Author: trident50
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Hospital CIOs lukewarm about security abilities
Roughly half of the respondents to HealthsystemCIO.com‘s most recent CIO advisory panel survey said that when it comes to their security ability, they rank “about average.” read more …read more
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Training the Masses: Health System Uses Online Courses to Educate Docs on EMRs
Infirmary Health in Mobile Ala. was in what can best be described as a time crunch. Six weeks to train 850 doctors on how to use its Epic EMR. CIO Eddy Stephens explains how they did it. To say Infirmary Health was in a time crunch would be an understatement. The Mobile, Al.-based, three-hospital health…
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Health IT advisors: Protecting teens’ health data privacy a complex challenge
The Privacy and Security Tiger Team will tackle data security and privacy complexities involving minors’ electronic records at its next meeting on July 14. read more …read more
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Hospitals ‘very sloppy’ about security efforts
Healthcare facilities are constantly in danger of being hacked and having data stolen, but two researchers have found that many hospitals themselves leak valuable information online. read more …read more
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Criminals Have Their Eyes on Your Patients’ Records
The following is a guest blog post by Art Gross, Founder of HIPAA Secure Now! It’s one thing to have a laptop stolen with 8,000 patient records or for a disgruntled doctor to grab his patients’ records and start his own practice. It’s another when the Cosa Nostra steals that information, siphons money from the…
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FDA Pilot Program to Use EHR Data for Drug Safety Monitoring
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using electronic health record (EHR) data to monitor the safety of FDA-regulated medical products, Janet Woodcock, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, wrote in a blog post dated June 23. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using electronic health record…
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Argus Dental & Vision signs new vision contract with Freedom Health and Optimum HealthCare
Argus Dental & Vision, a premier benefits organization, announced a new vision contract with Freedom Health and Optimum HealthCare. Beginning July 1, 2014, Argus Dental & Vision will administer vision benefits to eligible Medicare Advantage members of Freedom Health and Optimum HealthCare plans in Florida as well as America’s 1st Choice in North Carolina and…
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Hospital CMIOs less satisfied despite pay bump
Even when pay is up, that doesn’t mean satisfaction is, according to a survey of chief medical information officers. read more …read more
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It’s time to redesign EHRs to improve patient safety
Providers have been lashing out against subpar electronic health record design for years. They gripe that not only do poorly designed systems impede workflow and cost too much, they also create new patient safety problems and don’t share data with other systems to coordinate care, as promised. Still, the industry hasn’t done much to address…
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Ivenix develops groundbreaking infusion management platform to transform infusion pump market
Ivenix, Inc. today announced that it is developing a groundbreaking infusion management platform designed to transform the infusion pump market by helping to improve patient safety and clinical workflow efficiency. …read more