Category: HIE

Stephen J. Teach, MD, MPH, Associate Chief of Emergency Medicine at Children’s National Health System, says that aggressively managing parental stress and using cell phone apps to monitor medication usage in at-risk youth with asthma may improve children’s adherence to asthma medications. …read more

On ObamaCare, Reid defended the new law, even though he criticized the initial rollout by the Obama administration as “awful.” Citing a recent conversation with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Reid said the enrollment numbers for the insurance exchanges would be “staggering” come April 1, when the six-month sign-up period ends. “It’s already…

The ADEAGies Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Dental Education Association, has selected Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine for a 2014 William J. Gies Award, for outstanding achievement by an academic dental institution in support of dental education. The award recognizes CDM’s Community DentCare program, which provides low- or no-cost dental care to…

Maryland providers will have online access to their patients’ controlled substance prescription history for the first time thanks to a new connection between Maryland’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) and the statewide health information exchange (HIE). Maryland providers will have online access to their patients’ controlled substance prescription history for the first time thanks to…

Modernizing Medicine, Inc. announced today that the South Florida Business Journal selected its Chief Financial Officer Karen O’Byrne as a finalist in this year’s CFO Awards. …read more

The departure of U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights Director Leon Rodriguez leaves OCR without its central leader just as the permanent HIPAA auditing program gets under way this year. read more …read more

Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL), a non-profit that helps Vermont providers use health information technology to improve patient care, teamed with Fletcher Allen Health Care, a health system in Burlington, to interface clinical data with Vermont’s health information exchange (HIE). Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL), a non-profit that helps Vermont providers use health information technology…

As 2013 comes to a close, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate our collective achievements. The following are a few highlights from the past year, and some things to look forward to in the New Year. 2013: Going Main Stream In 2013 consumer engagement via eHealth generally and Blue Button…

As a seven-year Covisint customer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) continues to rely on Covisint to manage 6,500 agents’ access to member enrollee package information as well as training and support materials. …read more

As a seven-year Covisint customer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) continues to rely on Covisint to manage 6,500 agents’ access to member enrollee package information as well as training and support materials. …read more