Featured ACO Articles

1. ACO: The Next Big Shift For Healthcare Organizations 3/30/2012
   This white paper shares the findings of recent research that assesses the understanding and preparation levels for developing an ACO among healthcare organizations.
2. ACO Efficiently Manages Population Health With The Help Of Gateway EDI 10/2/2012

   With a local network currently uniting more than 150 providers and 250,000 patients, United Medical is well on its way to changing the health care landscape in Delaware.

3. White Paper: Transforming IT For Accountable Healthcare 5/5/2011
   This February 2011 white paper looks at the impact of ARRA and PPACA on provider organizations and the role IT can play in preparing healthcare providers for future success in the evolving landscape. An IDC Health Insights White Paper sponsored by HP
4. Achieving Success With The 5010 / ICD-10 Change-Over 2/8/2012
   SuccessEHS is a nationally acclaimed vendor providing Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solutions with Integrated Medical Billing Services.
5. Brigham And Women's Hospital Saves Over $9M, Improves MT Productivity 123% 4/16/2012

    

   A 730-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners Healthcare System, Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a world leader in patient care and research. The organization wanted to upgrade its existing transcription process to eliminate multiple medical transcription service

   organizations (MTSOs) contracts and to address increasingly complex technical and billing infrastructures. The expensive, slow system hampered clinicians’ ability to maximize use of transcribed reports to diagnose and plan patient care.
6. White Paper: Becoming A Medical Home 12/16/2010
   Transforming your practice into a medical home won’t require a down payment on new space – nor a remodel of the reception area. By Sage
7. The Direct Evolution: Why It Will Change How You Communicate 5/1/2013

   What is Direct? Does it replace a HIE? Is it redundant with HL7 or XDS functionality? If I use email rather than Direct am I out of compliance with HIPAA?

8. Using A Healthy EHR Core To Form A Successful ACO 12/30/2014

   Coastal Carolina Health Care (CCHC) successfully uses Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR as a core solution for its practice and Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Coastal Carolina Quality Care, Inc. The solution’s robust reporting capabilities helped CCHC successfully attest for Meaningful Use Stage 2, provide comprehensive preventative care for patients and reduce the number of emergency room (ER) visits and hospital readmissions.

9. Advocated Illinois Cuts Its Transcription Costs 70%, Driving Further EHR Adoption 5/2/2012

   This case study describes how Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center saved more than 70% on outsourced transcription and more than 50% in net transcription costs within the first ten months of installation.

10. How To Get Paid For Meaningful Use: 7 Tips From The EHR Trenches 8/10/2012

    In this white paper athenahealth provides tips to make sure your practice will receive its incentive payment for implementing a system compliant with Stage 1 Meaningful Use (MU).