Author: trident50
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HIT data integrity failures top patient safety concerns
While data integrity failures within health IT systems only ranked fourth on the ECRI Institute’s list of top healthcare technology hazards published last fall, when it comes to patient safety concerns, they rank No. 1. read more …read more
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BREAKING NEWS: CMS Principal Deputy Administrator Jonathan Blum to Resign
According to preliminary news media reports, Jonathan Blum, principal deputy administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will be stepping down from his post, effective May 16. According to preliminary news media reports, Jonathan Blum, principal deputy administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will be stepping down from…
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Focusing health IT on improving minority health gaps
Health IT must be available, affordable and sustainable in underserved communities to improve the health of people with higher rates of poverty and chronic disease, write two officials from Morehouse School of Medicine in a recent post to Health IT Buzz blog. read more …read more
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ACO’s and the Tech Needed to Be Ready
The following is a guest post by Barry Haitoff, CEO of Medical Management Corporation of America. For those not familiar with ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations), I want to provide some insight into ACOs and how a medical practice can better prepare themselves for the coming shift in reimbursement, which is epitomized by the ACO. This…
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Healthcare security stuck in Stone Age
Healthcare has a few things to do differently in the privacy and security arena — one of them being: Start taking it seriously. This according to Verizon’s annual breach report released today. The new 2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report highlights a concerning carelessness regarding privacy and security, specific to the healthcare industry. read more…
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Attorneys: Use strategies to reduce EHR documentation errors
Providers must take steps to reduce the risk of improper billing caused by their use of electronic health record functionalities that help with documentation, according to a recently published attorney advisory. read more …read more
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HIE tool reduces duplicative tests, IDs drug seekers
Health information exchange tools can fill in gaps in patient care and reduce unnecessary tests in hospital emergency departments, according to new research published in the journal Applied Clinical Informatics. read more …read more
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Athenahealth quits EHR association
Cloud-based EHR company athenahealth will resign from the EHR Association. Its executives say it does not belong there, since it is neither an EHR company nor a software vendor. In a news release announcing its resignation from the EHR Association, athenahealth executives said: read more …read more
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Health Information Exchange: Moving Forward or Stuck in Neutral?
Some healthcare leaders point to potential barriers to long-term stability and sustainability of HIE, and are questioning whether the sector is going through normal growing pains or encountering systemic problems. Recent reports say that the global health information exchange (HIE) market is projected to reach $878 million in 2018, growing at a compound annual growth…
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Dallas Provider Gets Grant to Build Area HIE
The Parkland Health and Hospital System, a large public health system based in Dallas, and its affiliated foundation and Center for Clinical Innovation, have accepted a $12 million grant to build a health information exchange (HIE) portal, the provider announced this week. The Parkland Health and Hospital System, a large public health system based in…