Software Receives Best in KLAS Award

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, December 22, 2010.

Wolters Kluwer Health, a provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that its ProVation MD software has received top ranking in the Clinical Procedure Documentation Category of the 2010 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report.

Becker's ASC Review»

Electronic order set solution for five hospitals

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, December 21, 2010.

Essent Healthcare has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution for the system’s five hospitals.

CardFlex, Inc. Appoints Tampa's Ed Barbara as Chief Revenue Officer

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, December 15, 2010.

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Dec. 2010 – CardFlex, Inc., a financial services and payment solution company, has appointed Ed Barbara as chief revenue officer. In this position, Barbara will be responsible for expanding the firm’s presence in direct response marketing, establishing new vertical markets and creating new revenue streams.

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