Dr. Dennis Cortese talks to CNBC from the World Health Care Congress in Washington, where leaders across the medical industry have gathered to ask: What Comes Next?
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Northern Kentucky University said that faculty from its health informatics program will present a poster at the health care industry’s flagship event, the 7th Annual World Health Care Congress April 12-14 in Washington, D.C.
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Whether a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. health care system is in the cards or not, employers are continuing to take steps to "bend the cost curve down" by prompting employees to take more responsibility for their health and providing them with incentives to seek cost-conscious quality care. "We all know that the status quo won't do," Jeffrey D. Alter, CEO of the Northeast region at insurer UnitedHealthcare, said during his keynote presentation at the 2010 Employer Health & Human Capital Congress, held Feb. 3, 2010, near Washington, D.C.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- HealthInsight, provider of the only value-based health care administration platform, today announced it is sponsoring a value-based panel discussion at 1:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 3, at this year’s Employer Health and Human Capital Congress in Washington, D.C. The panel, An Inside Look at Value-Based Benefits — Lowering Costs and Improving Heath, will explore the important questions today’s senior human resources and benefits executives have on how value-based health plans are able to reduce costs while improving their employee wellness.
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More than 10,000 US Army soldiers who have returned from duty in Iraq or Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury or other serious injuries are participating in a pilot study to test a telehealth outreach program that’s designed to track progress, improve quality of care and increase optimal outcomes.
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Fourteen years ago on October 6, Presidential Savings Bank became the first to offer its customers access to online banking. And since then, the convenient, cost-efficient electronic interchange technology has attracted millions of busy consumers, especially when it comes to getting paid: 75 percent of American wage earners who have access to direct deposit use it.
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The Obama administration's push for providers to adopt electronic health records over the next few years has good and bad aspects but has no chance of succeeding without meaningful health reform, David Brailer, the first national coordinator for health information technology, declared Nov. 10.
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Last month, I wrote an item about HHS’ new interim final rules on data breach notification. Something I heard during a panel at the World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Congress this week reminded me of why this is still a controversial issue.
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At the World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT v5.0) this week in the Washington, D.C. area, industry leaders heard from preeminent policy makers and technology experts on some of the most important trends and developments driving healthcare technology forward. Keynote speakers such as former President Bill Clinton and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (click here for BHC's report and a full transcript of his address, plus hear a one-on-one exchange with BHC's Editorial Director, Robin Jay) offered their thoughts on the broad changes needed to reform and reengineer healthcare delivery, while breakout sessions explored specific emerging technologies that hold the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery.
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After returning from a well received presentation on "Meaningful Use: Why HIPAA is No Longer a Paper Tiger" at the World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Congress - HITECH / HIPAA Compliance Management Leadership Summit, it doesn't surprise me that a majority of healthcare organizations are not prepared to comply with new privacy and security rules enacted within ARRA and the HITECH Act.
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A lineup of heavy hitters stumped for health care reform in general and warned specifically against stifling new health IT ideas this week at the 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress in Washington, D.C.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was the closing keynote speaker at the 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation & Technology (WHIT) Congress in Washington D.C. on November 6. His opening statement to senior healthcare executives on the topic of Embracing True HIT Transformation in an Era of Real Health Reform started with a sobering note, “We’ll need healthcare reform after healthcare reform fails,” Gingrich said. Yet, within moments, the attending thought leaders were motivated – and often humored – by Gingrich’s dry wit as he delivered solutions to transform the current delivery system into a 21st Century Intelligent Health System.
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I spent Monday, Nov. 9, at the 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Congress in Alexandria, Va. There were plenty of impressive presentations about progress on interoperability, especially within integrated delivery networks. For instance, representatives from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center talked about their focus on a semantic interoperability solution from a company called dbMotion to make the multiple health IT systems used within their integrated enterprise talk to and understand each other.
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I wrote about moderating this panel previously, and today it happened. Here are my introductory slides, including the very first tweet of each panelist!
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Former President Bill Clinton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — who famously battled over health care, and more than a few other topics, during the 1990s — are both scheduled to address the World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress on Tuesday.
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Wall Street Journal – Washington Wire Blog
Odd Bedfellows: They battled each other in the 1990s over the issue, but today former President Bill Clinton and former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich will address the same audience at the fifth annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress in Alexandria, Va. Clinton discusses, “Embracing our Common Humanity,” while Gingrich discusses “Embracing True HIT Transformation in an Era of Real Health Reform.”
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The fifth annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, a gathering in Alexandria for information technology leaders in the health-care business, hears from former president Bill Clinton at 12:30 p.m. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) addresses the group in the afternoon.
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Doubtless, MD On-Line CEO Bill Bartzak would like to make tons of money, but he's also a man on a mission. That mission? To help small medical practices move money in and out without touching a piece of paper.
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