News: Johns Hopkins Joins With Florida Children’s Hospital
FALLS CHURCH – Top headlines from Noblis Health Innovation compiled daily by Noblis Health Innovation. Click on the underlined item for the actual story:
- Tampa’s All Children’s joins Johns Hopkins: The Tampa Tribune reports that All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida announced today it will join the Johns Hopkins Health System. It is the first time the hospital will partner out of state.
- Health IT panel offers first enrollment standards details: Government Health IT reports that a Health and Human Services Department advisory panel has taken the first steps to enabling people who are enrolled in federal and state health and social services programs to easily find out if they are eligible for benefits from other programs.
- AHRQ: One in eight ED visits involves mental, substance-abuse patients: One out of every eight visits to U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2007 involved adults with a mental disorder, substance abuse problem, or both, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
- Regional extension centers rush meaningful use aid: Regional extension centers are gearing up fast to help healthcare providers quickly get up to speed on the newly released final rule on meaningful use, reports Government Health IT.
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