Farzad Mostashari, MD, National Coordinator for Health IT, clued the nation into five health IT trends expected to take off as healthcare reform progresses and predicted that 2012 is the year that health IT “truly comes of age.”
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Implementation of a vendor-neutral archive (VNA) solves most of the problems associated with PACS, can save money over the long term and can prepare an enterprise to participate in a health information exchange (HIE), according to Michael J. Gray of Gray Consulting who presented during a webinar on Jan. 26 hosted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and GNAX Health.
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Although major components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) do not go into effect until 2014, the fate of PPACA depends on the outcomes of four key events this year, according to a perspective paper published online Jan. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is implementing an appeals process for its Medicare EHR incentive program and posted guidelines on how to appeal a payment decision on its website.
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HealthGrades has released a list of America’s Top Cities for Hospital Care, with Baltimore, Phoenix/Prescott, Ariz., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ranking as the sequential top three. The rankings are based on a study of patient death and complication rates at nearly 5,000 U.S. hospitals.
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