Category: eHealth

The House has passed a second cyberthreat information-sharing bill, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act, which will be combined with the House Intelligence Committee’s Protecting Cyber Networks Act before being sent to the Senate. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/house-merge-cyberthreat-info-sharing-bills/2015-04-24?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

With the delay of the Office for Civil Rights HIPAA audits, organizations would be wise to not push compliance further down the priority list. Yet many are woefully unprepared for both data breaches and the audits, according to Mark Fulford, a partner at LBMC Security & Risk Services. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/4-ways-prepare-hipaa-audits/2015-04-23?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

While health IT and military pundits alike are waiting with bated breath for the Department of Defense to end speculation and announce the winner of its coveted $11 billion Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, the heavy lifting is just starting for the Defense Health Agency. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/david-bowen-dhmsm-infrastructure-sustainability-top-priority-qa/2015-04-22?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is awarding $20 billion in funds to 65 companies to provide the entire federal government with IT solutions. The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is awarding $20 billion in funds to 65 companies to provide the entire…

In five years, more than 78 million people will be using home health technologies, such as remote health monitoring devices, according to a new market research report. In five years, more than 78 million people will be using home health technologies, such as remote health monitoring devices, according to a new market research report. Boulder,…

Andy Slavitt sounded every bit the part of a an administrator looking to fundamentally change the way healthcare is delivered during his shared keynote address with National Coordinator for Health… read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/glimmers-hope-interoperability-horizon/2015-04-21?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Health insurance startup Oscar gets unicorn valuation with $145 million in new funding Oscar Health, a tech-focused health insurer in New York that offers free telehealth visits and free activity trackers to its customers, raises a $145 million funding round on a $1.5 billion valuation in only its second year of operation. Fiscal Year 2016…