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A House subcommittee approved and sent on to the full Energy and Commerce Committee H.R. 6357, the "Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008," known as the PRO(TECH)T Act, which is intended to strengthen the quality of health care, reduce medical errors and costs by encouraging adoption of health information technology, and further protect the privacy and security of health information in the electronic age.
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Research vice presidents for academic health centers agree HIPAA has serious and often detrimental effects on biomedical research.
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Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, in a speech in New York on Sept. 7, 1903, said, "Far and away, the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
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It used to be that patients would just listen and do what they were told. Not anymore.
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Who would ever believe that one could enter a hospital and confuse it for a spa?
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Promoting its Hospital Compare web site, the Department of Health and Human Services launched its first ever national advertising campaign, kicking it off in 58 major newspapers on May 21. The campaign cost $1.9 million.
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A recent survey by Deloitte reveals that U.S. consumers still perceive a technological gap in the health care industry and want more personalized care. Using a web-based questionnaire, 3,031 adults age 18 and older were surveyed.
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Entering the ED, my main goal was the well-being of my son. However, working in the health care revenue cycle industry, I was curious to see how this particular ED, which is part of a major hospital system in a large metropolitan area, would handle processing my information and asking for payment.
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Work flow and business processes must drive change. Whether the process evaluation is driven internally or externally from consultants, it is the critical factor for long-term viability and success.
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Reimbursement for care of illegal immigrants could take a big hit as of Sept. 30, 2008 not great news as talk of health care costs, caring for the uninsured, and concern about insurance coverage become more rampant. Lobbyists are taking the issue on now, as hospital administrators, associations, and congressional leaders hit Washington, DC.