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... but they're going after hardworking companies," said Barbara Rembiesa, head of the International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers. She founded the group to educate businesses on how to manage their software because she felt the industry wasn't doing ... closer to $5,000. Even so, having rewards at all raises questions of whether the BSA creates a perverse incentive for employees who discover their organizations out of compliance: Should they help their bosses get squared away or ...

... % reduction in ER utilization, a 20% reduction in hospitalization, and a 48% reduction in rehospitalization. Technology is an important part of these efforts and savings. Even given the potential high ... medical home both deserve our close attention. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's ... and hospital beds. David Harlow: Yes, I saw some press recently about Group Health of Puget Sound -- Paul Grundy: That's correct, that's one of the early ...

... oriented architecture using the internet," and that the only thing barring the way to a fully interoperable national EHR system is resources, or incentives -- the technology is there. (This conclusion begs the question: is GE's recently-announced foray into developing a new open standard for EHRs ... is not inconsequential) should be underwritten in the same sort of deficit spending kind of way that FDR used to fund the New Deal. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting

... but that number seems likely to go up before it goes down. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting Interview of Steven Lash, President and CEO of ... there is no co-pay and no deductible so there's a real economic incentive for people to take a serious look at the quality of care overseas and the ability to participate in some of ... and I told him a Sony, and he said: Sony? That's Japanese, that's crap technology. He said, you know you ought to be buying an RCA. We all know the ...

... In any event, some professional societies (e.g., American College of Cardiology) are in on the development of the pilot accreditation standards. Industry groups such as the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance would also prefer to see the OPPS cap reversed, and allow quality and cost control to be ... around five years from now, if the MIPPA accreditation approach takes hold on time and percolates into the private sector as well. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting

... . Two important examples: What does "meaningful use" of EHRs mean? Providers engaged in "meaningful use" of EHRs are eligible for the stimulus incentive payments. The term will have to be defined in regulations. John Glaser expressed the hope that "meaningful use" is defined so as to include ... panel discussion, check out the one-minute interviews with several health care CEOs in the audience, at David Williams' Health Business Blog. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting

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