Author: trident50
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Google Glass and drchrono – A cool EHR implementation
drchrono just sent out an email blast regarding the use of their EHR and Google Glass: With all the buzz surrounding Google Glass, we wanted to give our users the opportunity to become some of the very first Wearable EHR explorers! We are proud to announce the release of our Google Glass application and invite…
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Hold ICD-10 vendors accountable for their services, WEDI summit attendees say
Provider representatives attending the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange’s ICD-10 Summit in Reston, Virginia, on Wednesday discussed the need for more vendor engagement and accountability within the ICD-10 transition process. read more …read more
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CMS hints at new ICD-10 date in proposed IPPS rule
It appears as if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has set its new ICD-10 compliance date. read more …read more
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Gaming pilot at Children’s National engages youth in their own care management
Steven J. Hardy, M.D., a pediatric psychologist at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., wants to engage families and patients in conversations about how they’re managing illness–and use mobile gaming as the tool to do so, he tells FierceMobileHealthcare in an exclusive interview. read more …read more
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ONC: Infrastructure necessary for real-time data collection, public health use
The increasing use of electronic health records to collect data is spurring more real-time data collection, and public health agencies need to build the technical and administrative infrastructure to receive the data, according to a new issue brief published this week by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. read more …read more
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Most Regional Extension Centers Plan to Remain Open for Business
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 introduced the concept of Regional Extension Centers (RECs) into the healthcare lexicon. These regional organizations were created to help eligible providers achieve meaningful use. Since funding for RECs from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) ends at the close of 2014, one might…
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Vendor sacked for HIPAA breach blunder
Can a subcontractor expect to keep the job after accidentally posting protected health information of some 15,000 patients online? A Boston teaching hospital says, ‘definitely not.’ The 496-bed Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts has fired third-party vendor MDF Transcription after hospital officials discovered the company posted health records and demographic data of 15,000 patients to…
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IE flaw ushers risky new era for XP use
When even the Department of Homeland Security is warning against using Internet Explorer, it’s a safe bet its security flaws are serious. But for many healthcare providers — notably those still running on Windows XP — IE’s recently-exposed vulnerabilities won’t be fixed by Microsoft. Microsoft confirmed this week that versions 6 through 11 of Internet…
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Define your health system through data, not buildings
Investing in interoperability is well worth it so a health system can be demarcated by its data, and not its individual buildings, according to John Bosco, CIO of Great Neck, New York-based North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. read more …read more
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The 2015 EHR certification criteria may be dead on arrival
I don’t know what caused the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to change its approach to certification and create a voluntary 2015 Edition of EHR certification criteria, but it doesn’t seem to be going over well with stakeholders. read more …read more