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The use of health information exchanges (HIEs) in ambulatory care is unlikely to produce significant cost savings through reductions in rates of testing, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) concludes. But the researchers emphasized that there may be other economic benefits of HIE from "downstream outcomes of better informed, higher quality care."

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Ed Ricks, CIO at Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital, has one piece of advice for his peers struggling to get computerized physician order entry systems online to enable CPOE meaningful use compliance: Pay a group of physicians to test the system before you roll it out in your facility.

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Here are five common mistakes made in ambulatory surgery centers that result in increased denials and decreased revenue.

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Studies have found that two out of three clinical encounters generate a question, yet only 40 percent of those questions are answered. If they were all addressed, it could change up to eight management decisions each day – a clinically significant impact.

Health Management Technology»

The doctor might be the same, but her bill's going to be higher.

A strong trend of hospitals buying up physicians practices as well as hospital mergers is threatening to also drive up costs to patients—at least in the short term.

My decision to transition Town & Country Pediatrics to a digital practice was influenced by the desire to increase patient safety, chart more efficiently, automate prescribing and billing processes, and enhance profitability. My practice is ineligible for meaningful use, therefore any increase in value would have to be realized from productivity enhancements, improved revenues and reduced costs rather than incentive funds.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — (July 24, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the Denver Endoscopy Center has selected its ProVation^® Medical software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

TAMPA, Fla. – July 17, 2013 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology, sales, retention and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, announced today that its Go-To-Exchange™ platform successfully completed point-to-point testing with State-Based Marketplaces in California, Colorado and Maryland. HPS is also in the process of testing its transaction capabilities with the Federally Facilitated Marketplace.

Ottawa, ON – (July 17, 2013) – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that The Ottawa Hospital has launched UpToDate® Anywhere as its clinical decision support resource optimized for the hospital’s leading edge mobile-health strategy. The hospital represents the first UpToDate Anywhere hospital client in Canada.

DENVER, CO (July 17, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Connexin Software has selected its Health Language^® applications to promote higher-quality clinical documentation and regulatory compliance in its suite of pediatric electronic health record (EHR) solutions.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 17, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center has selected its ProVation^® Care Plans, powered by Lippincott’s Nursing Solutions, as its evidence-based interdisciplinary care plans solution. 

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – July 11, 2013 – Preferred Medical Plan, the oldest independently owned managed care plan in South Florida, announced today that it expects to significantly expand employment in South Florida within the next year to accommodate demands of several major expansion initiatives. Most significant of these is a sizable increase anticipated in its individual commercial line of business in response to the launch of the Healthcare Insurance Marketplace (“Exchange”).

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – July 3, 2013 -- Preferred Medical Plan, the oldest Medicaid managed care plan in Florida, announced today that it has expanded its Medicaid coverage to include eligible residents of Monroe County. The expansion comes after an 18-month process of building a comprehensive network of Monroe County care providers to comply with Medicaid access requirements.