Tag: Health IT
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Big data and cloud security – technologies explained
http://pixvid.me/SelfHealingCloud Enterprise CIO Forum’s community manager, John Dodge, examines MIT research and development of “self-healing” clouds. Curre… IBM has a long history as an innovation leader in information and analytics, dating back to the invention of the database as part of the Apollo space program… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Docs flock to cloud to save bottom line
Eighty-seven percent of all physician practices agree their billing and collections systems need upgrading, according to a new survey. The majority favor moving to a fully integrated practice management, EHR and medical software product, accessible through the cloud on any browser or device. read more Source: Docs flock to cloud to save bottom line
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To Cart, Or Not To Cart?
For more than a decade, hospitals have used mobile computer carts or wall-mounts as “the access point” to the EMR. As technology and the products that support technology in the EMR movement continue to evolve at a rapid pace, the challenge continues to grow for selecting solutions that not only work for today’s use, but…
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Cloud computing reduces HIPAA compliance risk in managing genomic data
There is no question that the resources required to process, analyze, and manage petabytes of genomic information represent a huge burden for even the largest academic research facility or healthcare institution. That burden becomes even greater when one factors in the need to handle these data in compliance with an alphabet soup of regulatory regimes:…
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MobiHealthNews talks with George MacGinnis at the Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit in London
Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit: MobiHealthNews spoke with George MacGinnis, who leads the Assistive Technology Program (part of the NHS Connecting for Hea… Southeast Missouri Hospital announced a new partnership today with Healthagen® to promote its hospital, urgent care and physicians on iTriage® — a free, con…
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Radiologists train military physicians to remove foreign bodies with ultrasound-guided techniques
William E. Shiels II, DO, chief of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Department of Radiology and president of Children’s Radiological Institute, Inc., is leading a team of radiologists for the training of military physicians to remove shrapnel foreign bodies from warfighters with ultrasound-guided techniques that he originally developed, with subsequent improvements made by the full team…
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Medicare news: When nursing home benefits run out; reforming doc pay fix more costly than repeal
News outlets examine what options nursing home patients have when their Medicare benefits run out and the latest challenge to reforming how doctors are paid by the program — the price tag. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130904/Medicare-news-When-nursing-home-benefits-run-out3b-reforming-doc-pay-fix-more-costly-than-repeal.aspx
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MDS 3.0 Oral Assessment Video
We would like to hear from you. Please send all comments to MDS30Comments@cms.hhs.gov. Thank you for your time. Video Rating: 0 / 5
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Viewpoints: Shortages of drugs persist; number of Medicare doctors is growing; Obamacare undermines health savings accounts
As was the case during the last debt-ceiling debacle, in 2011, playing politics with the nation’s creditworthiness is irresponsible and unnecessary. Leave aside the ObamaCare obsession, because Republicans have zero chance of persuading the president to kill one of his defining achievements. Source: Viewpoints: Shortages of drugs persist; number of Medicare doctors is growing; Obamacare…
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Rural poor likely to feel the pinch of state decisions not to expand Medicaid
Economist says half of the rural poor who would be aided by expansion live in states that have opted not to take that step. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130904/Rural-poor-likely-to-feel-the-pinch-of-state-decisions-not-to-expand-Medicaid.aspx