Tag: Health IT
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Washington Debrief: More Associations Urge Meaningful Use Extension, Payment Adjustments
Last week, yet another provider organization urged HHS officials to “implement an indefinite moratorium on penalties” for physicians as long as they complete Stage 1 of Meaningful Use. In a letter to Secretary Sebelius, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) also joined CHIME, AAFP, HIMSS and others in requesting an extension to Meaningful Use timelines…
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4 HIPAA compliance challenges facing covered entities
Many technical, administrative and legal hurdles remain for covered entities and business associates working to meet compliance standards by next month under the HIPAA omnibus final rule, according to a viewpoint published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. read more Source: 4 HIPAA compliance challenges facing covered entities
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Biases in EHR data can be reduced to improve research
The data in electronic health records can be honed so that it can better be reused for research purposes, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. read more Source: Biases in EHR data can be reduced to improve research
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Patients most worried about unauthorized access when PHI is faxed
Most Americans in a new survey were concerned about a data breach of their personal health information–and the greater the concern, the more likely they were to withhold some information from their… read more Source: Patients most worried about unauthorized access when PHI is faxed
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Clinical data analytics next big thing
The clinical data analytics market is about to get red hot. With the shift toward new payment models and the sheer amount of clinical data contained in electronic health records, more and more healthcare groups are looking to analytics solutions for population health management, according to a new report released Tuesday. read more Source: Clinical…
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New York looks to EHRs to enhance public health surveillance
The New York City Public Health Department, in partnership with the City University of New York School of Public Health, is launching a pilot project to aggregate electronic health record data into a surveillance tool to improve public health. The project, known as the NYC Macroscope, will be the first U.S. program to use EHRs…
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Hospital Executives Seeking The Next Generation Of Data Portability
Whether being pulled by government mandates or pushed by the need for better interoperability and care coordination, hospital executives are feeling the pain and searching for solutions to these and other issues that threaten their profit and viability. Source: Hospital Executives Seeking The Next Generation Of Data Portability
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mHealth Webinar: How to maximise the impact of mHealth services for maternal and child health
This is a recording of the GSMA mHealth webinar “How to maximise the impact of mHealth services for maternal and child health” which ran on 13 November 2012…. Video Rating: 0 / 5
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What is EMR?
http://FreeEMRbook.com Video 1 in our EMR Simply Put series. We discuss what an electronic medical record is and the two main kinds of EMR systems, server-ba… Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Medicare: Docs not leaving program; Sen. Baldwin pushes to protect rural hospital funds
In Medicare news, doctors may not be leaving the Medicare program in droves as some think. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is pushing back against Medicare cuts to rural hospital reimbursement, and some hospitals are making follow-up care changes to lower readmission rates. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130827/Medicare-Docs-not-leaving-program3b-Sen-Baldwin-pushes-to-protect-rural-hospital-funds.aspx