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Top Obstacles to Population Health Management: As providers try to streamline and improve healthcare services, plenty of challenges remain

This post is sponsored by PatientSafe Solutions. While technology is offering the opportunity to provide better care for patients, transitioning to a world of shared data and more coordinated care is easier said than done. “Population Health Management means many things to many people,” says Amber Thompson, Vice President of Coordinated Care at PatientSafe Solutions. […]

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Making data usable: Interoperability is ideal, but implementation is far from easy

This post is sponsored by PatientSafe Solutions. Interoperability has become a big topic in healthcare of late…and a tricky one. Its benefits are clear; its implementation, however, is not. Achieving interoperability among providers, payers, vendors, even regulators is no easy task, and, according to Sergio Carbone, chief information officer at PatientSafe Solutions, not likely one […]

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Transitioning from fee-for-service to fee-for-performance: It’s not just an accounting change, it’s a mindset change

This post is sponsored by PatientSafe Solutions. While the ongoing change from fee-for-service to fee-for-performance healthcare is rooted in providing better and more efficient care to patients, plenty of providers remain skeptical about the transition and what it means for their already, in some cases, razor-thin margins. “What we hear from clients is fee-for-service isn’t […]

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4 companies that caught the attention of this HIMSS 2014 attendee

The exhibit hall at the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) 2014 conference is pretty humungous. Even with tens of thousands of people milling around there’s still plenty of elbow room. The central part of the floor is dominated by the huge booths (some with two levels) of the industry giants. Those booths are […]