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Physicians and social media: Follow the money

Physicians would not be well advised to use social media to connect with patients , said family physician Dike Drummond in a recent commentary posted to KevinMD.com--one of the top social media sites

Fierce Q&A: Data governance plan crucial for winning providers' trust

A clear data governance plan that includes how data will be collected, maintained and protected is a must for any hospital planning on pushing a big-data initiative, Computer Sciences Corporation

Fierce Q&A: CSC analyst on the need for hospitals to improve data use

Hospitals are increasingly using data to improve patient care. Take, for example, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center , which recently created a new startup called QI Healthcare to

CSC wins $297M contract to replace state's Medicaid IT system

CSC won a five-year, $297 million contract to replace Maryland's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) from the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MD DHMH), the Falls Church,

CSC agrees to provide EHRs to the U.K.

Despite the U.K. Parliament's determination last summer that the National Health Service's investment in Computer Sciences Corporation to provide electronic health records to providers in that

CSC consultant: Healthcare reform is driving technology growth

Among the top concerns of health IT professionals attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) annual conference in Las Vegas last week were data mining and analysis,

Providers not yet ready to meet Stage 2 challenges

Prediction: providers are going to have trouble meeting the Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements--even though we're not sure yet what those requirements are. That's the upshot from a recent study

VA's hospital Facebook efforts aim to boost interaction with veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has set up Facebook pages for each of its 152 medical centers to try to engage more fully with returning veterans. The VA's proactive use of Facebook parallels

Why Meaningful Use risk assessments deserve high priority

There seems to be a disconnect between providers attesting that they have met the core measurement for conducting a risk assessment under meaningful use and actually conducting one that will pass

Providers slacking on Meaningful Use risk assessments

Providers hoping to achieve Meaningful Use need to be more diligent about conducting thorough risk assessments annually, a recent report released by CSC Global Healthcare Group maintains. Under the