Ready or Not: ICD-10 Will Go Live as Planned Oct. 1st
The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is moving ahead as planned with its October 1st compliance deadline for ICD-10 implementation. Many healthcare systems have requested that the deadline be postponed…
LinkedIn Influencers: Good or Bad for Pharma?
Like many, I was intrigued when LinkedIn first launched its ‘influencer’ blogging programme, back in late 2012. Like many, I was intrigued when LinkedIn first launched its ‘influencer’ blogging programme,…
Healthcare CEOs Want Mobility Training
Healthcare CEOs recognize that they need to build a bigger and better IT workforce this year. In fact, 53 percent of the CEOs surveyed want to hire more people immediately.…
Anecdote-Driven Systems Engineering and Complaint-Based Interoperability Design Won’t Solve Health IT Woes
As I’ve been preparing to chair the HealthIMPACT conference in Houston next Thursday I’ve been having some terrific conversations with big companies like Cisco, some of our publishing partners, and…
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BioPharma Beat: 7 Drivers of Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare
Disruptive Innovation and Disruptive Competition are popular concepts that companies in all industries dream about for developing and launching “killer” innovations. Consultants everywhere advise organizations on the secret or miraculous…
Ways to Enhance Your Hospital’s Instagram Presence
With more and more people accessing the social web using a mobile device, it is essential that businesses, including healthcare facilities, have a presence there. With more and more people…
7 Things Doctors Should Know About the Value of Content Marketing
Anyone who grew up in a small town will tell you that it seemed like everyone knew everyone. Often, they conducted their everyday business with folks they knew…and merchants who…
Causes of the Crisis in Primary Care
The Crisis in Primary Care – Part 2 The Crisis in Primary Care – Part 2 Primary care physicians (PCPs) have too little time per patient which means too many referrals…
Obama Announces Consumers Can Keep Health Insurance Plans 2 More Years
President Obama announced earlier this week that consumers with healthcare plans that do not comply with the new law will be able to renew their plans for another two years.…
GAO Report on Health Information Exchange Focuses on Standards
Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report for Congressional Committees titled, “HHS Strategy to Address Information Exchange Challenges Lacks Specific Prioritized Actions and Milestones.” Last week the…
