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McKesson coughs up $190M to resolve False Claims Act allegations
cmio.net — “McKesson has agreed to pay the U.S. more than $190 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by reporting inflated pricing information for a large number of prescription drugs, causing Medicaid to overpay for those drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.” View full resource at cmio.net
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Health Affairs: EHR adoption programs should look beyond PCPs
cmio.net — “To achieve EHR adoption nationwide, federal policies also may have to focus on encouraging adoption among non-primary care specialists, as well as addressing persistent gaps in the use of EHR systems by practice size, physician age and ownership status, according to an article published in the April edition of Health Affairs.” View full resource at cmio.net
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JAMA: Overcoming U.S. HIE adoption barriers? Outlook unclear
cmio.net — “Sharing clinical data electronically is a critical challenge for fixing the healthcare system, according to a viewpoint report published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.” View full resource at cmio.net
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CMIO News Portals | Clinical Information Systems | Study: Poor health IT implementation planning affects patient care
cmio.net — “A poorly planned health IT implementation can have deleterious effects on the quality of patient care, and can even increase inpatient mortality, according to an article published in the March edition of the American Journal of Managed Care.” View full resource at cmio.net
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Small Oregon hospital rides robotic telehealth to ECRI device award
cmio.net — “With the right technology deployed in the right way, such that the combo demonstrably improves care across a patient population, even a small hospital can bring about big change—including convincing a state medical board to revise a once-unbendable rule.” View full resource at cmio.net
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GAO: FDA spending plenty on IT modernization—and getting nowhere fast
cmio.net — “The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has alerted the FDA that, if the agency is to bring its IT environment up to snuff, it needs to take three essential steps: develop a comprehensive inventory of its IT systems, implement an integrated master schedule for a particular modernization effort already underway and identify opportunities to get better at sharing data with internal and external partners.” View full resource at cmio.net
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North Shore-LIJ notifies 100 patients of identity theft
cmio.net — “North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System, a 15-hospital system in New York, has announced there is an ongoing investigation with law enforcement authorities involving the identity theft of approximately 100 patients from North Shore University Hospital, a 804-bed tertiary care facility in Manhasset, N.Y.” View full resource at cmio.net
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Fridsma: Use of EHRs among docs doubled in two years
cmio.net — “The number of doctors using electronic records has doubled in the last two years, said Doug Fridsma, MD, director of the Office of Standards and Interoperability of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) at the ICD-10 Summit sponsored by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).” View full resource at cmio.net
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Thomson Reuters selects 100 Top Hospitals in U.S.
cmio.net — “Thomson Reuters released its 100 Top Hospitals report April 16, using” View full resource at cmio.net
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Health Affairs: ACOs' work just beginning
cmio.net — “Now that 27 Medicare Shared Savings Program participants have been announced, bloggers for Health Affairs examined the state of accountable care organizations (ACOs). Turns out, the fun is just getting started.” View full resource at cmio.net
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Circ: Poor performance, patient dissatisfaction go hand in hand
cmio.net — “Hospitals with consistently low cardiac performance measure rankings also received a thumbs down in patient satisfaction, according to a study published online April 10 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. But the authors warn that without understanding factors that contribute to poor performance, pay-for-performance and value-based initiatives may exacerbate problems at these hospitals and adversely impact care.” View full resource at cmio.net
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Young docs cynical about healthcare’s future, concerned about reform
cmio.net — “A majority of young physicians are pessimistic about the future of the U.S. healthcare system, with concerns about healthcare reform and declining reimbursement the main sources of the gloomy outlook, according to an online survey commissioned by The Physicians Foundation.” View full resource at cmio.net
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Young docs cynical about healthcare’s future, concerned about PPACA http://t.co/PlzTPNVk
HIMSS Analytics: To err on data security is human
cmio.net — “Human error remains the greatest threat to data security across the healthcare industry, according to an April report from Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics.” View full resource at cmio.net
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PEJ: Assign numbers to outcomes to track hospital performance
cmio.net — “Assigning a numerical value to an outcome can objectify the healthcare processes and lead to a clearer understanding of how and when high-quality care is provided, according to an article published in the March/April edition of Physician Executive Journal of Medical Management.” View full resource at cmio.net
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Circ: Adding patients’ two cents on stress testing may cut costs
cmio.net — “Low-risk patients presenting with chest pain at an emergency department were less likely to undergo stress testing if they used a tool designed to elucidate their risk of a heart attack and engage them in decision making, according to a study published online April 10 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. No patients in the randomized evaluation experienced a major adverse cardiac event after discharge, suggesting the decision aid may help reduce unnecessary testing without compro” View full resource at cmio.net
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