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• Satisfying The CMS Mandate For Clinical Decision Support In Advanced Imaging Orders

  12/14/2016

  On Nov. 2, 2016, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule for 2017. By Juliana Hart, BSN, MPH and VP Market Development at medCPU and Nancy Zimmerman, RN, BSN, Senior VP of Strategic Accounts at medCPU

• The Right Technology Can Curb The Soaring Cost Of Cancer Care Without Compromising Outcomes

  5/8/2019

  As healthcare providers, it’s our duty to prescribe the best treatment for our patients. It’s also our fiscal responsibility to ensure that we are providing care that is accessible. But how can providers keep track of the staggering amount of data available to them, including emerging new therapies, better identification of subgroups of patients using biomarkers and other measures, disease outcomes, toxicities, and costs?

• The Telehealth Spirit Is Willing, But The Broadband Is Weak

  1/11/2018

  In his recent column, Telehealth Is Here To Stay, Dan Trott lists a number of happenings that herald a tipping point in telehealth adoption: improved access, reduced costs, improved quality of care. He mentions telestroke apps as being popular in the telehealth world because it reduces the critical time-to-treatment.

• Intervention Care For The 'Rising-Risk,' Before It's Too Late

  12/19/2016

  The first white paper in this population health management (PHM) series, Chronic Disease is Healthcare’s Rising Risk, reported on the health and financial burden associated with chronic diseases, specifically the ‘rising-risk’ and ‘high-risk’ clinically stratified population groups. The second paper, A Health Behavior Change Framework for Population Health Management, set out a coordinated clinical-community structure for delivering chronic disease intervention care. This is the third white paper in this PHM series that will discuss the advantages of setting process and evaluation standards for methodology and community-digital engagement to achieve and sustain health behavior change for self-management.

• Why Health IT Teams Need Cloud Management Now More Than Ever

  7/21/2020

  The global healthcare cloud computing market is expected to reach $55 billion by 2025, up from $20 billion in 2018. Historically, hospitals have slowly migrated singular applications, like EMRs or contact center technology, to the cloud. But in the wake of COVID-19, healthcare professionals are looking to scale healthcare services rapidly – making the move to cloud even more imperative.

• Mobile, Integrated Clinical Communications Delivers Needed Efficiencies Under Value-Based Payment Models

  2/23/2017

  The transition to value-based payment thus far has predominantly focused on preventive care, patient engagement, and other ways to improve care quality to keep patients out of the hospital. By Brad Brooks, Chief Executive Officer, TigerText