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High healthcare spenders don't deliver more unnecessary care
New research delivers another blow to the common assumption that regions of the United States that spend more on healthcare provide more unnecessary care, according to UCSF Today. The study published
Docs plagued by little patient time, misinformation
The vast majority of physicians (88 percent) surveyed for a recent study said that they struggle to balance the business side of medicine with providing quality patient care. Although this finding
Lean management: Three ways to get docs on board
The concept of ‘lean' management in healthcare is hardly new. But despite its potential to cut waste from a medical practice's business operations, many physicians still bristle at the
Medical center saved $25 million with smarter, more efficient staffing
The American College of Healthcare Executives' annual Congress is a venue more of seriousness rather than urgency. However, urgency was specifically required for St. Anthony's Medical Center in St.
Workflow software, robots poised to transform care
We have separate publications called FierceHealthIT and FierceEMR for a reason: Thanks in no small part to the federal "meaningful use" incentive program, EMRs are front of mind for many health IT
SPOTLIGHT: Nursing inefficiencies
Nurses have long suspected that they spend far too much time shuffling paper and chasing down equipment rather than caring for patients, and now there's some data to back them up. A new survey from
Low operating margin helps hospital break even on Medicare patients
At a time when nearly 60 percent of hospitals lose 20 cents on the dollar for every elderly patient, Providence Regional Medical Center breaks even. This, despite its high percentage of Medicare
CMS looks to EHR data to combat waste and fraud
CMS is looking at EHR reporting as a way to help the embattled agency weed out payment inefficiencies and combat rampant Medicare and Medicaid fraud. "We hope to be able to use data available through
SPOTLIGHT: Up to $850B of healthcare spending is wasteful
A new analysis by Thomson Reuters concludes that administrative inefficiency, needless treatment, medical mistakes and fraud account for $600 billion to $850 billion in unnecessary healthcare
Chopra takes health IT efficiency message to Silicon Valley
We know that federal CTO Aneesh Chopra is an advocate of using health IT to improve quality of care and save money, but now he's taking his message outside the healthcare arena. At the Web 2.0 Summit
