Author: trident50
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Hagan defends Medicaid expansion, criticizes GOP rival in Burwell hearing
During a nomination hearing Thursday for Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Sen. Kay Hagan — a North Carolina Democrat in a tough re-election battle — criticized North Carolina Republicans for declining to expand the Medicaid program under the health law. Her GOP opponent, Thom Tillis, is the state House speaker. …read more
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Virtual doctors visits await regulation, grow in popularity
And recommendations on digital privacy protections for electronic health records could come as early as June. …read more
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Hospital patients now see improved quality of nutrition health care by CMS’ new rule
Hospital patients may now see improved quality and timeliness of nutrition health care and hospitals will save hundreds of millions of dollars annually because of a new rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. …read more
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What Does the Number Four Say About Meaningful Use?
0 This week, it was revealed that only four hospitals and 50 eligible physicians have so far attested to Stage 2. It’s admittedly early, but what do these measly numbers say about the meaningful use program in its current state? This week, it was revealed that only four hospitals and 50 eligible physicians have so…
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At the Intersection of the EHR and Clinical Transformation: One Expert’s Perspective
In a panel discussion at the Atlanta Health IT Summit in April, panelists discussed the prospects for achieving the Triple Aim in healthcare. Among them: Mary Ford, whose work as a CIO and consultant informs her perspectives on clinical transformation. read more …read more
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Monday Morning Update 5/12/14
Top News Catholic Health Initiatives files a lawsuit against an unknown hacker, hoping to convince Microsoft to turn over the identities behind several of its email accounts that were used to breach CHI’s systems from Pakistan. The John Doe hacker redirected internal emails to his or her own account and took control of some of…
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Morning Headlines 5/12/14
Catholic hospitals suffer second data breach this year Catholic Health Initiatives sues an unknown Pakistan-based hacker that compromised its network in hopes that it can then convince Microsoft to release the true name behind the outlook email account that was used in the attacks. Insurance CEO: Shut down Hawaii health exchange The CEO of Hawaii’s…
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What Good Can We Do?
I’ve often considered the value that the Healthcare Scene network of blogs and myself provide to the industry. Based on the numerous emails that I get and other interactions, I think overall I feel really good about the impact for good that Healthcare Scene and this blog has had on healthcare IT. I think many…
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Tiger Team: Data segmentation recommendations to come in June
The Tiger Team workgroup will make recommendations geared toward protecting sensitive patient data in electronic health records–including behavioral health and substance abuse information–to the ONC’s Health IT Policy Committee next month, a workgroup leader said this week. read more …read more
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Report: mHealth Monitoring Market to Reach $8B by 2019
The market for mobile health monitoring and diagnostics was worth $650 million in 2012, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 43.3 percent from 2013 to 2019 to reach $8 billion, according to a new report from Transparency Market Research. The market for mobile health monitoring and diagnostics was worth $650 million in…