Author: trident50
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Joeseph Kvedar: Telehealth needs standards of care, safeguards
Telehealth is growing more prevalent and states must adopt policies–such as a model policy adopted in April by the Federation of State Medical Boards–to address patient safety, Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D., founder and director of the Center for Connected Health, writes at Health Affairs Blog. read more …read more
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CISOs in demand as threats of cyberattacks grow
U.S. companies, including those in the healthcare sector, increasingly are hiring chief information security officers who understand business and risk management. read more …read more
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Most Interesting Vendors: Why They’re Interesting to Us
In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor, Gabriel Perna and Editor in Chief, Mark Hagland discuss the four “Most Interesting Vendor” selections: 3M, Merge Healthcare, Greenway Health, and Cerner. Perna and Hagland discuss each vendor and why the Healthcare Informatics staff says in many ways, these companies encapsulate where the industry is headed. In this…
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CEO resigns amid troubled EHR rollout
A system-wide EHR rollout is no walk in the park. With poor management and implementation plans, it can sap worker morale and deter long-term success. This appears to be what has transpired this week at the Athens Regional Health System in Georgia after staff unanimously voted “no confidence” for the system’s CEO, who has effectively…
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Interoperability and Data Exchange as Health System Reform Enablers
Interoperability, data sharing and reporting—and the IT infrastructure to support them—will be crucial components of payment reform as it gains traction across the entire care continuum nationwide, according to Kelly Cronin, health reform coordinator in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Interoperability, data sharing and reporting—and the IT infrastructure to…
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Health Datapalooza Preview: It Just Keeps Getting Better
0 One of the key benefits of the meaningful use program is that lots of different types of data are now flowing between organizations and to public health groups. That can be the starting point for lots of innovation, and the Health Datapalooza brings the innovators together in one spot. A few weeks ago I…
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Medicare intends to penalize hospitals for giving followup care to seniors
Medicare has announced plans to penalize 2,633 hospitals for giving followup care to seniors, even if the care was appropriate. …read more
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State highlights: Complaint says Fla. plans tried to keep out AIDS patients; Ill. restores some Medicaid services; Fla. Gov. to sue feds
Four Florida insurance companies offering Affordable Care Act policies are discriminating against people with HIV or AIDS, according to two health-rights organizations that plan to file a formal complaint with the federal government Thursday. …read more
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Online and mobile apps designed for health and well-being are often short-lived
According to a doctoral thesis by Research Scientist Kirsikka Kaipainen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, online and mobile applications for stress management and healthy eating reach a large number of users but their appeal tends to be short-lived. …read more
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Viewpoints: Michelle Obama and school lunches; more about the VA health system ‘scandal’; context and caution on Medicare’s physician data release
When we began our Let’s Move! initiative four years ago, we set one simple but ambitious goal: to end the epidemic of childhood obesity in a generation so that kids born today will grow up healthy. …read more