Author: trident50
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Survey: CIOs are driving digital change and innovation
CEOs are giving CIOs some more credit where credit is due, according to a new survey from Gartner, Inc., which found that CIOs are thought of as the title most responsible for driving digital innovation and change at companies. read more …read more
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Secure Text Messaging is Univerally Needed in Healthcare
I’ve written regularly about the need for secure text messaging in healthcare. I can’t believe that it was two years ago that I wrote that Texting is Not HIPAA Secure. Traditional SMS texting on your cell phone is not HIPAA secure, but there are a whole lot of alternatives. In fact, in January I made…
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HealthCare.gov wasn’t Sebelius’ only IT project, just the most high-profile
When U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigned last week after five years of service, I wanted to know what members of FierceHealthIT‘s Editorial… read more …read more
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Study: Meaningful Use not necessarily associated with quality improvement
Although one of the main goals of the Meaningful Use program is to improve the quality of care, there appears to be “no association” between being a “meaningful user” of electronic health records and the quality of care provided to patients, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. read more …read more
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Another record-setting quarter for VC investment in HIT
Venture capital funding for health IT continued at “an astonishing pace” during first quarter of 2014, with the sector raising its highest infusion of cash in a single quarter to date,… read more …read more
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Privacy could ‘crash’ big data if not done right
Privacy has the potential to crash big data before there’s a chance to get it right, and finding the right balance is key to future success, experts argued at a Princeton University event earlier this month. read more …read more
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Global Mobile Health Solution market to grow at CAGR of 42.40% over 2012-2016
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Mobile Health Solution Market Report” report to their offering. …read more
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Savvy new players expected to shake up healthcare
Innovative companies drawing from ideas that transformed the retail, technology and telecommunications sectors are poised to siphon off tens of billions of dollars from traditional healthcare’s… read more …read more
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CMS Website Finally Recognizes ICD-10 Delay
Nearly two weeks after President Barack Obama signed the temporary Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) “doc fix” bill that included a one-year extension to ICD-10 implementation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just now updated its website to acknowledge the delay. Nearly two weeks after President Barack Obama signed the temporary Sustainable Growth…
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Morning Headlines 4/15/14
DeSalvo calls for big data use over next decade In a speech on Capital Hill last Thursday, Karen DeSalvo, MD, said that one of the ONC’s goals for the next decade would be bringing about the benefits of big data, which she says will require that “the underpinnings of EHRs” be reconfigured to support the…