Articles from Health Management Technology (September 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Administrative cost-cutting needed.		Brief article	163
Charge capture upgrade improves cash flow: while the Kentucky Medical Services Foundation was successful in converting users to the new platform, there were surprises along the way.			1301
Choose your shift: software-as-a-service program rewards nurses for choosing to work on open shifts, saving hospital $108,000 a month.			1687
Digital trunking system.			105
Events.		Calendar	183
Hidden access points.			84
High-quality digital X-Ray.			97
Intelligent authentication.			82
Laboratory systems: outlook for the '80s.	Kennedy, O. George	Editorial	621
No more excuses.	Anderberg, Ken		412
Open source will help drive EHR costs down: the use of open source in healthcare will break down many barriers, from high cost and lack of interoperability, to inaccessibility and complexity.	Doyle, Michael J.		935
Outsourced billing service saves $2m annually: the service provides industry-specific business intelligence, allowing staff to effectively data mine, drill down, chart and analyze data.			1456
PACS goes vendor neutral.		Brief article	164
Physicians weigh in on meaningful use.			484
Software verifies reimbursement accuracy: contract-management system helps centralized billing office recover $2.7 million in contractual underpayments.		Case study	1210
Turnkey RCM services.			81
What is athenahealth? We're the low-investment, high-return physician billing, practice management, and electronic health records service.			332