Home » Headlines » Currently Reading:

Morning Headlines 8/16/13

August 16, 2013 Headlines 2 Comments

Investor digital-health darling CareCloud raises another $9M

The additional funding raises the company’s total to $55 million.

Penn State Employees Protest Wellness Effort

A professor’s petition calls for the university’s wellness program to be cancelled, saying employees shouldn’t have to answer health questions and commit to receiving an annual physical exam in order to avoid a $100 per month insurance surcharge. The university says it’s trying to hold down healthcare costs in the face of a projected 13 percent cost increase in the next year alone and voluntary health and wellness programs have drawn minimal participation.

EHR costs outweigh financial benefits, doctors say

An athenahealth physician survey finds that while only 18 percent of them have an unfavorable opinion of EHRs and 68 percent of them say EHRs improve patient care, 51 percent say EHR costs outweigh their benefits. The survey also found that fewer physicians plan to buy an EHR in 2013 since 98 percent of them already have one.



HIStalk Featured Sponsors

     

Currently there are "2 comments" on this Article:

  1. The article stated: Physicians believe electronic health records ***CAN*** improve patient outcomes but feel that EHR costs outweigh any financial benefits they might have, according to the fourth annual Athenahealth Physician Sentiment Index.

    It did not state that EHRs do improve care. There is a difference.

    Read more: EHR

  2. Re Penn State comments about health surveys and physicals: I think it’s childish to complain about being asked to get a physical and answer health questions to avoid an insurance premium surcharge. What’s the alternative? The rest of us who pay into the insurance pool have to pay for the irresponsibility of those who don’t look after their own health. Bottom line, everyone needs to have some skin in the game. Thanks to health care reform, these folks don’t have to worry about pre-existing conditions, so what’s the problem?

Text Ads


RECENT COMMENTS

  1. "…but only if you are not called upon" (many minutes later, after awakening) Oh, sorry, I was on double-mute

  2. ...but only if you are not called upon. And the conference call should be one of those, "mandatory but not…

  3. RE: What’s your favorite time and place for a nap? I have always envied those who could nap anywhere and…

  4. Tennr gets a video without sponsoring. Send them an invoice and see if it gets through their AI!

Founding Sponsors


 

Platinum Sponsors


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Sponsors


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSS Webinars

  • An error has occurred, which probably means the feed is down. Try again later.