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OntarioMD Looks to Help with AI Adoption and EMR Improvements

Healthcare IT Today

One is aimed at helping Electronic Medical Record (EMR) users in Ontario drive down costs and have a bigger voice with vendors. In the past, OntarioMD has been responsible for Certifying EMRs. Collaborating with EMR Vendors In a groundbreaking move, OntarioMD is considering reimagining the way EMR systems paid for.

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Modernizing Medicine To Pay $45 Million To Settle False Claims, Kickback Allegations

Healthcare IT Today

These financial arrangements caused healthcare providers to submit false reimbursement claims for pathology services, along with false claims for Meaningful Use incentives arising from the use of ModMed’s technology. For example, in 2021 CareCloud Health agreed to pay $3.8

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. Prior to the Meaningful Use incentives in 2005, only 20% of medical records were stored electronically. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data.

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Unifying the Healthcare Assembly Line

Mobile Health Matters

Instead, value-based care lays the foundation for a future where all industry stakeholders must collaborate in a new way, putting meaning and action behind the abundance of patient data. The Aftermath of the EMR Gold Rush. Keep in mind that many ACOs and IDNs have numerous EMRs throughout their systems.

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What the Marine Corps Taught Me about Working in the Healthcare Industry

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While I know that the healthcare industry and the Marines are on separate ends of the spectrum, the principles I’ve picked up along the way have been foundational in helping me navigate through my entire career. In my 25+ years in high-tech, it’s become apparent that this industry moves fast and is full of challenges. In the U.S.,

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. As we look back on 2019, it's worth remembering how far the industry has traveled to get here. -- Mike Miliard, Editor. by September 30, 2019.

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Tom Johnson, CIO, DuBois Regional Medical Center, Chapter 3

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Industry trends — “I think you’re going to see a lot of continued acquisition and rip and replace of systems”. If UPMC acquires a smaller hospital, do you think they maintain the EMRs? For it to really take off, the payers have to say, ‘this is important to us. Chapter 3. * The problem with HIEs. I would argue almost zero.

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