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According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an accountable care organization (ACO) is “an organization of health care providers that agrees to be accountable for the quality, cost, and overall care of Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in the traditional fee-for-service program who are assigned to it.” Formed by a group of coordinated [...]

With the Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding the healthcare law presented by President Obama and the upcoming November elections, healthcare has been in the news often over the past few months. Though the healthcare industry seems to be undergoing a multitude of changes, one way in which it hasn’t changed significantly is its reliance on [...]

Most people in the United States have heard about The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, an economic stimulus package which includes the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology. Another government initiative developed to address healthcare IT is the [...]

Healthcare is often at the forefront of emerging technologies, and its use of the tablet computers is no different. From physicians to radiologists, healthcare professionals are utilizing tablet technology at a rapidly increasing rate. According to a recent survey by Manhattan Research of more than 3,000 physicians across 25 specialties titled “Taking the Pulse® U.S. [...]

Healthcare professionals are using tablet technology at a rapidly increasing rate. A recent survey by Manhattan Research reported that more than 60 percent of physicians currently own an iPad. The downside to this increase is that with so many physicians and other healthcare professionals using tablet computers and other mobile devices, protected healthcare information can [...]