Author: trident50
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KLAS: EMRs don’t yet meet ACO needs
Electronic medical records are not meeting the needs of physician-led accountable care organizations, causing providers to turn to third party ACO vendors to meet their needs, according to a new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS Research. read more …read more
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Offshore outsourcing a risk to personal health information, OIG report warns
State Medicaid agencies that outsource administrative functions to foreign contractors could be putting personal health information at risk, warns a report from the Office of the Inspector General. read more …read more
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ICD-10 Flight Delayed, But Keep Your Bags Packed – Breakaway Thinking
The following is a guest blog post by Jennifer Bergeron, Learning and Development Manager at The Breakaway Group (A Xerox Company). Check out all of the blog posts in the Breakaway Thinking series. If you’ve ever traveled to a country that doesn’t speak your native tongue, you can appreciate the importance of basic communication. If…
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Where will HIT security be in 3 years?
Security is a nightmare for all companies, but the very nature of healthcare makes it far worse. It’s not merely onerous government requirements for medical data, or the popularity of security-adverse mobile devices. It’s the need to give tiny medical offices – small, independent businesses, with typically no meaningful IT staff – full network access…
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Anoto Live Forms is now HIPAA Compliant
Anoto has announced the achievement of compliancy for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Anoto is now qualified to offer Anoto Live forms as a hosted or locally installed solution to the US healthcare market. What does HIPAA compliance mean? It simply means that they have implemented the processes and procedures to regulate…
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Providing a Frontline of Defense for PHI
As the rapidly evolving healthcare industry faces increasing challenges to keeping PHI protected, there is a growing need to ensure knowledgeable and credentialed security and privacy practitioners are in place to protect this sensitive information. Health IT security expert Sarah Hendrickson further discusses how healthcare organizations can provide a frontline of defense for PHI. A…
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CMS issues MU attestation guidance for providers in group/health system settings
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued guidance to help eligible hospitals and eligible professionals who are part of larger entities or who practice in multiple locations and participate in the Meaningful Use program. read more …read more
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HIPAA and Fundraising
I was recently asked about using patient identified data for fundraising. The HIPAA Omnibus rule does permit the use of department of service, treating physician, and outcomes information in fund raising activities with an understanding that a patient can opt out and their wishes must be respected. *The Notice of Privacy Practices must disclose fundraising…
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Highlights: N.Y.’s $8B Medicaid waiver; Conn. Medicaid application delays settlement; managed care overpayment in Washington state
New York and federal officials report final agreement allowing the state to reinvest $8 billion in Medicaid savings to support hospital overhauls and expand primary medical care over the next five years. The goal of the Medicaid waiver is to reduce avoidable hospital use by 25 percent while helping financially struggling hospitals shift to more…
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When Clinical Transformation and Technological Change Come Down to Process and Cultural Change
Achieving the Triple Aim—the idea of improved quality, enhanced patient engagement and satisfaction, and improved cost-effectiveness in healthcare—will inevitably involve a great deal of process, cultural and technological effort, agreed members of a panel discussion Atlanta Health IT Summit Achieving the Triple Aim—the idea of improved quality, enhanced patient engagement and satisfaction, and improved cost-effectiveness…