Executive Insight

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Hires New Management Team

May 15, 2012

The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center (BUHMC) Board of Trustees announce hiring of crisis management and restructuring professionals from the nationally recognized firm of Grant Thornton LLP to guide BUHMC through a major restructuring effort and help return the institution to fiscal solvency.

"Brookdale is facing one of the most serious tests in its history, and we must adapt to meet the healthcare and f

CHIME Files Comment Letter on ICD-10 Compliance

May 10, 2012

Construction is Underway on Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center

May 11, 2012

The design-build team of McCarthy Building Companies Inc. and HDR Architecture Inc. have begun construction of the new $150 million Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center in Los Angeles. The new 132,550-square-foot facility was designed to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standards.

The four-story medical facility, which broke ground on Jan. 25, will house five operati

Consult A Doctor is IBM SmartCamp Kickstart Finalist

May 11, 2012

Customer Service in Healthcare

By Mike MacLeod — May 10, 2012

Situational awareness drives improvement in patient outcomes and satisfaction.

Going Paperless with Claims

By Michael Schramm — May 14, 2012

A 2012 survey reveals a golden opportunity to offer paperless, electronic claims processing to save significant time and money.

Improving Healthcare for Veterans and Military Families

By Scott Hatfield — May 10, 2012

First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden join forces with 3 million nurses.

Industry-leading Programs will Be Honored at URAC's 2012 Quality Summit

May 16, 2012

Large Healthcare Enterprises and Specialty Hospitals Tap Siemens for Next-generation Revenue Cycle Management

May 10, 2012

Siemens Healthcare announces that several large healthcare enterprises and specialty hospitals are turning to Siemens for next-generation enterprise revenue cycle management. With Soarian® enterprise revenue cycle management, Siemens addresses organizational revenue cycle needs by helping enterprises create a unified patient database and billing solution for physician practices and hospitals. Healthcare organizations can now turn to Soarian to reduce the reliance on th

M*Modal Debuts Cloud-based Speech Understanding Platform

May 10, 2012

M*Modal, a provider of clinical documentation services and Speech Understanding™ solutions, announces the launch of M*Modal Fluency™, a new family of clinical solutions built on the company's cloud-based healthcare Speech Understanding platform. The company also introduces M*Modal Fluency Direct™, which speech-enables EHRs and other clinical systems on any workstation, anywhere in the enterprise to assist care providers from every medical specialty in the

Managing Complex ACO Data Requirements

By Anil Kottoor — May 15, 2012

ACO success requires the ability to influence a wide range of metrics to right-size utilization, mitigate care gaps and enhance care coordination.

McKesson Breaks New Ground with InterQual 2012

May 10, 2012

Medicare Penalty Appears to Drive Hospital Infection Prevention Efforts

May 12, 2012

The 2008 decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to cease additional reimbursement to hospitals for certain healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has led to enhanced focus on infection prevention and changes in practice by front-line staff, according to a national survey of infection preventionists published in the May issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals

Nine Healthcare Companies Receive Medline Distribution Supplier Award

May 14, 2012

Research Finds Multi-state Insurance Regulation Drives Up Premiums 31 Percent

May 14, 2012

Consumers pay as much as 31 percent more for insurance because insurance companies have to comply with regulations from multiple states instead of just a single regulator, according to new research by a University of Iowa insurance expert.

Ty Leverty, a professor of finance in the Tippie College of Business, says expenses associated with meeting regulations in every state in which a company does business drive up compliance costs

Silver Lake Sumeru and Essex Woodlands Partner with MEDSEEK to Acquire the Company

May 11, 2012

Southwest Medical Center Partners with Summit Healthcare for Bi-directional Integration with Physician Offices

May 13, 2012

Summit Healthcare, a healthcare system integration provider, has expanded its technology offering with Southwest Medical Center to meet their needs for bi-directional integration with their physician offices. Southwest Medical Center will be implementing the Summit Provider Exchange solution this spring. The Kansas-based regional acute care facility has been live with the Summit Express Connect interface engine technology since 2010 to control their hospital integration nee

Staff for Success

By Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP) — May 16, 2012

Smart staffing is all about productivity.

VitalHealth Software Appoints Healthcare IT Veteran to Leadership Team

May 15, 2012

We Are All Accountable

By Michael Gibbons — May 11, 2012

More integrated, better coordinated care is the goal. ACOs offer a way.