2012 January Features

Dec. 23, 2011

COVER STORY – Hospitals

Looking toward the future: 2012

Industry insiders weigh in on the year ahead in healthcare technology.

ACOs

Eight reasons payer interoperability and data sharing are essential in ACOs

Interoperability standards could be a prerequisite to measuring care.

By Shefali Mookencherry, Hayes Management Consulting

ACOs

A closer look at ACOs

Patients and quality care come first.

By Fauzia Khan, M.D., FCAP

REGULATORY ISSUES

Healthy, wealthy and wise

The impact of regulatory compliance on patient relationships.

By Dan Gregory

REGULATORY ISSUESWeb-based solution helps hospital keep up with regs

Managers at a 25-bed critical-access hospital hoped the software could make regulatory surveys smoother by addressing their three biggest challenges.

DECISION SUPPORT A critical choice for optimum patient care

Clinical decision-support technology deployed in critical-care environments is a crucial element to enhanced care delivery.

By Hasan Zia, M.D.

VIEWPOINT

All in for next month’s HIMSS in Vegas?

By Phil Colpas

THOUGHT LEADERS

Using big data for big impact

By Bill Fox

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