Category: eHealth
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Patient breach lawsuits pose new arguments about privacy expectations
Lawsuits from healthcare data breaches are growing more sophisticated as lawyers change tactics beyond trying to show that exposure of patients' personal information led to financial harm. An increasing number now are being filed on behalf of classes of plaintiffs, rather than individuals. read more …read more Source: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/patient-breach-lawsuits-pose-new-arguments-about-privacy-expectations/2013-05-31?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
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Idaho Health Data Exchange Launches Image Exchange with St. Luke’s Health System
The Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE) and St. Luke’s Health System (SLHS) announced earlier this week that they had launched the Image Exchange viewing capability offered by eHealthTechnologies. The use of Image Exchange allows IHDE-authorized physicians, hospitals and clinicians to instantly access their patients’ SLHS diagnostic-quality images from the IHDE through a secure, universal web…
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Diagnostic image exchange system launched in Idaho
The Idaho Health Data Exchange and St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, Idaho, have launched eHealth Technologies’ Image Exchange, a system that allows data exchange members to instantly access, view and collaborate on diagnostic images through the… …read more Source: Diagnostic image exchange system launched in Idaho
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Feds want feedback on potential elements for planned health IT regulatory framework
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Federal Communications Commission jointly published a request for information in today's Federal Register asking for “broad input” with regard to what elements should be considered for a risk-based regulatory framework to be proposed for health IT. read more…
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Drop-down menus may be to blame for e-prescribing errors
Fewer drop down menus in e-prescribing systems could reduce common errors, according to a new study. read more …read more Source: Drop-down menus may be to blame for e-prescribing errors
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Report calls for more DoD research on patient consent, identity matching
A new report from the Rand Corp. suggests the Department of Defense follow the VA's lead in developing a patient consent management system for non-active duty beneficiaries. read more …read more Source: Report calls for more DoD research on patient consent, identity matching
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UCLA Children’s to Study Telehealth Use for Pediatric Behavioral Healthcare
The University of California at Los Angeles’ (UCLA) Mattel Children’s Hospital has been granted a $1.6 million research award to study how telemedicine can be used to deliver behavioral health services to pediatric patients in community primary care settings. The grant will go to the Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute at the hospital. The University…
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How enterprise data warehouse management turns hospital CIOs into ‘heroes’
Dale Sanders, Mentor CIO for the Cayman Islands National Health System, calls enterprise data warehouse management a CIO's “last chance to be a transformational hero in healthcare.” read more …read more Source: How enterprise data warehouse management turns hospital CIOs into 'heroes'
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ATA issues guidelines for remote mental health services
The American Telemedicine Association this week published best practices for providing mental health services through personal computer webcams and other devices with interactive video capabilities. read more …read more Source: ATA issues guidelines for remote mental health services
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How to mitigate unintended consequences of data exchange
A paper published this month in the Journal of General Internal Medicine builds on the HIE Unintended Consequences Work Group's report from last fall to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to discuss seven categories that, if not managed properly, could produce unintended consequences. read more …read more Source: How to mitigate…