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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will utilize cloud computing as a cost effective means to facilitate its insurance exchange initiative across the country. The CMS is tapping Terremark Federal Group, Inc. to be the provider of cloud-computing services that will support the insurance exchange and Healthcare.gov plan finder programs.

The federal government wants to leverage the power of Facebook to help people prepare and respond to emergencies by launching the ASPR Lifeline Facebook Application Developer Challenge. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS ASPR) in collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), [...]

Managed properly, forwarding your lines to an answering service can be an effective way to field patient calls after-hours. Your practice can provide a better level of care, filter messages for on-call personnel and avoid the high costs associated with hiring dedicated staff. However, done improperly, relationships with patients can be harmed and money wasted. This [...]

As healthcare organizations of all sizes adapt to new security, reporting and technology requirements, many are finding great value in the cloud while others are unsure of the burgeoning technology. While health care tends to lag behind most other industries in adoption of new technology, they are still part of the growing cloud movement with [...]