Tag: Health IT
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See You in 5757 A.D.? That’s What it Will Take
Compliance for the HIPAA Omnibus Rule is fast approaching and the provisions surrounding the relationship between covered entities and business associates have been a hot topic and for many health IT leaders, a bit of a mystery. In a recent talk I had with Mac McMillan, I tried to understand why this was the case.…
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Ohio’s CliniSync HIE Connects More Than 100 Hospitals
Ohio’s CliniSync Health Information Exchange (HIE) has announced the signing of the 25-bed Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz as well as the 91-bed Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney, bringing the number of Ohio hospitals in the CliniSync statewide HIE to 101. Ohio’s CliniSync Health Information Exchange (HIE) has announced the signing of the 25-bed Harrison…
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We Are EMR Guinea Pigs
A global “Smart Grid” program is being implemented which is blasting homes and businesses with more electromagnetic radiation than human beings have ever bee…
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Don’t let HIPAA ruin your life
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services anticipates that it will take healthcare organizations a shade under 33 million hours to comply with the modified HIPAA Omnibus rule, published last January. In other words, providers have A LOT of work ahead of them, particularly with the deadline now two weeks away. read more Source:…
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QSI Makes Health IT Interoperability-Based Acquisition
Quality Systems Inc. (QSI) and its subsidiary NextGen Healthcare have acquired Mirth Corporation, a health information technology vendor that specializes in interoperability, for an undisclosed amount the company recently announced. Quality Systems Inc. (QSI) and its subsidiary NextGen Healthcare have acquired Mirth Corporation, a health information technology vendor that specializes in interoperability, for an undisclosed…
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HIPAA compliance: Questions linger about liability
With only two weeks to go before organizations must meet HIPAA compliance under the omnibus rule published in January, questions about liability–who’s responsible and for what–are becoming increasingly frequent, according to Kathy Kudner, a healthcare attorney with law firm Dykem Gossett. read more Source: HIPAA compliance: Questions linger about liability
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Quality Systems/NextGen Acquires Mirth
Quality Systems announced this morning that it has acquired Mirth Corporation, which offers the Mirth Connect open source integration engine and related tools. QSI says the acquisition will allow its NextGen Healthcare subsidiary to offer better data exchange capabilities, including participation in HIEs. In the announcement, QSI President Steven Plochocki was quoted as saying, “The…
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Hepatitis C services in the UK: an interview with Louise Campbell, senior liver nurse at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Within the UK there are several centres whose nurse specialists work to a best practice model, delivering care and achieving outcomes which are extremely high in areas of patient retention, adherence to medication and completion of the treatment regimen. With this they achieve cure rates which are some of the highest in the World. Source:…
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Carestream Leverages Intel Xeon to Securely Storage Medical Images in the Cloud
Intel and Carestream Health have worked together for years to provide secure cloud storage solutions for the healthcare community. Watch this video for an ex… Video Rating: 5 / 5