Author: trident50
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You Better Stay Healthy, or Else…
As I read Jonathan Bush’s new book, Where Does It Hurt?the most salient problem that Bush discusses is that hospitals can’t effectively measure or attribute their costs. As a result, they can’t make good decisions since they don’t know how to attribute costs and revenues. Although this has been widely known for sometime, the implications…
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Patient injuries mean Medicare payment penalties for some hospitals
The preliminary analysis of penalties would lower Medicare payments to these hospitals by 1 percent for a year. Elsewhere, lawmakers introduce legislation to change how hospitals that serve a large number of poor patients are affected by Medicare’s penalties. …read more
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Home-care IT can leave patients with cognitive problems powerless
For all the ways that technology can help support patients in the home, it also holds the potential for exclusion and powerlessness, according to an article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. read more …read more
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Co-locate IT, hospital analytics employees to boost productivity
The physical presence of data support experts co-located with hospital analytics employees has proven to be a boon for productivity and patient outcomes at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, according to Yiscah Bracha, assistant vice president of quality improvement healthcare analytics. read more …read more
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PHI Dumping Leads to $800K HIPAA Settlement
The Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health System will pay $800,000 and adopt a corrective action plan to address deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program, according to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health System will pay $800,000 and adopt a…
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HIT vendors rely on security standards that don’t meet HIPAA requirements
Health IT vendors don’t often protect electronic patient information in accordance with HIPAA, even when they and their provider clients think that they’re in compliance with the law, according to a new article by Dan Schroeder, an attorney with Habif, Arogeti & Wynne in Atlanta. read more …read more
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Patients more honest with ‘virtual humans’ than real-life physicians
When it comes to disclosing private information, new research shows that patients are more likely to open up to “virtual humans” than real-life physicians. read more …read more
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3 keys to protecting your hospital in an IT vendor dispute
Michael Dagley, an attorney with Nashville-based Bass, Berry & Simsan who specializes in software disputes, offers advice on protecting your hospital in disputes with vendors when the technology doesn’t perform as promised. read more …read more
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HIMSS mHealth committee will focus on IDing critical enablers
A newly formed Health Information and Management Systems Society committee focused on the use of mobility in healthcare features 12 members and will formally launch July 1. read more …read more
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FDA issues social media guidance
Two new draft federal guidance documents published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration focus on regulation of medical products and electronic digital platforms and correcting information regarding such devices and prescription drugs via Internet communication platforms. read more …read more