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Aug 01 2011

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Pace of mergers, acquisitions revs up for physician practices

Jul 29 2011

EMRandHIPAA

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As everyone in health IT knows, EMR certification, a prerequisite for meaningful use, does not measure usability

Jul 29 2011

Health Leaders Media

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Over the next two years, CMS expects hospitals to begin tracking and reporting their median times for two National Quality Forum-approved benchmarks for emergency care

Jul 29 2011

New York Times

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Epocrates has won over nearly half of the nation’s doctors for its free smartphone apps that lets them look up information on drug dosing, interactions and insurance coverage while seeing a patient.

Jul 29 2011

Washington Post

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The iPad application drchrono has been granted a “Meaningful Use” certification by the U.S. government

Jul 29 2011

Money.bundle.com

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The most and least expensive cities for health care

Jul 29 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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MGMA: Proposed HIPAA Disclosures Rule ‘Unworkable’

Jul 28 2011

Star Tribune

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Expanding the nation’s broadband network is crucial to improving care, according to the study, because many illnesses can be handled over the Internet.

Jul 28 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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States to Get Drug Rebates Even Under Managed Care

Jul 28 2011

New York Times

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Allies of the medical device industry are waging an extraordinary campaign in Washington to discredit a coming report by one of the country’s pre-eminent scientific groups that examines possible new regulations on the industry.

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