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VA Inks $543M RTLS Contract For 152 Medical Centers Nationwide
The Department of Veterans Affairs has tapped HP Enterprise Services and Intelligent InSites for a $543 million contract to deploy real-time locating system technology in VA medical centers nationwide. Read More »
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VA Will Use $983K Grant To Expand Telehealth To Vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs continues its efforts to expand access to care for veterans using technology--including telehealth--this time through a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Read More »
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Veterans Journal: Retirees Spend 27% Less On Health Under TRICARE
According to the Congressional Budget Office, military retirees spend 27 percent less for health care under TRICARE, the Defense Department’s managed-care provider, than they did when the program began in 1996. Read More »
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VHA, Phytel Join Forces On Population Health
VHA, a nationwide healthcare network of 1,400 not-for-profit healthcare organizations that work to boost clinical performance while reducing costs, has cut a deal with Phytel to help its members tackle population management. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist Feels Financial Impact Of Epic Adoption
Still working to recover from operating losses associated with implementing Epic EHR system into Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the head of the healthcare organization remains optimistic that the decision to go and stick with Epic will pay off in the long run. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist Has Cost Overruns, Revenue Loss With Electronic Records System
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s struggles to implement its Epic electronic records system contributed to additional costs and lost revenue during the first half of its fiscal year 2012-13. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist IT Director Stepping Down
The chief information officer for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is stepping down, effective May 31, the center confirmed Friday. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Announces Cost-Cutting Measures Through June
The workforce at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is paying a paycheck price to make up for the financial shortcomings to date of its Epic electronic records system. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Reports Third-Quarter Overall Loss
The rollout of the Epic electronic health records system contributed to a worsening of the current financial performance of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist To Cut 950 Jobs
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center announced Wednesday that it would eliminate 950 full-time positions by June 30 following a three-year review of "its cost structure, operating model and overall strategy." Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist's Transition To EHR Causes Financial Hit
Yet another provider is facing unanticipated struggles with electronic health record system adoption. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is blaming additional costs and lost revenue on the 2012 implementation of its Epic EHR, according to an article in the Winston-Salem Journal. Read More »
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Washington State To 8,000 Obamacare Enrollees: 'We Goofed On Cost Estimate'
About 8,000 Washington residents will soon receive letters informing them that the price they are expecting to pay for health insurance purchased on the new online exchange marketplace is incorrect. Read More »
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We Need A Moore’s Law For Medicine
Technology is the primary cause of our skyrocketing health-care costs. It could also be the cure. Read More »
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We Paid Over $500 Million For The Obamacare Sites And All We Got Was This Lousy 404 [Updated]
It’s been one full week since the flagship technology portion of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) went live. And since that time, the befuddled beast that is Healthcare.gov has shutdown, crapped out, stalled, and mis-loaded so consistently that its track record for failure is challenged only by Congress. Read More »
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What Economists Don’t Know About the Health Care Industry
Recently, I resorted to a rare economic argument in a health IT article, pointing out that it’s unfair to put the burden of high health care costs on the patients. Now 101 economists have come out publicly recommending that very injustice. Their analysis shows the deep reluctance of those who are supposed to guide our health care policy to admit how distorted the current system is, and how entrenched are the powerful forces that keep it from reforming...But in this case, the average patient has knowledge that these economists lack. The problems are also well known to anyone in the health care industry who has the courage and clarity of vision to acknowledge what’s going on. If we want the system to change, let’s put public pressure on the people who are actually responsible for the problems–not the hapless patient.
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