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5 Academic Publishing Trends To Watch In 2013

George Lossius | Publishing Perspectives | January 21, 2013

2012 was certainly an eventful, some would even say turbulent, year in the unpredictable world of academic publishing. [...] So what can we expect from 2013? Read More »

CareCloud Raises $20 Million In Crowded Market For Electronic Health Records

Zina Moukheiber | Forbes | June 18, 2013

CareCloud, a Miami, Fl.-based electronic health record vendor which delivers applications over the internet, announced it raised $20 million in series B funding. [...] Read More »

Goal of NYU-Continuum Hospital Mega-Merger: Raising Prices

Avik Roy | Forbes | June 8, 2012

On Wednesday, two big New York City hospital chains—New York University’s Langone Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners—announced that they were looking into merging into one mega-entity...There is only one reason why these two hospital chains are linking arms: to force insurers and patients to accept higher prices for their services. Read More »

Health IT Is Driving Healthcare Consolidation

John Pulley | Nextgov | June 6, 2012

The cost and time involved in adopting electronic health records is playing a key role in physicians deciding to sell their medical practices to hospital systems, says the editor of Healthcare Technology Online.

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Healthcare Attorneys: New Business Relationships Will Create New EHR Problems

Marla Durben Hirsch | FierceEMR | December 19, 2013

The healthcare industry already has experienced several unintended issues related to electronic health records [...]. But as implementation of EHRs begins to mature and providers step up integration in response to health reform, there will be additional unanticipated operational and business problems involving EHRs that will arise. Read More »

HFMA Panel: Pressures for Hospitals to Merge Are Relentless

Ron Shinkman | FierceHealthFinance | June 25, 2013

Hospitals throughout the country face constant and persistent pressure to merge, according to a panel discussion of four executives at the Health Financial Management Association's annual national institute in Orlando, Fla., last week. Read More »

New To-Do Lists Loom For 'Post-EHR Era'

Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | January 30, 2014

As the electronic health record becomes "just another app," more and more providers are setting their sights on an array of complex future needs. IDC Health Insights' latest report sees big changes coming for care delivery in 2014 and beyond. Read More »

Technology Is At The Heart Of Obama’s Second-Term Management Agenda

Charles S. Clark | Nextgov | July 8, 2013

President Obama on Monday highlighted the continuing role of technology in his second-term management reform agenda, using a televised speech to White House staff to also defend the federal workforce and nudge Congress to grant him long-sought authority to consolidate agencies to curb duplication. [...] Read More »