Consumer Driven Healthcare – How it stands for the Payers?
For the first time, many Americans are comparing and analyzing healthcare plans before buying one most suited to them. This is a huge change from how health plans were looked…
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How Clinical Data gains importance in the face of Incentive Payouts for Healthcare Payers?
Researchers at University of Washington Tacoma have developed a machine-learning predictive analytics tool that forecasts with 82 percent accuracy the probability a patient will be readmitted within 30 days. In…
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QOPI – Aiming to assess and improve cancer care
Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) is a program by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) exclusively for outpatient chemotherapy clinics and practices, to work as a tool to measure…
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PQRS Claim-based Reporting
As discussed in previous post, PQRS reporting can be done using various methods: Claims-based Registry-based Qualified Electronic Health Record (EHR) Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO)…
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An Introduction to Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
PQRS is an abbreviation for Physician Quality Reporting System formerly known as the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). It is a reporting program that uses a combination of incentive payments…
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Doc – in – a – box: Urgent care clinics
Urgent care clinics or minor emergency setups are springing up all over riding on the need for quick medical assistance and owing to the waiting periods at regular hospitals. One…
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Connected Healthcare Services
The healthcare industry is undergoing a significant change with connected health being the way ahead. To create effective connections, we need to ensure a network architecture which will help in…
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Building connected healthcare services
The healthcare industry is undergoing a significant change with connected health being the way ahead. To create effective connections, we need to ensure a network architecture which will help in…
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Genetics Cloud: A tremendous aid to medical screening
Cloud computing can help in considerably reducing the time and effort put in by genetic researchers by storing and analyzing individual gene sequences at a much faster rate than what…
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Wearable technology and EHR
The mobile health monitoring space is a staggering USD 9 billion as of today, and is only getting bigger. Wearable technology will make the process of health data collection simpler,…
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Wearable technology, the hope for those living with Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a slow degenerative disease which kills the brain cells causing tremors and some extend of rigidity, and loss of motor functions. It eats away at the…
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Wearable technology and cloud: The next generation of healthcare
Recently, we spoke about personalized medicine and the role they play in today’s medical practice. These solutions have successfully helped to monitor and manage the medical conditions of many patients.…
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