ARTICLES BY KEN CONGDON
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Are Community Hospitals Behind The Health IT Curve?11/22/2013
Not surprisingly, our survey indicates that financial and resource challenges limit the IT investments community hospitals can make. Are these facilities making shortsighted technology decisions as a result?
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Humanizing Health IT11/20/2013
For St. Vincent Health System, EHR Meaningful Use is about much more than stimulus dollars. Here’s how the health system strives to make the process “meaningful” for its providers and, most importantly, its patients.
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AHIMA 2013 About Much More Than ICD-1011/6/2013
While ICD-10 appeared to dominate the 85th Annual AHIMA Convention & Exhibit on the surface, a much more compelling HIM story was unfolding at the event if you looked a little deeper.
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The Obamacare Train Wreck10/22/2013
The rollout of HealthCare.com has been a bona fide disaster. Here’s why Washington needs to get it’s IT act together or risk sending a very damaging message to healthcare providers struggling with health IT initiatives of their own.
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MGMA 13 Helps Practices Weather The Storm10/15/2013
Medical practices are being bombarded with a variety of new challenges, including health IT demands and reimbursement changes. MGMA 13 provided attendees with some much needed advice. Here are my top three takeaways from the event.
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Government Shutdown Halts Health IT10/2/2013
The healthcare debate is the central reason for the government shutdown, and several healthcare services, including health IT incentive programs, are in limbo as a result. What impact will the shutdown have on health IT progress in the U.S.?
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Intermountain's Telehealth Triumph10/1/2013
Intermountain Healthcare is changing the telehealth paradigm by abandoning departmental applications of the technology in favor of a system-wide telehealth infrastructure.
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Practices Under Pressure: 6 Ways To Cope With Rising Health IT Demands9/29/2013
The financial and resource requirements for health IT deployments are becoming too much for many physicians practices to bear. These 6 tips can help you successfully tackle the health IT beast.
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Do Health Providers Finally Trust The Cloud?9/25/2013
New research has emerged showing that attitudes around cloud computing are beginning to change among healthcare executives. How much faith should we put in these findings and what do they mean to the future of health IT?