The following stories from Becker's Hospital Review discuss health IT-related costs from the past two months.
1. Was the feds' $26B investment in health IT worth it?
Given the still-faltering presence of interoperability, industry leaders are wondering whether the HITECH Act's investment of more than $26 billion into health IT initiatives since 2009 was worth it.
2. How much IT integration costs add to hospital mergers
Integrating IT systems during a merger or acquisition could add about 2 percent to the organization's total operating costs each year of the integration.
3. How telemedicine could reduce healthcare costs by $6B
A report from Towers Watson finds telemedicine could save U.S. companies more than $6 billion a year if all employees and their dependents used telemedicine instead of in-person physician visits for appropriate interactions.
4. Costs of 3 security-related IT incidents
Security breaches, data loss and unplanned outages are three of the most common security-related IT incidents, which can cost upwards of $800,000 per incident.
5. 25 things to know about hospitals, health system's investments in IT
Over the past few years, hospitals and health systems have been acquiring IT products at unprecedented rates. Here are 25 things to know about these IT investments.
6. Nevada Regional Medical Center blames Cerner for some of its financial woes
Nevada (Mo.) Regional Medical Center has recorded a net loss of more than $5.6 million so far this year. CFO Greg Shaw points to troubles with the hospital's Cerner billing system as part of the problem.
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