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Editor's Picks
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Is Social Media an Effective Healthcare Marketing Tool?
Social media seems like an obvious marketing platform, but it may not be as effective as you think in the healthcare sector. Only 4% of healthcare industry leaders reported social media as "very effective" for helping marketing efforts, according to HealthLeaders Industry Survey 2011. The majority of respondents (53%) answered that they were "neutral" on social media's effectiveness.
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CHIME Raises Concerns on ACO Data Sharing
The ability of patients in accountable care organizations to restrict access to their personal health information is one of several hurdles that could hinder the success of the new healthcare delivery models, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives says.
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MN Hospital Fires 32 for HIPAA Violations
A Minnesota hospital fired this month 32 employees for inappropriately accessing medical records of patients—the highest reported termination tally at a hospital for such a violation in recent memory. Allina Hospital in Minneapolis terminated the employees who wanted a peek at the medical records of patients hospitalized in March due to a drug overdose at a party in nearby Blaine, a hospital official says.
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Webcast: Beyond Medicare Shared Savings: Effective ACO & Clinical Integration Strategies
Go beyond the ACO regs furor to uncover commercial and Medicare alternatives for your ACO strategy. Join HealthLeaders Media for this 90-minute Webcast, including Q&A, for a deep dive with leading experts savvy on the legal and business operation of ACOs in commercial markets and CMS programs other than Medicare Shared Savings.
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Rounds: Coordinating Systems of Care
Whether your hospital system is pursuing an accountable care organization or a broader program of clinical integration, the real work of creating high-value, cost-effective healthcare is in transforming the systems of care. But the solutions may not be as big and unmanageable as you think. Join us live or via live webcast from Gundersen Lutheran Health System with Gundersen's clinical and executive leadership team and invited guest Fairview Health Services, two of the nation's health system pioneers in high-quality, lower-cost healthcare.
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Rounds: Neurological Service Line Growth: Telestroke & Brain Tumor Innovations
Neurological service line success is all about managing the collision of technology, research, and care coordination. Get strategies for managing the collision on May 18, live from Barrow Neurological Institute with invited thought leaders from St. John Providence Health System and St. Luke Hospital.
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Tech Headlines
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Reporting on hidden dangers of medical radiation
NPR, May 17, 2011
Only 13 RHIOs Meet Meaningful Use Criteria
HealthLeaders Media, May 17, 2011
Farzad: No CIO should have to choose between ACO, MU
Government Health IT, May 12, 2011
Computers help patients make decisions about end-of-life care
Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2011
Opinion: Certification regs complicate MU program
iHealthBeat, May 13, 2011
E-Prescribing increases 71%
Health Data Management, May 13, 2011
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Webcasts/Rounds
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May 18: Webcast: Ratchet Up Physician Referrals: Proven Methods & Measures
May 18: Rounds: Neurological Service Line Growth: Telestroke & Brain Tumor Innovations
May 24: Webcast: Blueprint for an Integrated and Alignment-Driven Physician Compensation Plan
June 7: Webcast: Beyond Medicare Shared Savings: Effective ACO & Clinical Integration Strategies
June 9: Rounds: Coordinating Systems of Care
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The Challenge of the ICU Health systems are in the midst of an ICU makeover
as healthcare leaders rethink
how they are providing care
in the costliest area of the hospital,
to improve outcomes and attain ROI.
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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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