Author: trident500
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Threat of medical device tax on mHealth dominated today’s House hearing
The regulation of mobile healthcare apps and devices could trigger a 2.3 percent excise tax required by the Affordable Care Act, hampering innovation by the budding mHealth industry, according to… read more
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Evidence-supported decisions key to big data success
With big data among the biggest buzz words in healthcare, a new report from the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2) offers guidance for leaders trying to harness all that information and gain insight from it. read more
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AHRQ: Open source EHR improves care in developing nations
Global nonprofit Partners in Health (PIH) helped develop an open source electronic medical record system that is improving care in developing countries, as well as in the United States, Canada, and Europe, according to an announcement from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). read more
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Clever Trumps Sincere in HCIT Usability
There’s been a lot of progress at many levels in the last year on the usability front. At HIMSS earlier this month, there were 26 highly instructive presentations on the topic of usability. In this post, I’m going to introduce you the concept of making an explicit distinction between the end user’s mindset, and one…
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Are cloud-based record banks superior to HIEs for data sharing?
Health information exchanges, as currently constructed, are an “inefficient” means of sharing healthcare data due to interoperability issues, according to a commentary published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association . read more
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Data-sharing initiative reduces deaths
Sharing data has saved 92,000 lives and $9.1 billion over four and a half years, according to Premier healthcare alliance, which today released results of its QUEST collaborative, made up of 333 hospitals that are members of the alliance. Hospitals nat…
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House to hold hearings this week on mHealth regulations
Continuing to pressure the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on whether it intends to regulate smartphones, tablets and mHealth apps as medical devices under the Affordable Care Act, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a three-day series of hearings this week to examine how such regulations would impact patients, physicians and developers. read…
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U.N. official says North Korea needs external assistance to ensure food, health security
“The well-being of millions of people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) still depends on external assistance, a United Nations humanitarian official said [Friday], warning that without aid, their health and food security would be seriously compromised,” the U.N. News Centre reports.
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Patient Privacy Monitoring Product FairWarning Receive 2014 ONC HIT Meaningful Use Certification
FairWarning, Inc. has announced that its patient privacy monitoring software has achieved Meaningful Use Modular Certification under the ONC HIT Certification Program, maintained by Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator. The FairWarning productqualifies for certification under ONC 2014 Edition Test Methods and has now been awarded modular certification on applicable criteria for…
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Meaningful Use of HIT to Transform Health Care, Dr. Paul Tang Says at Huntzinger Management Group Event
Dr. Paul Tang Meaningful Use is preparatory for health reform, leading to better health, better care, and more affordable care.