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A recent report by IDC Health Insights, a provider of market research and advisory services, reveals that healthcare setups, recognizing the role of data in accountable care’s success, are concentrating on investing in analytics for population health management.

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With an intent to update their inventory control and enhance the workflow efficiency, Mobile, AL-based Springhill Medical Center has chosen medication automation and business analytics solution from Omnicell, Inc, a medication management provider.

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Arlington, VA-based CACI International Inc, has acquired Germantown, WI-based IDL Solutions, Inc for an undisclosed amount, in a move to expand its business in the $33.5 billion addressable healthcare and federal health insurance market. Established in 1962, CACI provides information solutions and services to security and law enforcement agencies, intelligence communities, defense customers, and federal [...]

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Houston, TX-based Spring Medical Systems, Inc has entered into an agreement with Clinigence, an Atlanta, GA-based clinical business intelligence provider, to leverage the latter’s collaborative analytics solution. Established by a group of technology and medical professionals, Spring Medical Systems provides software solutions for medium and small sized medical practices. The company’s flagship product, SpringCharts® is [...]

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Deloitte Consulting LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP, has acquired Recombinant Data Corporation, an analytic and data warehousing solution provider. The acquisition underscores an increasing importance given to clinical information in transforming the healthcare industry.

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The University of Tennessee Medical Center (UT Medical Center) has awarded a three-year contract to VisiQuate for providing business analytics solutions, with an intent to enhance the center’s business and revenue cycle processes. VisiQuate’s Revenue Cycle Enterprise Performance Management Suite, consisting of applications for the entire revenue cycle management, will be deployed at the medical [...]

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3M Health Information Systems, a provider of health IT solutions and services, has announced the inclusion of an analysis tool and consulting services into its International Classification of Diseases – Revision 10 (ICD-10) transition planning solutions suite. This has been designed to assist providers in estimating the ICD-10 transition’s financial impact on each, diagnosis related [...]

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In an effort to combat malaria, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed an online game, accessible on mobile phones and personal computers, to help diagnose the disease.

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Following the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, doubt and confusion prevailed among radiologists regarding their inclusion in this federal incentive scheme for the meaningful use of technology. This, considered widely as a misconception, was later clarified through the Continuing Extension Act of 2010, in April, which amended the law [...]

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and its affiliate Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization (BIDPO) have entered into a contract renewal for three years with Healthcare Data Services (HDS), an integrated healthcare data analysis provider. Through this agreement, HDS will enable managed care data management services, including reporting and analytical capabilities, through its HDS Analyst™ [...]

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