Author: trident50
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For This Health System, Population Health is Personal
“The right way to do care management is to personalize care plans based on the patients’ own data,” says Terri Steinberg, M.D., CMIO at Christiana Care Health System. The Wilmington, Del.-based health system is embarking on an ambitious initiative to do this kind of care management for its ischemic heart disease patients. At Christiana Care…
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House committee withholds funds to VA, DoD to spur EHR collaboration
The House Appropriations Committee has opted to withhold most of the funds requested by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to upgrade its electronic health record system until the VA and the Department of Defense make progress on a joint EHR. read more …read more
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Has the Meaningful Use program run its course?
Meaningful Use: It’s just like high school, where you learned all the right facts for the test, but the knowledge didn’t stick with you any longer than until the end of the semester. At least, that’s the opinion of Dale Sanders, former CIO of Cayman Islands Health Services Administration and current senior vice president for…
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Analytics use in healthcare still ‘immature’
While a growing number of health providers are turning to data analytics to help improve care and lower costs at their facilities, the use of analytics in healthcare remains relatively immature, according to a recent survey from HIMSS Analytics. read more …read more
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Rand: Stress value with new medical technology
The federal government should provide incentives for pharmaceutical companies and device makers to produce products that help cut spending and ensure that the benefits of costlier advances justify their added expense, according to a new Rand Corp. report. read more …read more
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athenahealth Resigns From EHR Association
Cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) vendor athenahealth will resign from the EHR Association (EHRA), stating they never really belonged in the first place because the Watertown, Mass.-based company is neither an EHR company, nor a software vendor. Cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) vendor athenahealth will resign from the EHR Association (EHRA), stating they never really…
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OCR levies $2 million in HIPAA fines for stolen laptops
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights has levied combined fines of nearly $2 million against two healthcare organizations to settle potential HIPAA violations from unencrypted laptops that were stolen. read more …read more
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Best in KLAS: Meeting Expectations
Some healthcare IT leaders call it the perfect storm: the buffeting crosswinds of increased regulatory quality reporting, ICD-10 implementation, and the shift to accountable care. Is it any wonder that CIOs and CMIOs are expecting more from their technology solution vendors and service providers? Some healthcare IT leaders call it the perfect storm: the buffeting…
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Stolen laptops mean $2M in mega fines
Serving notice that “covered entities and business associates must understand that mobile device security is their obligation,” the HHS Office for Civil Rights has settled with two organizations for a combined $1,975,220 penalty after their unencrypted computers were stolen. [See also: Why does healthcare resist encryption? ] read more …read more
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Demand for EHR scribes on the rise
The use of scribes to help physicians document notes into electronic health records continues to gain traction, creating a boon for scribe staffing companies. read more …read more