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November 29, 2015
HIT Workforce Needs for Georgia Hospitals, Healthcare Systems
Seventy-two percent of surveyed hospitals and healthcare systems have up to 50 healthcare IT jobs currently open. And the overwhelming majority (94%) of them expect to have healthcare IT jobs available in the next one to five years.
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October 7, 2015
HHS' ICD-10 Code Deadline Arrives
Navicure -- a provider of cloud-based healthcare billing and payment solutions -- commissioned Porter Research to conduct a recent national survey of healthcare organizations to gauge their preparedness for the ICD-10 transition. The 'Healthcare Organization ICD-10 Readiness Survey' revealed...
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July 30, 2015
Practical Applications of NLP in Healthcare: Enhancing the Value of Electronic Data
Faulty, redundant and unstructured information impedes the healthcare industry's progress toward effective, data-driven decision making. This article explores how natural language processing is being used to help address data disparity issues.
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May 26, 2015
Survey Gauges Medical Practices' Attitudes toward ICD-10
Only 13% of medical practices are "highly confident" that they will be prepared for ICD-10 transition by the October 1 deadline, according to recent survey findings from NueMD.
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March 26, 2015
Georgia Healthcare IT & Education Working Together
The Institute for Healthcare Information Technology (IHIT) recently released a follow-up Workforce Readiness whitepaper based on interviews with Georgia healthcare IT executives and state educators.
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March 26, 2015
On-Demand Webinar Resources: Redefining ROI in Healthcare Sales
Access slides and the event recording from the webinar "Using ROI to Build Trust and Differentiate in Today's Healthcare Marketplace," recently co-hosted by Porter Research and Maestro Strategies.
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February 26, 2015
Education, Funding on HIT Industry Stakeholders' Minds at First Annual Georgia HIT Day
Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle proclaimed February 24th as "Georgia HIT Day" at a state capitol gathering earlier this week where local firms and officials convened to discuss the economic impact healthcare IT is having in the region.
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February 26, 2015
Navicure Survey Reveals ICD-10 Optimism despite Minimal Preparation
Survey findings reveal that physician practices are generally optimistic about being ready for the ICD-10 transition, though only 21 percent feel they are currently on track with preparation.
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February 20, 2015
Not Just Another Vertical Market: Developing a Healthcare Voice in a Multi-Vertical Company
Porter Research talks with Dodge Communications CEO Brad Dodge about why multi-vertical companies looking to crack the complex healthcare market need an agency that specializes in healthcare to help them get there.
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December 9, 2014
Survey Highlights HIPAA Compliance Concerns as Audits Loom
NueMD, in partnership with Porter Research and The Daniel Brown Law Group, announced results of its recent HIPAA compliance survey, identifying risk areas and offering tips to help medical practices and billing companies facing the next wave of audits.
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