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By: Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Magazine, February 4, 2010
Smartphone applications are liberating clinicians and administrators and improving quality all at the same time.
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By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, February 12, 2010
New Jersey health plans have joined in the fight to overcome the costly paperwork morass choking the healthcare system. Health plans launched an initiative in the Garden State on Thursday, in which Web portals will be used in a pilot program that officials say will make health delivery easier for patients and physicians by reducing paperwork for each patient visit.
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By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, February 12, 2010
In a back-and-forth with officials of Anthem Blue Cross' parent company WellPoint over the company's proposed rate hikes in California, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday said the company's proposal remains perplexing. She added it leaves customers "with nothing but bad options: pay more for coverage, cut back on benefits or join the ranks of the uninsured." Reacting to a letter from WellPoint, Sebelius said the company's proposal to raise individual health insurance premiums by as much as 39% in California also demonstrates "the urgent need for real reforms that fix our broken heath insurance system."
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By: Heather Comak, for HealthLeaders Media, February 12, 2010
The National Patient Safety Foundation has sponsored Patient Safety Awareness Week since 2002 as a means of making caregivers, other hospital staff, and community members more aware of patient safety issues. This year, the event is being observed from March 7 to 13, and facilities across the country are using the opportunity to educate and involve their staff and patients.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, February 12, 2010
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina's robo calls that urged members to oppose healthcare reform will cost the insurer $95,000 in fines, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has announced. The company commissioned robo calls to 100,000 North Carolina residents in October without following state law, which requires a live operator to announce the automated message and give recipients the chance to refuse the call, the AG's office said.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, February 11, 2010
New changes are in the works for the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), which is sometimes referred to as the "psychiatrist's bible." The American Psychiatric Association (APA), which publishes the manual, placed a draft of the publication online this week and will seek comments on the draft through April 20.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, February 11, 2010
CVS/pharmacy has reportedly agreed to pay Indiana $1.95 million to settle complaints that two pharmacists with long-expired licenses had dispensed more than 60,000 prescriptions at two stores, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, February 11, 2010
Healthcare IT systems provider Quality Systems Inc., of Irvine, CA, announced it will acquire inpatient services software developer Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed in a media release announcing the deal.
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By: Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media, February 11, 2010
To get a better idea of which pressures influence physician decisions the most, we asked physician leaders about them as part of the 2010 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, February 11, 2010
In our HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey 2010, quality leaders again ranked the category "quality/patient safety" as their organization's No. 1 priority this year—just like in the previous year.
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By: February 11, 2010
AMA President J. James Rohack, MD, talks about the 2010 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey and the pressures on physicians.
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