Health Management Technology articles from June 2008

Health Management Technology archives from June 2008

Full circle.(From the Editor)(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... Not long ago, doctors made house calls. How nice it must have been to be treated by one's doctor in one's own bed, with family about and chicken soup on the boil. No lying in tiled hallways, clinging to cold metal tables waiting on overworked...

CDHP: tools and attitude: studies show the consumer-driven approach provides mutual benefits to companies and workers.(Consumerism in Healthcare)(consumer-directed healthcare plans)
June 1, 2008... According to the 13th Annual National Business Group on Health/Watson Wyatt Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care, a company's average healthcare expenditure per employee was $7,211 in 2007 and expected to rise to $7,620 in 2008....

Many happy returns: two Colorado practices join forces on revenue cycle management to achieve new levels of revenue.(Claims and Coding: Case History)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When two medical practices in Lakewood, Colo., began comparing notes in 2006, they discovered similar financial and operational challenges. In an increasingly competitive healthcare environment where costs were...

Claiming responsibility: with new revenue integrity technologies, health plans and payers are more effectively controlling costs and identifying fraud.(Health Plans and Technology)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Just like their healthcare provider colleagues, health plans and payers have a fiduciary responsibility to spend hard earned premium dollars both fairly and wisely. A vigorous approach to maintaining revenue...

The two-way solution: leveraging CPOE technology can improve caregiver communications and increase patient safety.(CPOE)(Computerized Physician Order Entry)
June 1, 2008... It's hard to pick up a newspaper without reading about medication errors--they happen every day. In its well-publicized 2006 report "Preventing Medication Errors," the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimated that 1.5 million Americans are harmed...

Company alphabetical listings.(1 Call, a Division of AMTELCO-Hyland Software Inc.)(Directory)(Company overview)
June 1, 2008... 1 Call, a Division of AMTELCO 4800 Curtin Dr. McFarland, WI 53558 608-838-4194; Fax 608-838-8327 www.1call.com 6, 48, 66, 70 Communication solutions including call center/ PC-based PBX console software, on-call, Web...

Company alphabetical listings.(iAnywhere Solutions-Zynx Health)(Directory)
June 1, 2008... iAnywhere Solutions 415 Philip St. Waterloo, ON N2L-3X2 800-801-2069 www.sybase.com 18, 75 Provider of mobile, embedded and workgroup databases that enable anywhere, anytime access to enterprise information. ...

Product listings.
June 1, 2008... 1 ADMISSIONS-DISCHARGE-TRANSFER 6N Systems Inc. Achieve Healthcare Technologies Ajexus Healthcare Alpha Systems Ambir Technology Aquave Group Card Scanning Solutions Datamax Corp. Emergisoft Corp....