Author: trident500
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Risk Taking in Healthcare and the Foolish
“You have to take what people think is wrong or even foolish and make the breakthroughs of tomorrow.” – John Kheir, MD I’m still in awe of the ideas that John Kheir, MD presented at TEDMED around injectable oxygen-filled microbubbles. The concept is fascinating and while I know nothing about the science or medical requirements…
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CORHIO Links 118 Providers to HIE
South Metro Primary Care (SMPC), one of the largest primary care independent practice associations in the Denver metro area, along with their medical management company Physician Health Partners (PHP), have announced plans to connect the electronic health records (EHR) of its 118 primary care providers to the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) health information…
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Anonymous research patients easily re-identified, Harvard researchers find
Researchers from the Data Privacy Lab at Harvard University have shown how easy it is to identify and link anonymous participants in a public DNA study with their personal data. Professor Latanya… read more
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Trinity Health Selects Explorys’ Big Data Analytics Platform to Support Clinical Integration
Explorys has announced that Trinity Health, the fourth largest Catholic healthcare system (10th largest overall) in the nation, has joined the Explorys Network.
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Policy and implementation challenges to achieving big data outcomes (part 1)
“Big data” must be near the top of its hype cycle by now. As with other technologies, it may eventually deliver on a great deal of this hype, but the outcomes will probably come later than the current frenzy would suggest. read more …read more Source: Policy and implementation challenges to achieving big data outcomes…
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Healthcare Providers: Are You Providing Enough Data Security?
CIO’s and IT professionals in healthcare organizations are tasked with achieving a balance between the demand for universal access to information and the need to ensure security. As Sheranga Jayasinghe, Director, Information Technology at Canada’s Sunrise Health Region says, “By its very nature, healthcare creates a number of unique challenges, from a highly mobile workforce…
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First Edition: April 29, 2013
Today’s headlines include a report that hospitals are questioning Medicare’s rules on readmissions.
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SLU study reveals that access to dermatologists limited for Medicaid-insured children with eczema
A recent Saint Louis University study revealed that Medicaid-insured children with eczema, an inflammatory skin condition that affects 20 percent children in the United States, do not have easy access to dermatologists.
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Healthcare Information At Risk: The Consumerization Of Mobile Devices
The consumerization of mobile devices, also known as bring your own device (BYOD), is a major trend affecting healthcare.
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Built-in Protection In Laptop PCs Improves Compliance With New Healthcare Rules
In the healthcare industry, keeping patient data secure is not just a challenge, it is a legal necessity. Loss and theft of laptops makes sensitive data vulnerable. Worse, an unauthorized user might use a lost or stolen laptop to access the hospital’s computer systems. Healthcare organizations must also comply with increasingly stringent regulations, such as…