A new bill before the House Energy and Commerce Committee would require HHS to develop recommendations on how national clinical data registries could be implemented in the U.S. and how they could improve patient care.
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The number of hospitals that outsource coding and clinical documentation services is expected to grow significantly before next year's transition to ICD-10, according to a recent survey from Black Book.
Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health has acknowledged a patient information breach after several patients complained that their names and addresses were given to a marketing firm without their consent, according to a Jamestown Sun report.
By 2018, the healthcare robot systems market is expected to be valued at $3.76 billion, according to a Markets and Markets news release.
A courier for Beverly (Mass.) Hospital lost lab request forms for 54 patients as he was in transit from Beverly Hospital to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, Mass., according to a Gloucester Times report.
A new partnership between Denver-based Healthgrades and Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth allows consumers to schedule appointments online.
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