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Local government could find efficiencies by buying construction, care and waste services together, but what about the rest of the public sector? Some weeks ago I argued that local authorities are their own worst enemies. Yet again they are being given a tough financial settlement, a further reduction...
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National policy may be against hospital-based accommodation for people with learning disabilities but not in the private sector, where commercial concerns come first, says David Brindle When public services are outsourced, how do you ensure they adapt to policy change? What can you do when you pull a...
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Public mistrust of private companies providing healthcare puts social enterprises at a disadvantage For-profit companies have made it harder for social enterprises working in the NHS, according to a spokeswoman for the social enterprise sector. Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive of Social Enterprise...
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The contract was announced last May, 2010, a contract worth $34 million. There are some good things happening here, like the comparison of duplicate payments and some potential fraud analysis. CMS Outsourcing Creation of “Meaningful Use” Database to Northrop Grumman in a $34 Million Contract...
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Mon, Feb 14 2011
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There are currently over 700 employees in India doing work for the UK and according to this article as budget cuts and considerations grow over the next couple of years, the money potential for India could stand to grow. According to the article here, the workload handled is the “business” side...
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This is always a hot topic anywhere no matter how you look at it and we have plenty of outsourcing in healthcare in the US and not limited to India but China and other countries as well. With the new bill passed, taxes will be forthcoming on goods and services coming to the US from overseas. ...
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This is a date and page to put into memory as if you have invested in a certified EHR system and have demonstrated meaningful use, get your money, or rather sign up with the intentions of wanting to get your money. I wonder if this is the data base designed by Northrop Grumman as the tracking...
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Thu, Dec 23 2010
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Nowhere is this better exploding than in the area of Health IT. This is a good article that is basically stating “it is what it is” in terms of who and were IT Infrastructure lies according to today’s business trends and drive for profits. If in healthcare you have probably already experienced...
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Mon, Dec 20 2010
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Here we go again, half off of the $4.00 prescriptions already offered by Kroger, Walmart and others. This may not sound like a big deal if you are already paying $4.00 but your data and prescription refill information is like gold and part of the reason for new programs emerging all the time to...
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Mon, Nov 29 2010
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This summer Charles River was making an effort to buy a Chinese company but the shareholders said no and this appears to be the aftermath as business from pharmaceutical companies is declining. Charles River Purchase of Chinese WuXI Company Not Going to Happen It did cost a few million to get out...
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Fri, Nov 5 2010
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Ingenix started selling its diabetes-prediction service in February to insurers and employers, one more way they make money. I would think information this vital and helps with compliance could be open source or at least free so further analysis studies could be made. This is part of the...
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Mon, Oct 11 2010
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Just a few months ago Nighthawk went through some major upgrades at their headquarters. If you are not familiar with teleradiology those are the folks that read images 24/7 and this can happen when you are at a rural hospital or any location to where a radiologist interpretation is needed. ...
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Tue, Sep 28 2010
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You can read through this article and there are several others in the news the last couple of days. Northrup Grumman, a big contractor to HHS is bracing for layoffs in their other divisions here in California. The contract for meaningful use will keep the data section alive with Grumman...
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Mon, Sep 27 2010
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This is an update of a post from a few days ago and as of today many government agencies are still suffering without their data. If we can perhaps convince the US Senate of the value of cloud computing so they will appropriate funds perhaps the federal government could take advantage as well as...
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Tue, Aug 31 2010
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This is pretty close to the Capitol in some areas and might shed a little focus on Northrop Grumman as they have been awarded the big Meaningful Use contract too. This contract was just renewed and the state paid $236 Million for better service from Northrop, and doesn’t sound like it’s there yet...
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Mon, Aug 30 2010
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