Tag: Health IT
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When it comes to HIPAA, don’t be bossy with business associates
Don’t try to be Big Brother to your business associates (BAs) and put stress on your own healthcare organization as the new HIPAA omnibus rule goes into effect, warns Frank Ruelas, compliance officer at Gila River Healthcare in Sacaton, Ariz. read more Source: When it comes to HIPAA, don’t be bossy with business associates
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Patients would switch docs to gain EHR access
Most Americans want full access to their electronic health records, and an increasing number would be willing to give up their current physicians for that opportunity, according to a new study from consulting firm Accenture. read more Source: Patients would switch docs to gain EHR access
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‘OpenNotes Is Not a Project, It’s a Movement’
At Consumer Health IT Summit, Tom Delbanco, M.D., of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center talked about the patient safety potential of patient and family participation in reading and creating care team’s notes. National Health IT Week kicked off with a bang Monday in Washington, D.C., with the third annual Consumer Health IT Summit, which featured…
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Workforce Development Programs
Introduction Description: As the nation moves towards a more technologically advanced health care system, providers will need a highly skilled health information technology (IT) workforce to support them in the adoption, implementation and meaningful use of electronic health records Intro Description Width: 60 Background Image: Yellow Box 1 Yellow Box 1 Title: Begin Developing Health…
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EHRs More Accepted, But Not Yet Seamless
With electronic health records soon to be federally mandated, healthcare professionals need to take care in choosing the one that suits them best By: Shannon Dauphin Lee Source: EHRs More Accepted, But Not Yet Seamless
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Health IT Week Interoperability Showcase Highlights Progress in Electronic Health
On Tuesday, September 17 and Wednesday, September 18, several of our federal partners will be participating in the Health IT Week Interoperability Showcase on Capitol Hill. Federal Health Architecture (FHA) member agencies will highlight their work toward the development and use of interoperable electronic health information exchange. Electronic health advances on display Many agencies will…
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Fitness, mHealth device users to reach nearly 100M by 2018
Over the next five years, there will be 96 million users of app-enabled mHealth and mobile-fitness hardware devices, up from 15 million in 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. read more Source: Fitness, mHealth device users to reach nearly 100M by 2018
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Leading geriatrician asserts elimination of Medicare three-night hospital stay rule
Elimination of a Medicare rule that mandates a three-night hospital stay as a precondition for skilled nursing rehabilitation coverage could reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and improve patient care without increasing costs to the patient or the federal government, a leading geriatrician asserts in on online publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130917/Leading-geriatrician-asserts-elimination-of-Medicare-three-night-hospital-stay-rule.aspx
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New analysis finds that EU member states identify 13 directives for patient safety
Europe is at the forefront of acknowledging the importance of patient safety and risk management. Eight to 10 percent of patients in the region are subjected to healthcare-associated infections and medication or prescription errors. Around 30 to 40 percent of these issues are preventable, and healthcare institutions have rolled out several initiatives for reporting and…
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The Tech community needs to partner with health institutions & health specialists
M – Health Wireless Wednesday held on 27th March 2013. Pratap Kumar emphasizes on the need of the tech community partnering with institutions such as schools…