by Keith Kuhn | Jul 12, 2013 | Payor
More than 110 organizations statewide including civic groups, churches and physician groups have joined a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas campaign to educate and enroll Texans who don’t have health insurance. The goal is to reach all of the more than 6...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 11, 2013 | Industry
The Utah Health Information Network’s Jan Root has a lot to say in favor of accreditation processes for HIEs Recently, HCI Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland interviewed Lee Barrett, the executive director of the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 11, 2013 | Payor
Registration rates for pilot program with Change Healthcare 90 percent higher than expected; users award platform high marks for overall satisfaction Game mechanics – including points, badges and leader boards – may be a key to controlling rising...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 11, 2013 | Provider
When hospital senior management supports the creation and maintenance of a strong safety culture, patient outcomes improve, staff productivity increases, and there is less clinical employee turnover, according to research reported in the Journal for Healthcare...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 10, 2013 | Payor, Provider
Doctors who have transformed their practices to “patient-centered medical homes” have improved patient care while providing savings. According to an analysis by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, doctors that adopted the “medical homes”...
