July 1, 2010
Government incentives are underscoring the push for a national transition to health information exchanges. Our experts weigh in on some of the issues surrounding the implementation of HIEs.
June 3, 2010
Payer software vendor MEDecision Inc. will provide a personal health records platform to the State of Minnesota to offer to employees and their families.
June 3, 2010
MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the State of Minnesota to provide the technology for a personal health record (PHR) program being developed for State employees and their dependents. The initiative is designed to give state workers and their families an additional tool to manage their health and help control medical costs.
May 26, 2010
Health IT company MEDecision has named Eric Demers senior vice president (SVP) of life sciences.
Demers will oversee the Wayne, Pa.-based company’s patient-centered medical home, life sciences and health information exchange (HIE) operations.
Demers joins MEDecision from Orion Health, where he served as VP of operations, North America.
May 26, 2010
Health IT company MEDecision has named Eric Demers senior vice president (SVP) of life sciences.
Demers will oversee the Wayne, Pa.-based company’s patient-centered medical home, life sciences and health information exchange (HIE) operations.
Demers joins MEDecision from Orion Health, where he served as VP of operations, North America.
April 21, 2010
The health information exchange (HIE) infrastructure will change dramatically over the next two years with enterprise HIEs potentially reaping the benefits, according to a report from health market researcher IDC Health Insights.
April 14, 2010
IDC Health Insights today announced the availability of a new report, Vendor Assessment: Industry Short List for Health Information Exchange Technologies (Doc #HI222529), that evaluates 14 vendors supplying health information exchange (HIE) solutions for enterprise, regional, and statewide (or countrywide) health information organizations. The vendors included in the assessment represent a sample of this market's suppliers, and include leaders in the industry that were chosen for their market share and penetration, or their potential growth opportunities.
April 9, 2010
April 1, 2010
The concept of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) may hold
the key to luring PCPs back to the profession while providing more
effective patient care.
March 25, 2010
With much of the contentious healthcare reform fight over,
companies within the health information technology sector both
nationally and locally are set for tremendous growth. The industry
was already growing from last year's stimulus cash infusion and
looks to be big winners from passage of the healthcare reform
bill.
March 24, 2010
If you ever wanted to see an industry on the verge of a course-altering breakthrough, you should have been at HiMSS in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Of the many things I took away from the conference, the one that stands out the most is that the health information technology industry is about to explode — in a good way.
March 16, 2010
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is offering physicians and healthcare facilities access to a new tool that will assist them in identifying health risks for 9 million patients across the country. The CareProfile(R) is an electronic health record (EHR) created with the collaborative input of MEDecision, Availity and HCSC's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
February 1, 2010
If we all start planning now, we can all breath a collective sigh of relief when the fall of 2013 rolls around.
January 29, 2010
Scott Decker, president of health information-technology vendor NextGen Healthcare in Horsham, described the Center for Medicaid and Medicare’s proposed “meaningful use” criteria for doctors and hospitals using electronic medical records as a good first step.
January 20, 2010
Although the technology industry cut nearly 175,000 jobs in 2009, health care IT offers promise for the job market in 2010, according to a new report, InformationWeek reports.
January 19, 2010
While the tech sector cut nearly 175,000 jobs in 2009, the worse is hopefully over, with healthcare IT being one of the most promising niches for new jobs 2010, says a new report.
December 3, 2009
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma (BCBSOK) is launching its patient-centered medical home (PCMH) in early 2010.With Oklahoma’s growing primary care physician shortage and its bottom five national ranking of their ratio per capita, the payer is looking for ways to impact quality of care while expanding its provider footprint.
December 3, 2009
A changing of the guard at MEDecision isn’t expected to change the course of a company that’s ready to grow significantly in the coming year.So says Scott A. Storrer, president and chief operating officer of the Wayne, Pa.-based developer of collaborative healthcare management solutions, who will assume the role of chief executive officer at the end of the year.
March 18, 2009
While some information technology vendors are toning down spending for next month's HIMSS Conference and Exhibition--or skipping the show--MEDecision Inc. is substantially ramping up its presence at the Chicago event.
March 9, 2009
The Alineo platform will facilitate BCBSMN’s Whole Person Health Support initiative, which aims at identifying opportunities to improve members’ health status and reduce healthcare costs.
February 27, 2009
Is $20 billion for EMRs overkill? Maybe. That's just one of several interesting points MEDecision's David St. Clair makes on the subject. Listen in as he also makes a plea for a sober discussion of privacy concerns.
February 26, 2009
Guest commentary by David St. Clair, founder and CEO, MEDecision The economic stimulus package that President Obama has signed contains upwards of $20 billion to create electronic health records for most Americans within five years. The president has been very outspoken in his belief that EHRs are essential to health care reform and that the subsequent savings they'll generate will help to strengthen the larger overall economy.
December 31, 2008
WASHINGTON – DC Chartered Health Plan has begun implementing MEDecision’s care management technology to service its growing Medicaid population. With co-morbidities of DC Chartered’s members stretching its clinical capabilities, the Alineo Collaborative Health Care Management platform will enable the private managed care company to better manage its 80,000 members, said CEO Karen Dale. The platform will turn paper-based processes into electronic ones.
July 30, 2007
Chester County company wins national recognition
by Brian McCullough