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gloStream for healthcare businesses

Healthcare professionals have always adopted high-end technology to provide better medical services to their patients. Whether it’s medical equipment, electronic medical records (EMR) or patient data management systems, they only use the best tools to ensure the safety and security of patients and their data. And when it comes to healthcare technology, gloStream is a… Continue reading gloStream for healthcare businesses

What to consider when selecting EMR

Nowadays professionals in healthcare services use Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to gather a patient’s data and record medical information. EMR are more beneficial than paper records because they eliminate the problems of poor handwriting and allow users to organize and store data more efficiently. They are also one of the best tools to ensure a… Continue reading What to consider when selecting EMR

Obtaining patient engagement

For the first time ever, achieving meaningful use depends on patient behavior: Meaningful use Stage 2 requires at least 5 percent of a health-care provider’s patients to be engaged in their own care— either through an electronic medical record (EMR) or an online portal. The push for patient engagement is understandable, if data provided by… Continue reading Obtaining patient engagement

Meaningful-use incentives top $19 billion

More and more health-care providers are going digital, if meaningful-use reimbursements are any indication. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reporting that it has disbursed more than $19 billion in reimbursement incentives. That’s in keeping with a September 2012 prediction from the former national coordinator for health information technology, who said the… Continue reading Meaningful-use incentives top $19 billion

Health-care technology market set to expand in 2014

The North American health-care information technology (IT) market will grow from $21.9 billion in 2012 to $31.3 billion by 2017, a compound annual rate of 7.4%. That forecast comes from Research and Markets’ North American Healthcare IT Market Report 2013-2017, and is based on a number of factors. Financial support from the U.S. government is… Continue reading Health-care technology market set to expand in 2014