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  • HIE Data Used to Identify Homeless Patients

    HIE Data Used to Identify Homeless Patients

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    Using health information exchange (HIE) data has helped researchers identify patients that are likely to be homeless, as well as helping them create a tool that could potentially better improve patient record matching. Using health information exchange (HIE) data has helped researchers identify patients that are likely to be homeless, as well as helping them…

  • Mining Social Network Data for Health Insights

    Mining Social Network Data for Health Insights

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    0 Staffed with researchers from the Indiana schools of nursing, informatics and computing, and liberal arts, a new lab’s goal is to leverage advanced computing methods to better understand how health science researchers can make use of social network data. How can analyzing social media help public health departments track important trends? Last year I…

  • Michigan REC Helps 3,700 Docs Achieve MU

    Michigan REC Helps 3,700 Docs Achieve MU

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    The Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption (M-CEITA), Michigan’s regional extension center (REC), has reached its original grant-funded goal of helping 3,724 eligible professionals attest to meaningful use. The Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption (M-CEITA), Michigan’s regional extension center (REC), has reached its original grant-funded goal of helping 3,724 eligible professionals attest to meaningful…

  • Survey: Patients Open to Tech, but Few Use Health IT Tools Now

    Survey: Patients Open to Tech, but Few Use Health IT Tools Now

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    Patients are increasingly becoming more willing to engage with their providers through modern technology, but the industry is only at the starting line of connected health, according to new research from Salesforce. Patients are increasingly becoming more willing to engage with their providers through modern technology, but the industry is only at the starting line…

  • Arkansas Senate puts forth bill banning telemedicine use for abortions

    Arkansas Senate puts forth bill banning telemedicine use for abortions

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    A bill that would ban a physician from prescribing drugs through telemedicine passed the Arkansas Senate on Thursday, 29-4. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/arkansas-senate-puts-forth-bill-banning-telemedicine-use-abortions/2015-02-13?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

  • Is the AMA Right in Calling Meaningful Use “Still Broken”?

    Is the AMA Right in Calling Meaningful Use “Still Broken”?

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    0 The AMA comes out to decry low eligible-professional attestation rates so far under Stage 2 of meaningful use—but could the use of hyperbolic language end up being counter-productive? When senior leaders at the American Medical Association issued a public statement reacting to the revelation of low attestation rates among eligible professionals (EPs) so far…

  • Improved public policy essential to HIT innovation

    Improved public policy essential to HIT innovation

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    The ecosystem that supports innovation in the health IT industry is facing a crisis and improved public policies are vital to maintain American leadership in the area, according to an article published this week in the Health Affairs Blog. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/improved-public-policy-essential-hit-innovation/2015-02-11?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

  • Post-Anthem, Congressional Leaders Examining Health IT Security

    Post-Anthem, Congressional Leaders Examining Health IT Security

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    Anthem’s massive hack has gotten the attention of Congressional leaders, who are concerned over the potential lack of protective measures in the healthcare industry to keep sensitive data from being exposed. Anthem’s massive hack has gotten the attention of Congressional leaders, who are concerned over the potential lack of protective measures in the healthcare industry…

  • 6 Healthcare Interoperability Myths

    6 Healthcare Interoperability Myths

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    With my new fascination with healthcare interoperability, I’m drawn to anything and everything which looks at the successes and challenges associated with it. So, it was no surprised that I was intrigued by this whitepaper that looks at the 6 Healthcare Interoperability Myths. For those who don’t want to download the whitepaper for all the…

  • CDS buyers need more info to make good decisions

    CDS buyers need more info to make good decisions

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    Buyers of clinical decision support systems need more and better information to make informed purchase decisions, according to an article published online this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/cds-buyers-need-more-info-make-good-decisions/2015-02-09?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss