Quantix HealthTech News
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How Poor Health IT Implementation Can Hurt Patients
Posted: 5/8/2012
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Quantix Website Feedback Giveaway Winner
Posted: 5/1/2012
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EHR incentive payments tally $4.5B to date
Posted: 4/30/2012
By Mary Mosquera
WASHINGTON ? The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid $4.5 billion to 76,612 physicians and hospitals in incentive payments through March 2012.
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Quantix 10th Anniversary
Posted: 4/25/2012
Quantix is pleased to announce that this year we have reached our 10th anniversary.
Over the past 10 years, we have helped thousands of IT professionals find employment throughout the United States. We thank all of the consultants and clients who helped us achieve this milestone. As we set our sights on the next 10 years, we look forward to working with you. Thank you again to everyone that has made this possible
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As Health Care Changes, So Must its Technology
Posted: 4/12/2012
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HHS Announces ICD-10 Delay
Posted: 4/9/2012
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a 1-year delay in its deadline for implementing the new ICD-10 diagnosis coding system
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Healthcare CIOs Need To Understand Physicians Pain
Posted: 4/9/2012
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Fewer lab tests sought by docs with HIE access
Posted: 4/2/2012
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Amid doubts about cloud file-sharing services, enterprises operate their own
Posted: 3/26/2012
Network World - Cloud-based file-sharing services like Dropbox have become popular, but organizations with sensitive data say they're reluctant to turn it over to cloud services. Instead, they're buying file-sharing products they manage on their own for bulk file transfers among business partners.
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Do's and Dont's of RFID in Hospitals by Yedidia Blonder
Posted: 3/13/2012
I've written and presented recently on a number of 'Do's and Dont's' around medical device integration, mobile health, EHRs, and various related topics. Some of you have asked if I could do something similar on the subject of RFID. Since I'm not an expert on the topic, I reached out to Yedidia Blonder, a Product Manager at Vizbee RFID Solutions. Vizbee offers RFID applications for multiple industries, including a patient and hospital asset tracking application for healthcare institutions. They're really good at what they do and I agree with their general approach. Here's what Yedidia had to say about the do's and dont's of RFID in hospitals:
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ICD-10 inches closer to delay, ICD-11 in the wings
Posted: 3/6/2012
The case for leapfrogging ICD-10 and holding out for ICD-11 just got a lot more curious. And though it's not here yet, when ICD-11 is ready, it will be something ICD-10 cannot be: A 21st Century classification system.
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HIMSS12 Breaks Previous Attendance Records
Posted: 2/24/2012
The record-breaking trend continues for the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, held in Las Vegas at the Venetian Sands Expo Center from Feb. 20-24.
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Smartphones Partly to Blame for HIPAA Compliance Issues
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Posted: 1/26/2012
While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to crack down on HIPAA compliance, 2011 was a year riddled with data breaches and privacy violations.
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Microsoft-GE venture will focus on information exchange, remote monitoring
Posted: 12/8/2011
Microsoft and GE's health IT division are forming a new global company to help healthcare organizations and professionals "use real-time, system-wide intelligence to improve healthcare quality and the patient experience," the companies jointly announced this week. The venture will create an "open, interoperable technology platform" to support health information exchange and population health management. The latter area is starting to become important to healthcare providers because of impending reimbursement changes.
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Quantix will be at iHT2 Summit in Phoenix
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Posted: 12/1/2011
Mark Your Calendar for the First Must-Attend Healthcare Conference of 2012
This hosted event brings together C-level, physician, practice management and IT decision-makers from North America?s leading provider organizations and physician practices. For two full days, executives interact with a national audience of peers, national leaders and solution providers featuring the latest solutions for practice management, mobility, telemedicine, outsourcing, IT infrastructure, next-generation electronic medical records, disease management, and more.
Now in its seventh successful year, the Health IT Summit is the premier executive summit focused on the strategies and tools that are re-defining customer care, collaboration and efficiency in the healthcare provider markets.
Best of all, the Health IT Summit is not a trade show or traditional conference but an intimate, upscale experience in a world-class venue. The unique agenda features a preview of the latest healthcare technologies, industry panels with healthcare luminaries, product demonstrations from leading vendors, and high-level content from researchers reporting on the healthcare industry. Attendees also have the ability to schedule one-on-one meetings with vendors and other delegates of their choice, and attend high-level networking events and receptions.
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