Category: HIE

Reacting to allegations of delays in care and mistreatment of patients, Secretary Eric Shinseki announces that some veterans will be able to use private clinics and hospitals. Meanwhile, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says officials must be held accountable. Sen. Blumenthal calls for an FBI probe. …read more    

When I interview chief information officers and other health IT professionals, I sometimes find myself inadvertently using a military metaphor to describe their daily work: “You’re the people in the trenches every day,” I say. [See also: Talent shortages threaten IT momentum] read more …read more    

Abha Agrawal, M.D., COO and VPMA at Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago, has a very impactful story to share about how she and her colleagues have been transforming a beleaguered community hospital into a model of clinical transformation Abha Agrawal, M.D., chief operating officer and vice president of medical affairs at Norwegian American Hospital in…

Now on Kaiser Health News’ blog, Julie Rovner reports on the single-payer message on Capitol Hill: “Advocates for a single-payer “Medicare for all” health system are fanning out across Capitol Hill this week, lobbying members of Congress. …read more    

Four more Michigan health systems have agreed to participate in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s value-based hospital reimbursement model, bringing the total number of hospitals involved in its payment model to 45. Four Michigan health systems have agreed to participate in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s value-based hospital reimbursement model, bringing the total…

HIPAA compliance is everyone’s job at Kaiser Permanente, says Jim Doggett, its chief security officer and chief technology risk officer. read more …read more    

In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor, Gabriel Perna and Editor in Chief, Mark Hagland discuss this year’s Healthcare Informatics 100, the annual ranking of the top vendors in healthcare IT. In particular, Perna and Hagland discuss how this seems to be a golden period for healthcare IT vendors and this is the case. In…

Event Call out Unpublish: Mon, 06/16/2014 (All day) Event Teaser: This Privacy & Security Forum delivers what CIOs, CISOs and other healthcare IT leaders told us they want from an industry conference: peer-to-peer learning, case studies and forums to brainstorm and share ideas. There’s a little bit of good news in the healthcare IT arena:…

SynCardia Systems, Inc. announced today that a United States patient with end-stage biventricular heart failure received the 1,300th implant of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart as a bridge to transplant in April 2014. …read more    

Veterans Affairs Chief Accepts Resignation Of Robert Petzel, Under Secretary For Health Robert Petzel, the top VA official for health care, resigns after it was discovered that the Phoenix VA Medical Center had been falsifying appointment wait lists to appear compliant with the VA’s standards. Petzel was already scheduled to retire in just a few…