Alex Baker | October 31, 2014
A growing number of care providers across the country are participating in value-based payment arrangements that are helping to transition the nation away from traditional fee-for-service methods of paying for health care. While fee-for-service models offer little accountability for health outcomes, more and more providers are using new models that reward their ability to deliver higher quality care with greater efficiency.
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Brett Coughlin | June 16, 2014
Anti-aircraft artillery and abdominal aortic aneurysms have a couple of things in common. First, they are both known as ‘Triple A’ (AAA). Second, they both blow up.
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Steven Posnack | September 13, 2013
We’ve been getting a number of questions about EHR vendor readiness and the 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria. Given the increased interest, I thought now would be a good time to answer some of those questions by:
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Lisa-Nicole Sarnowski | April 12, 2013
Are you experiencing tax stress with tax day looming? As you know, for some patients, stress, along with other contributing factors like genetics, obesity, smoking, and diet, is one of the contributing factors towards high blood pressure (HBP), also known as hypertension.
Hypertension is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and other health problems,[i] but because many of these factors go hand-in-hand, it can be better managed through the use of electronic health records (EHRs).
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Brett Coughlin | March 29, 2013