U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius opened the mHealth Summit in Washington DC today by talking about the importance of cell phone communications between providers and patients. She said, “When we talk about mobile health, we are talking about taking the biggest technology breakthrough of our time and using it to take on one of the greatest national challenges of our time.” READ MORE
Press Ganey released their 2011 Pulse Report today, which concluded that “excellence in patient experiences, clinical outcomes and financial profitability often occur together.” The report found the top 25% percent of U.S. hospitals with the highest scores on the HCAHPS survey question about performance were the most profitable READ MORE
The final rule for the federal ACO program released last week is intended to streamline the framework for ACO formation and administration; reduce up-front costs and ongoing administrative expenses; increase the potential for earlier shared-savings payments and substantially reduce the quality reporting obligations for participants. The changes in the final rule are designed to READ MORE
[PRESS RELEASE] LodgeNet Healthcare, Inc., the leading provider of integrated patient engagement solutions, announced today that Sachin H. Jain, M.D., M.B.A., has joined the company as a senior medical advisor to help the company expand upon its innovative solutions that READ MORE
[PRESS RELEASE] LodgeNet Healthcare, the leading provider of integrated patient engagement solutions, experienced growing momentum as interest in, and demand for, the company’s products and services surged and the pace of new agreements and upgrades accelerated significantly. These achievements reinforced READ MORE
[PRESS RELEASE] LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of media and connectivity solutions to the hospitality and healthcare industries, today announced that it has reorganized its LodgeNet Healthcare group as an independent, but wholly-owned subsidiary to better maximize READ MORE
[PRESS RELEASE] As hospitals scramble to adopt the patient-centered focus that is at the heart of federal regulations and legislation aimed at improving healthcare in the U.S., LodgeNet Healthcare today announced the expansion of its interactive patient engagement solution that READ MORE
[PRESS RELEASE] LodgeNet Healthcare, a division of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation and the leader in clinically integrated patient engagement solutions, announced today the availability of the whitepaper, “Patient & Family Engagement: Using Patient-Facing Technologies to Improve the Quality of Patient Care.” The READ MORE
[PRESS RELEASE] LodgeNet Healthcare, the leader in interactive patient engagement solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). The two organizations will worktogether to encourage patient compliance and improve health outcomes throughthe delivery of READ MORE