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With health care in America, comes health care insurance. Core Components of a Health Insurance Exchange

Health care insurance is a core component of care in the US. We have heard a lot about health information exchanges, but we have heard very little about the health insurance exchanges. Dan [+]

Medicare Pay Cut Goes into Effect on Monday

A 21% cut in Medicare reimbursement will go into effect March 1, after the Senate failed to pass a bill to stop the cuts. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a [+]

Mayo Clinic makes a $22 Billion dollar annual impact

The following was released by Mayo Clinic this week. ************* Today, we are announcing the results of a new Mayo Clinic economic impact study, which was conducted by the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice, an independent nonprofit research [+]

The Ethics of Healthcare

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Consider the costs associated with the American healthcare system, the contentions associated with managed care implementation, and the continued problems associated with macro and microallocation within this system. What ethics do you believe [+]

Healthcare Information Technology Systems market to be worth $53.8 billion by 2014

The healthcare information technology report forecasts the size of global healthcare information technology market over the period 2009 – 2014. The report analyses the key trends of the market, and segments the global healthcare information technology market by components [+]

Accessing medical technology while controlling healthcare costs

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Introduction & Background One of the chief concerns in the debate over healthcare reform is the universal need to contain healthcare costs while still providing reasonable healthcare services to the millions of uninsured. As technology [+]

US Government: Healthcare Cost Containment

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk One of the most important social and political topics of the current environment is healthcare. Skyrocketing costs as well as an aging baby boomer population have driven concerns, especially within the [+]

Methodist Hospital Adopts New Technology Solutions to Improve Care for California Patients

Methodist Hospital of Arcadia, California, has launched an integrated deployment of innovative health care information technology (HIT) solutions designed to help improve the quality of patient care and deliver operational efficiencies. MedPlus®, the health care [+]

Healthcare CFO Perspectives, driving savings with technology Part 5

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Statement from Lawrence Massa, President Minnesota Hospital Association

Governor Pawlenty’s proposed budget will undermine hospitals’ stability and unravel the state’s health care safety net ST. PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Pawlenty’s budget proposal announced today will severely hurt Minnesota’s hospitals and the citizens they [+]

National financial woes will hurt hospitals, IT to take major blows

The nations financial woes just keep coming.  I would like to be a "glass half full" person, but I am not sure we are at the end.  Health care has long been considered recession proof, [+]

Speaking of money cuts…they have begun in Minnesota

This note came out recently from the Minneosta Hospital Association.  Posted here with their permission: Dear Minnesota Hospital Leaders, Communicators and Government Relations Officers: The recent cuts to hospitals through the unallotment process demonstrate that [+]

Health Care Information Technology to take major budget cuts?

A disturbing trend is emerging across America.  Just as Medical Centers are starting to fully move into the electronic realms, big budget cuts are looming.  37 states are facing budget shorfalls in 2009.   Many [+]

Top 10 Priorites for Health Care CIOs in 2009

1. Manage costs Managing costs is always a huge component of the IT leaders job.  In 2009, it will be absolutely critical.  State governments across the nation have deficits.  36 states are facing huge shortfalls in [+]

Take another look at your application’s strengths – Shawn Riley

Take another look at your application base’s strengths One of the most common potential savings most medical systems have is in their already installed application base. Over and over organizations purchase application suites with a very [+]