Mobile EHRs Growing with Physician Demand
Physicians are beginning to demand that electronic medical records be accessible on more screens than just their computers, according to American Medical News. A report published by Black Book Research...
View ArticleHealthcare IT Market Has Projected Worth of $31.3 Billion by 2017
According to PR Newswire, the need for IT is quickly evolving, due to a long list of issues currently characterizing healthcare systems. A report published by Markets and Markets states that the North...
View ArticleRawlings Gives Impassioned Speech at Mental Health Conference in Dallas
“We’ve got to eat this elephant one piece at a time,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said as he addressed the more than 700 attendees of the 28th annual Texas Council of Mental Health Centers Conference...
View ArticleRising Number of Standalone ERs Concerns Health Experts
The number of standalone emergency rooms nationwide has more than doubled in the past four years, a trend that could increase healthcare costs across the board, Kaiser Health News reports....
View ArticleEast Texas Psychiatric Hospital Faces Possible Funding Cut
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has given the Terrell State Hospital 90 days to fix problems found by federal investigators in 12 different areas of patient care and hospital management,...
View ArticleHealthTexas Provider Network Expands Collaborative Accountable Care Initiative
Paired with Cigna, HealthTexas Provider Network has expanded their Collaborative Accountable Care Initiative, according to a release. The program started in April 2012, with 91 HPTN physicians at 12...
View ArticleTexas Halfway Houses, Mental Health Units Face Closure
A $23 million dollar budget cut has the Texas Juvenile Justice Department considering the closure of multiple halfway houses and mental health units, according to the Texas Tribune. One of the...
View ArticleDallas-area Men Plead Guilty in Medicare Fraud Case
Two owners of Texas companies that provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Stanley Thaw, 71, of Frisco, and...
View ArticleHealthcare Reform Fails With Physicians
Thirty percent of physicians graded the Affordable Care Act with an “F,” according to physician recruiting group The Medicus Firm. Physicians told pollers they had seen neither decreased costs nor...
View ArticleTexas Won’t Enforce Federal Insurance Reforms
Texas has joined five other states in informing the federal government that they will not enforce new health insurance reforms, according to the Texas Tribune. By federal law, a state is required to...
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