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In 2013, 4.4 million of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanante's 9.1 million members used the health system's online management platform called My Health Manager, according to its 2013 Annual Report.
GE Healthcare has issued a Class I recall of its single-width airway modules and accessories and extension modules, due to the CO2 detectors failing or providing incorrect CO2 values for mechanically and spontaneous ventilated patients.
The number one reason health IT employees would consider switching jobs is for better compensation, according to a survey administered by Healthcare IT Leaders, a health IT consulting and staffing firm.
Following the implementation of electronic health records in a clinic, otolaryngology residents had to reallocate time directly caring for patients to update the EHRs, according to a study in Laryngoscope.
The following four stories were posted during the last month and offer insight into various aspects of healthcare finance, from the remittance process to private health insurance exchanges.
Some physicians have objected to a new payment model adopted by Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy Health, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has appointed Chris Taylor as president of Franklin, Tenn.-based Parallon, an HCA subsidiary that provides healthcare business and operational services to more than 1,400 hospitals.
A 12-member New Jersey hospital consortium has achieved $113 million in savings through a "gainsharing" project that promoted hospital-physician collaboration.
The Internal Revenue Service has released identical sets of temporary and proposed rules concerning the health insurance premium tax credits available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.