Feb. 10, 2014
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1. Health IT Implementation: How Complex Systems Turn Action Into the "Most Difficult Thing In the World."
2. EHRs and Health IT Projects: Are They Battering Hospitals' Financial Profiles?
3. Meaningful Use Outside of the Metropolis: The Challenges of Rural Health IT Adoption.
4. Publisher's Letter.
5. 100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know.
6. 5 Things to Know About the MU Extension.
7. Health IT Employment Snapshot: EMR Technicians.
8. Bipartisan Legislation Would Create Federal Definition of Telehealth.
9. Upcoming Webinar. Can You Afford to be Accountable for Specialty Care? A New Approach for Identifying Variation & Risk in Specialty Care Episodes (Thurs., Feb. 13, 1:30-2:30 PM CST). To register, .
10. ONC: The Most Commonly Used MU2-Ready EHR Vendors.
11. Keeping With the Fortune 500: Big Data, Predictive Analytics and Healthcare's Next Big Challenge.
12. It's Not Easy to Engage Patients - Even for ACOs.
13. CMS Names 123 New Medicare Shared Savings ACOs.
14. 10 States With the Most Physicians 60 or Older.
15. Survey: Number of Providers in ACOs to Double by 2016.
16. Transforming ACO Physician Practices Into Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
17. Up Your ICU Management Game with a Tele-ICU Program.
18. S&P Overhaul of Credit Ratings Could Affect 20% of Its Hospital Base.
18. Top 5 Most Expensive Inpatient Conditions by Payer.
19. Study: Lower-Price Hospitals Trigger Price Reductions at Other Hospitals.
20. Fitch: 2014 Does Not Look Good for Nonprofit Hospitals.
21. AHA: Providers Like Tuomey Should Not Be Penalized for Trusting Attorneys' Advice.
22. Judge: Halifax Violated Stark Law With Bonuses to Oncologists.
23. ACLU Sues Catholic Bishops Over Directives for Catholic Hospitals.
24. DOJ Recovers $2.6B From Healthcare False Claims Act Cases. 25. Doctors, First Heal Thine Manners.
26. The Corner Office: Quick Thoughts From Dr. David Bailey of Nemours.
28. Hospital & Health System Executive Moves. 29. Hospital & Health System Transactions.
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