Thought leadership on the use of innovation to solve health care access, quality, and funding issues.
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“We know that more than half of patients in America seek out health information online and we want to be a resource for not only those wanting to know more about our system of hospitals, but for those who simply want health information from a nationally recognized source.”
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“We expect to see innovative pilot programs which incorporate provider effectiveness as part of future provider payment reform,” Salls added.
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Novin says the concept for Health Mason came out of an effort to overcome an unprecedented claim backlog for a health insurer.
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“With the worldwide interest in health and particularly health IT, we want to give people a forum to talk about how important IT is to the industry…”
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Now, two health IT players – Covisint, a subsidiary of Compuware Corporation, and Carefx – have come together to market an integrated workflow solution that, they claim, ties together the full spectrum of care, from physician offices to labs and pharmacies, to multiple information systems within hospitals.
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Later this afternoon I will be making my way to Phoenix for the annual Visa Prepaid Forum. This is the event hosted yearly by the people at Visa who work to bring us those stored value cards like the gift cards that look and operate pretty much like a bank debit card. The Forum will [...]
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Happy New Year everyone. I started out the New Year with a scan of the news and caught a health plan in the act of being innovative. Highmark Inc., the Pittsburgh-based health insurer that last year brought us pre-paid gift cards to pay for healthcare expenses (http://healthplaninnovation.com/?p=17) has now introduced another consumer-engaging innovation – a [...]
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I have expressed the opinion in numerous posts on this blog that true innovation in health care will not come from big providers, big health plans, and certainly not from big government. But, maybe, just maybe, it will come from a group of medical students. At least we will have the chance to find out [...]
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