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HCI President Henry Cha to Address SIIA National Conference
HCI President Henry Cha to address SIIA National Conference & Expo on the emerging federal health reform infrastructure. The SIIA National Conference & Expo is the world’s largest event focused exclusively on the self-insurance/alternative risk transfer marketplace and typically attracts more than 1,600 attendees from around the United States and from a growing number of countries...  more
Now Available: HPM Institute "Why Cloud Architecture Matters" Webcast Recording
Cloud computing will have an immense impact on the economics of managing health plans in the months and years to come.  Organizations in the public and private sectors are scrambling for new ways to streamline operations and reduce costs while securing better healthcare outcomes for health plan members. Specifically, cloud computing offers an opportunity to: Bring together health plan...  more
The Critical Role of Technology-Enabled Collaboration and Healthcare Performance Management
  More than 18 months after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, the public sector is working hard to transform its business processes and systems to accommodate a revolutionary new paradigm for healthcare delivery. One thing is certain: yesterday’s legacy systems are not up to the task of managing tomorrow’s health data and business processes. In a Webcast...  more
Healthcare Performance Management Institute to Host Webcast on: Building a High-Performance Engine for Healthcare – Why Cloud Computing Architecture Matters
November 8, 2011 – Bethesda, MD – The Healthcare Performance Management Institute (www.hpminstitute.org) will hold a Webcast on December 1, 2011 titled “Building a High-Performance Engine for Healthcare: Why Cloud Computing Architecture Matters.” The Webcast will feature a renowned panel of experts who will explore the role of cloud computing in optimizing health plan...  more
A “Healthier” Medical Industry, Thanks to the Cloud
From Silicon Angle By Cherr Aira The cloud would usually be associated with either storage or computing in today’s technological cycle. But the cloud spans a much bigger circle and can be utilized in so many different ways, especially by enterprises.  One sector exploring the immense potential of the cloud is healthcare.  Medical IT has become a commonly used term to account...  more
Webinar Replay: How Cloud Technology is Bending the Healthcare Cost Curve for Employers
  brightcove.createExperiences(); BETHESDA, MD. (July 28) -- Cloud computing is revolutionizing the way that private-sector interests are managing and delivering their healthcare benefits, according to several experts who spoke during a webcast hosted yesterday by the Healthcare Performance Management Institute. "In the employee benefits arena, cloud computing is now more...  more
Health Affairs: Coaching For Prevention: The Healthy Howard Model
(A Note from HCI: Healthcare Interactive’s Healthspace™  technology supports Howard County’s Community Health Plan in the state of Maryland.  Healthspace manages eligibility, claims, health coaching and Maryland Children’s Health Insurance Program's (MCHIP) EMR and data management initiatives.  “Healthy Howard” -- the first program of its...  more
New Report: Cloud Computing Softens the Blow of Implementing New Healthcare Law
Organizations preparing to comply with the new federal health reform law are facing unexpected costs as well as concerns about their ability to provide high-quality benefits.  But according to “Building a High Performance Engine for Healthcare,” a new (free) report from the Healthcare Performance Management Institute, they need not worry about their healthcare futures. New...  more
White Paper, Building a High Performance Engine for Healthcare: Why the Cloud matters
White Paper, Building a High Performance Engine for Healthcare: Why the Cloud matters Organizations in both the public and private sectors are confronting the operational implications of healthcare reform fueled by mandates and continually rising health costs as executives across industries analyze their options. Many are realizing that their most significant opportunities for taking...  more
The 1M/1M Deal Radar 2011: Healthcare Interactive, Glenwood, Maryland
A report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau in September 2010 stated that in 2009, more than 50 million people living in the United States did not have health insurance. According to Wikipedia, more money per person is spent on health care in the United States than in any other country in the world. It makes sense that anything that helps to reduce the overall cost of health care while...  more