Author: trident50
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What’s keeping telemedicine from reaching its potential?
Payment procedures must be figured out and more doctors and hospitals must be persuaded to offer telemedicine before telemedicine’s potential can truly be met, according to Robin Farmanfarmaian, a founder of Silicon Valley’s technology and humanities-focused Singularity University. read more …read more
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First Edition: April 8, 2014
Kaiser Health News staff writer Jay Hancock reports: “Under intense, bipartisan political pressure, the Obama administration backed down for the second year in a row on proposed payment cuts for insurance companies that offer private plans to Medicare members. …read more
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Protecting e-PHI In A Modern Messaging Environment
Protecting electronic patient health information (e-PHI) has become even more critical as the healthcare industry slowly transitions away from paper-based processes and into a more connected, electronic delivery model. Patient privacy and security is front and center in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health…
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Secure Messaging, Reduced Costs
In addition to ensuring compliance with HIPAA and HITECH security and privacy requirements, using miSecureMessages (MSM) can also reduce operational costs. …read more
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NYDHA Launches Second Call for Health IT Startups
The New York eHealth Collaborative and the Partnership Fund for New York City have launched the call for applications for the second class of the New York Digital Health Accelerator, a program that is aiming to make New York a hub for the emerging digital health technology industry. The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and…
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Massive Data Breach in Los Angeles County Gets Even Bigger
Details of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS)’ massive data breach, which was announced last month, have gotten even worse as more than 300,000 patients are said to be involved. Details of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS)’ massive data breach, which was announced last month, have gotten even…
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Washington Debrief: ICD-10 Delayed—What’s Next?
President Obama signed the “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014” last week, which avoided statutory cuts to physician reimbursements and delayed implementation of ICD-10. CHIME will work with CMS to issue guidance for the industry and work with partnering organizations to help mitigate lost investments. Key Takeaway: President Obama signed the “Protecting Access to…
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HIStalk Interviews C.T. Lin, MD, CMIO, University of Colorado Health
C. T. Lin, MD, FACP is CMIO at Tell me about yourself and the health system. My title is chief medical information officer of UC Health. We were just University of Colorado Hospital and now we are now a five-hospital partnership. That role allows me to continue to practice medicine, both inpatient and outpatient. It’s…
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Trio of health data breaches rocks California patients
Three major data breaches rocking the state of California made headlines recently–one involving a computer infected with malicious software, one involving a former employee’s illegal access and one involving theft of medical data from a contractor’s office. read more …read more
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Telehealth framework goes beyond just tech
A framework for evaluating telehealth programs must consider socioeconomic aspects–not just the technological–argue researchers in an article published online in Telemedicine and e-Health. read more …read more