Author: trident50
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Kansas Medicaid-CHIP enrollment rises despite tight eligibility standards
In Illinois, Medicaid coverage of adult dental and podiatry care is restored following a two-year cut. Unlike its neighboring states of Missouri and Nebraska, where significant decreases have been reported, Kansas has seen a significant jump in the number of people enrolled in its Medicaid-CHIP programs, even without loosening its relatively tight eligibility standards. …read…
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5 unique EHR contract stipulations
It’s well established that vendor electronic health record and related contracts heavily favor the vendor to the detriment of the provider. Many of them limit the vendor’s liability, require… read more …read more
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Understanding Apple Health
Apple recently announced Health and Healthkit as part of iOS 8, and initial responses have been mixed. At one extreme, the (highly biased) CEO of Mayo Clinic called Apple Health “revolutionary.” At the other, cynical health IT pundits claim that Apple Health is a consumer novelty and won’t crack the enigmatic healthcare system. As a…
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New York eHealth Collaborative Achieves DirectTrust.org/EHNAC Accreditation
The New York e-Health Collaborative (NYeC), which is coordinating development of New York’s electronic health records network , known as the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (the SHIN-NY), says it has achieved full accreditation with the Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP) from DirectTrust.org and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). Direct…
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How Virginia Mason plans to implement, optimize CPOE
Arthur James Bender, M.D., medical director of health information at Virginia Mason Medical Center, believes that ongoing CPOE implementation efforts at his Seattle-based hospital can lead to improvements for both patients and providers. read more …read more
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Black Book: Financial system technology key to hospital survival
A majority of hospital chief financial officers say the reimbursement challenges ahead require that they make financial system technology a priority–in fact, it’s key to their institution’s survival, according to a new Black Book survey. read more …read more
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Study: Exercise apps’ features connect users
The support of others is essential for people to stay motivated while working out so social networks now try to use programs and applications to connect users while they exercise. read more …read more
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Automated ‘lab-on-a-chip’ tech could reduce healthcare costs
A new computer programming language, created by a research team at the University of California, Riverside, will automate “laboratory-on-a-chip” technologies–and has the potential to reduce healthcare costs. read more …read more
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FTC examining veracity of allegations against LabMD
The Federal Trade Commission’s administrative trial examining the data-security practices of LabMD is on hold, Healthcare Info Security reports. read more …read more
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Halamka envisions use of online sites to share health records
People use social media, Wikipedia and other such sites to share information about current events and their day-to-day lives. Now, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka envisions a world where similar sites are used to share medical information. read more …read more