Tag: Health IT
-
Nebraska, Florida contemplate elements of health law’s Medicaid expansion
Supporters of Nebraska’s effort to implement the health law’s Medicaid expansion have signaled their willingness to include certain cost safeguards to advance the plan. Meanwhile, a new report finds savings for Florida taxpayers could result from a health law provision regarding federal funding for the “medically needy” and the expansion.
-
HITRUST outlines priorities in fight against cyber threats
Healthcare organizations’ highest priorities for cybersecurity should include use of cryptography, isolation of highly sensitive information and creation of a reporting system for breach events to meet what is being described as a rising threat by…
-
Lax EHR security leads to patient lawsuit against hospital
A former patient of Florida's Adventist Health System has filed a lawsuit against the provider for failing to protect patient data contained in its electronic health record system. read more
-
CDS can make best-practices guidelines more accessible
Electronic health records offer the opportunity to better integrate clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) at the point of care, but the technology and physician practice must evolve, according to a paper published at BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making . read more
-
People in the News: Former Mayo Executive Joins VitalHealth Software as Chief Medical Officer
VitalHealth Software, a provider of web-based solutions for health management established by Mayo Clinic and the Noaber Foundation, today announced that Dr.
-
EHR and HIT News for Tax Day – April 15th
EHR and HIT News for this tax day, April 15th, includes customer acquisition news from EHR Integration Services as well as a product announcement from MTBC and finally there is Meaningful Use attestation news from Modernizing Medicin e. Phreesia Partners With EHR Integration Services to Automate Patient Intake Process EHR Integration Services has announced a…
-
Patient Alert Fatigue
On this blog we’ve often covered the concept of physician alert fatigue . It’s a major challenge for EMR software providers to balance the alerts a doctor gets so they don’t just ignore the alerts all together. What makes this even more challenging is that every doctor reaches alert fatigue at a different point. One…
-
G8 foreign ministers call for urgent action to address rape, sexual violence in conflict
“An initiative announced [Thursday] in London by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries to ramp up the fight against rape and other sexual violence in conflict represents ‘a beacon of light and hope’ for the countless survivors around the wor…
-
Viewpoints: Progress toward a ‘grand bargain’; States’ ‘rare chance’ to expand Medicaid
Obama has acknowledged that the federal budget is on an unsustainable path. … The president has set the right contours for a deal, and some of the specific proposals -; including higher Medicare premiums for high-income seniors and those with generous Medigap policies, as well as a more aggressive effort to move providers to more…
-
1st HIMSS Stage 7 Ambulatory EMR, EMR vs EHR, Tech and Improved Patient Care
HIMSS Analytics Announces 1st System To Reach Stage 7 Ambulatory #EMR Adoption Model bit.ly/17qHmF2 #hitsm — Perficient Health IT (@Perficient_HC) April 10, 2013 And every ambulatory doctor said, “Who cares?” Then they heard the answer, “Your new boss, the hospital CIO.” My new blog post: “EHR” Has Finally Caught Up With “EMR” In Google Trends…