Author: trident500
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Hospice Breach Affects More Than 5,000 Patients
Hospice of Alamance Caswell and LifePath Home Health have notified approximately 5,370 current and past patients, or their next of kin, about a breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information after an incident occurred at their office. Hospice of Alamance Caswell and LifePath Home Health have notified approximately 5,370 current and past patients, or…
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New pediatric EHR model will help vendors customize products
The American Academy of Pediatrics has weighed in on its involvement in a new model electronic health record system for pediatrics, outlining the steps it took to help the government create a format better suited to meet the needs of children. read more
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What’s your strategy for big data deployment?
Big data optimism is at a fever pitch in the healthcare industry, and with good reason.
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Wake Forest Baptist’s transition to EHR causes financial hit
Yet another provider is facing unanticipated struggles with electronic health record system adoption. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is blaming additional costs and lost revenue on the 2012 implementation of its Epic EHR.
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Budget battles brewing over Medicare, other entitlements
News outlets covered the reaction from Democrats and Republicans to the president’s budget plan, to be officially released Wednesday.
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EHR Debates and The Growth of mHealth – Around Healthcare Scene
With the dissatisfaction that many have felt from EMR, providers and patients alike, outside healthcare companies are coming up with new ideas on how to help.
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Orion Health and Caradigm expand partnership to deliver integrated electronic health records, intelligence platform and applications
Extensible, end-to-end solution will help healthcare communities use data to gain insight and transform care
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Obama budget will propose changes to Medicare in exchange for tax increases
Previews of President Barack Obama’s budget proposal, which is expected to be released next week, indicate that he will signal a willingness to compromise with Republicans by including trims to Medicare. The blueprint, though, reportedly will not make major dents in Medicaid.
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Communication With Providers, Patient Alert Fatigue, and #HealthIT — #HITsm Chat Highlights
#HITsm T1: How do you WANT to communicate with your healthcare provider? How does it differ from what’s available? T1: When communicating with my provider, I want to get just the information I need without superfluous materials, in a timely fashion #HITsm — SHIFT Healthcare (@healthycomms) April 5, 2013 T1: I mostly just don’t want…
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House GOP SGR replacement would ease Medicare’s doctor pay into a pay-for-performance model
Under its new proposal to replace the Medicare physician payment formula, the House GOP plan would provide physicians with a stable, pre-set fee schedule to allow an eventual transition to alternate payment models.