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Editor's Picks
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11 Hot Healthcare Buzzwords for 2011
With rapid changes in healthcare comes a new vocabulary with terms and phrases every provider should know.
Culled from journal articles, conferences, blogs and other media, some of these phrases might not be all that new. But it's our bet that even if you've heard some of them before, you're going to hear a lot more references to them in 2011.
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Medical Imaging Study Flags Portable Media Problems
Radiologists and referring clinicians frequently use CDs and DVDs to review patient medical images (e.g., MRIs and CT scans) acquired at outside imaging centers, but issues regarding access, importability, and viewing of these portable media could negatively affect patient care, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. [Read More]
CMS Updates 'Physician Compare' Online Tool
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday launched an enhanced version of its Physician Compare online tool which provides detailed information about physicians and other healthcare workers.
The updated Physician Compare tool expands and updates CMS' Healthcare Provider Directory, which for more than one decade has helped Medicare beneficiaries find participating doctors online. [Read More]
Webcast: Proven Strategies to Market Women's Services
Women are a vital audience to reach—is your marketing cutting it? As the primary healthcare decision-makers and the key to unlocking additional service audiences, you need up-to-date, effective marketing strategies to win women's loyalty—thus, business—and expand your market share. Join HealthLeaders Media on January 31, at 1 p.m. (EST) for this 90-minute Webcast, including Q&A, and learn from women's health marketing experts. [Read More]
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Tech Headlines
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Medicare Pays Non-Radiologists More than Radiologists for MRI, CT
HealthLeaders Media, January 11, 2011
CDS Reduces Rate of Imaging Test Orders by 25% in Study
HealthLeaders Media, January 10, 2011
Bid to digitize CO health records continues
The Denver Post, January 11, 2011
VA racing to fill 705 IT positions
InformationWeek, January 11, 2011
Health information exchanges on the rise
InformationWeek, January 10, 2011
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Webcasts
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Feb. 15: Cardiac Care Leadership for Improved Alignment and Outcomes
Jan. 25: The Power of Primary Care in an Era of Change
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Improving Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes Head and neck cancer afflicts relatively few, but it is described as one of the most devastating because of its impact on speech, swallowing, and facial structures.
By establishing multidisciplinary approaches and minimally invasive techniques, hospitals are improving patient outcomes and their own bottom lines.[Read More]
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IT Forum
Medical Device Makers: Stop Griping and Embrace Healthcare Reform: During the national healthcare reform debate, many in the medical device industry strenuously objected to contributing their "fair share" to reform through a new tax on their devices. While other healthcare stakeholders accepted the notion of shared sacrifice and agreed to give up collective hundreds of billions of dollars, device companies warned that a new tax would force them to pass on the additional cost to hospitals and patients. And the protests haven't stopped. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
Building Blocks of the Patient Experience
The healthcare system is on the cusp of accepting the positive influence of patient experience on quality, says Steve Ronstrom, president and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System Division and CEO of Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, WI. In a recent interview, the lead advisor for the HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Report, Patient Experience: Help Wanted, explains how basics such as infrastructure and technology combined with the people skills of empathy and caring can improve outcomes. [Listen Now][Sponsored by Medseek] |
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