Category: eHealth

In the wake of the recent Premera data breach, in which information for roughly 11 million consumers was compromised, legal and financial fallout looms large both from the company’s perspective and a consumer perspective, according to Ken Dort, a partner at national law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath’s intellectual property practice group. read more …read…

Identical bills submitted in the House and Senate to fix the Sustainable Growth Rate formula have strong health IT implications, including a deadline for EHR interoperability. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/health-it-changes-proposed-sgr-fix/2015-03-20?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

0 Will “old media” types learn to adapt to a “new media” landscape? What about “old healthcare” types facing the new healthcare? read more …read more Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthcare-informatics/~3/av93ebvZjq4/editors-notes-will-old-style-healthcare-leaders-get-googled-new-healthcare-pionee       

An audit report received by Premera three weeks before the Mountlake Terrace, Washington-based health payer’s systems were breached warned of looming network security issues. The health insurer revealed this week that a “sophisticated cyberattack” led to the personal information for 11 million customers to be put at risk. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/premera-knew-systems-were-vulnerable-prior-attack/2015-03-19?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

The Bipartisan Policy Center this week kicked off its five-point “FDA: Advancing Medical Innovation” initiative, with the first session addressing how to accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of medical products. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/bpc-aims-develop-recommendations-speeding-medical-innovation/2015-03-18?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

The March 17 announcement of a cyberattack at Premera Blue Cross that could impact as many as 11 million people would come as no surprise to the healthcare security officers who participated in a roundtable discussion earlier in the day at the National HIPAA Summit in Washington, D.C. The March 17 announcement of a cyberattack…

By Lynn McVey If you were ever lucky enough to hear Atul Gawande, M.D., speak, you’re lucky enough. I always defended and held my beloved healthcare system in high regard. As I began to explore… read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/assessing-benefits-data-driven-healthcare/2015-03-17?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

American Telemedicine Association receives 200 applications for accreditation program The American Telemedicine Association has received 200 applications for its Accreditation for Online Patient Consultations certification, which certifies that an organization is delivering telehealth services to the ATA’s standard. Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Blue Button Initiative Survey Results A WEDI survey finds that awareness of…

Health lawyers should pay attention to a revised version of the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act currently in the works, according to Indiana University law professor Nicolas Terry. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/why-health-attorneys-must-not-dismiss-revised-consumer-privacy-bill-rights/2015-03-16?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss