Author: trident50
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Live From ATA: Large Health Systems Increase Focus on Virtual Visits
0 Ray Dorsey, M.D., a professor of neurology and co-director of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said the healthcare field is moving to virtual visits because the status quo doesn’t work. “The way we provide care doesn’t work. It is not timely, equitable or efficient.” As I…
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The Healthcare Informatics 100: What is Driving the Revenue Growth?
In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor, Gabriel Perna and Editor in Chief, Mark Hagland discuss this year’s Healthcare Informatics 100, the annual ranking of the top vendors in healthcare IT. In particular, Perna and Hagland discuss how this seems to be a golden period for healthcare IT vendors and this is the case. In…
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HIPAA Security and Audits with Mac McMillan
In case you missed the recent HIPAA Privacy and Security hangout I did with Mac McMillan, CEO of Cynergistek, you’re missing out. I think this HIPAA interview is an extension of what we started in our post “6 Reality Checks of HIPAA Compliance.” There’s a real awakening that’s needed when it comes to HIPAA. I…
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DOD’s Jonathan Woodson: Telehealth a strategic goal for the military
As care standards continue to evolve, it’s imperative that the Military Health System embrace telehealth, according to Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense, the keynote speaker Tuesday at the American Telemedicine Association’s annual meeting in Baltimore. read more …read more
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Big data helps treat cancer patients
The University of Leeds will use big data to help match patients with certain types of blood cancers to the best treatments. read more …read more
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2013 Healthcare I.T. M&A: Do Many Notes Make a Song?
As we do each year when we sit down to write this article, we begin by first taking a look back at last year’s M&A Review. We concluded with a prediction and a promise. First, we anticipated some re-emergence of larger deals, then we promised to discuss athenahealth’s (#22) $293 million acquisition of mobile physician…
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Health IT Leaders Detail Stage 2 MU Headaches
On Tuesday, May 20, the Health IT Policy Committee is holding the first of two listening sessions featuring testimony from physician practice and hospital IT leaders about their Stage 2 meaningful use concerns. In their written testimony, the health IT leaders highlighted the challenges around transitions of care and the patient engagement. On Tuesday, May…
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Behind Intermountain’s Build-or-Buy Decision on Telehealth Platform
As Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare moves toward its concept of shared accountability by redesigning care across all its clinical areas, its executives became increasingly convinced over the last few years that “teleservices” would be a key part of their process redesign. One key question was whether to buy a telehealth system from a vendor or build…
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AHIMA: Healthcare industry must improve information governance
Most healthcare organizations have not yet established a comprehensive strategy to govern their data, leaving it and them vulnerable, said a panel of health information management experts, speaking on data governance at CMS’ eHealth Summit this week. read more …read more
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CMS Proposed Rule Adds Flexibility to Meaningful Use in 2014
Although I’m in China at the moment and it’s 5am, the news from Washington is so important that I had to share it immediately. ONC and CMS have listened to the testimony offered by many stakeholders and have proposed a rule that elegantly allows Meaningful Use attestation flexibility for 2014 while keeping the momentum going…