NHS Providers has called for government investment into digital technology to improve productivity, following a survey of NHS trust leaders.
The survey results, published on 8 September 2024, found that finances had taken a series…
Theresa Hush CEO, Co-Founder at Roji Health Intelligence
For ACOs to remain relevant as leaders of Value-Based payment models, they must step up now to generate more cost savings for Medicare patient care. Budget cuts…
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The project building New Zealand’s national health information platform has been put on hold following budget cuts for digital health. In a statement to Healthcare IT News, Michael Dreyer, director of the Digital Channels sector…
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently received an overwhelming response from the radiologic technologist community, with over 42,000 comments submitted to support the reclassification of radiologic technologists as professionals. These comments were…
Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 pushed the adoption and use of EHRs, nearly all U.S. healthcare organizations have transitioned away from paper-based records. Supporting multiple systems…
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Moving healthcare infrastructure to the cloud is an effective way to keep IT infrastructure costs in check AND to improve recovery after a cybersecurity incident. These are two reasons why Canadian healthcare organizations, which…
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ABDM, tele-mental health budgets reducedEarly this week, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the official Union Budget for 2024-2025.
For healthcare, the government set aside Rs 90,958.63 crore ($10.8 billion), rising by nearly 13% from…
It is a tough time to be in healthcare right now for a multitude of reasons, but the one that we are going to focus on today is the budgets that continue to be…
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The main goal of a hospital is to provide patients with optimal care. Unfortunately, events of the past few years have made achieving that objective more difficult. Increasing cyberattacks have forced hospital IT administrators…
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The New Zealand government has emphasised frontline services in its latest budget for health.It has earmarked NZ$16.7 billion ($10.3 billion) over three years to “address cost pressures” in delivering healthcare services. It will “[provide]…
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