Category: HIE

Network Health, a nonprofit health plan that delivers health coverage to more than 215,000 Massachusetts residents, has received a $75,000 grant to implement a partnership with Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) on the Massachusetts Health Information Highway (Mass HIway), the statewide HIE network. The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s MeHI has awarded the grant to make the…

Network neutrality is central to planning for health information exchange, and potential regulation has implications for healthcare providers that use or provide services, according to research published at the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. read more Source: Network neutrality key to health information exchange

I was recently discussing with someone the possible legal damages of a HIPAA violation by a healthcare organizations business associate. We all know that thanks to HIPAA omnibus, the business associate will now be held liable for any HIPAA breaches or violations that occur. One question I haven’t seen addressed was whether the covered healthcare…

More than a quarter of over 70s with type 2 diabetes could benefit simply from improving communication and education in the clinic, new research has revealed. A study led by the University of Exeter Medical School and published in The Lancet found that 27 percent achieved better glycaemic control through individualised care alone. Source: Individualised…

HealtheConnections' transition required a lot of planning and forethought, a close working relationship with the new vendor on data migration and project management, and the RHIO team’s confidence that it could manage the transition without upsetting data providers or users. With the flick of a switch in May, the HealtheConnections (HeC) regional health information organization…

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon announced today it will offer expanded coverage to Oregon companies through a Professional Employer Organization initiative with ADP TotalSource. Source: Regence to offer expanded health coverage to Oregon employers

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, announced today that its New York Physician Profile and New Jersey Health Care Profile operations have been recognized as “Certified Centers of Excellence” by BenchmarkPortal. Source: MAXIMUS customer contact centers achieve Center of Excellence distinction

James M. Walker, M.D. spent 12 years at the Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System. Now at Siemens Healthcare, he is hoping to bring forward a vision of the clinical informatics of the future based on the learnings that he gained at the pioneering Geisinger organization. James M. Walker, M.D. spent 12 years at the Danville,…

During the Physician-Computer Connection Symposium 2013, sponsored by AMDIS, in Ojai, Calif. June 25-28, HCI’s Mark Hagland sat down for a conversation with Kshitij Saxena, M.D., regional medical director, medical informatics, at the Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System. Dr. Saxena and his colleagues are deeply involved in post-CPOE system optimization these days. During the…

The combined use of data analytics and advanced telecommunications has helped the 433-bed El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif. achieve a 25 percent drop in patient readmissions. The combined use of data analytics and advanced telecommunications has helped the 433-bed El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif. achieve a 25 percent drop in patient…