Cynthia Kilroy, senior vice president of Provider Strategy and Business Development at OptumHealth discusses 3 required steps to developing the right population health management programs
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Why Being a Quick Learner in Healthcare IT Doesn’t Matter
A Healthcare IT recruiter's frustrating perspective on candidates who are not a good fit for a particular HIT position who feel that being a "quick learner" will help them overcome this roadblock If I had a dollar for every time I've heard [perfect_quotes id="8122"] in my recruitment career I could retire right now. It seems to be a theme when someone is told that they do not have the right qualifications for the role they have applied for. Now I'm not completely lacking compassion. It is
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“Patient Engagement is the Blockbuster Drug of the Century”
First posted on Forbes.com 09/09/12. The insight of the year goes to Leonard Kish, a health IT strategy consultant, for making that statement regarding patient engagement. The corollary to this statement is a game changer: What happens when effective patient engagement becomes the Standard of Care?
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10 Ways to Make EMR Meaningful and Useful
Written by Rob Lamberts, MD providing his thoughts on 10 ways to make EMR meaningful and useful
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5 Strengths That Women Executives Bring To The Redesign Of The Patient Experience
Dr. Bridget Duffy, MD, Chief Experience Officer, Experia Health shares 5 strengths women executives bring to the redesign of the patient experience.
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11 Reasons Why Our Healthcare System is So $&@%#! Up
Written by Jonathan Govette, CEO of ReferralMD describes 11 reasons why he feels the healthcare system is messed up and why Pardon the expletives, I have been wanting to share some thoughts and frustrations about healthcare system that I have seen arise over the last few years. The United States healthcare system is completely broken; it has become a huge money pit, with insurance companies, pharmaceutical corporations and greedy lawyers at the bottom filling their pockets. Mind you, I do
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4 Lessons Learned from HIPAA 5010 That’ll Benefit Your ICD-10 Project
Written by Steve Sisko shares 4 lessons learned from HIPAA 5010 that will benefit your ICD-10 project It’s a fact: ICD-10 has far more impact and involves far more change to people, processes and technology than HIPAA 5010. I’m of the opinion that much of the work expended and artifacts created during a HIPAA 5010 project - particularly test plans and test cases - will not lend direct value to an ICD-10 project. But I’m convinced that many organizations learned are a lot of 5010 lessons that
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Career: Applying Online ~ AKA The Resume Blackhole
Contributed by Cherie Lester, Senior Healthcare IT Recruiter at Holland Square Group offers her insights when applying online AKA the resume blackhole How many times have you applied through a company web site never to hear a response? Perhaps you've applied through a company web site and received a call from a recruiter months later after you've already landed a new position? These scenarios are all too common, particularly in the Healthcare industry. Applying through a hospital web site can
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Hospitals: Are You Ready for an ACO?
Contributed by Michael Sandwith, Director of Business Development at ICA The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) aims to change the way hospitals deliver care by changing the financial incentives. There are different payment structures than can be used to encourage hospitals to lower costs, improve quality, or both. Since the goal of an ACO should be to lower costs and improve quality, using an accountability payment structure – one in which costs and quality are linked–will be the most
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Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) and MAC: Failure and Success in 2012
By Lori Brocato, Audit Product Manager, HealthPort Lori Brocato, Audit Product Manager, HealthPort writes about the failures and successes of Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) The latest CMS figures report nearly $600 million was recouped from healthcare providers in the first quarter of 2012 alone. Added to earlier overpayments, providers have “given back” over $1B since the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program began. The success
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