Tag: informatics
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Preparing for a Meaningful Use Audit
ONC/CMS provides strong oversight of the Meaningful Use program by continuousy reexamining the quality of certified products and auditing hospitals and practices that have attested to meaningful use. Last week, ONC “de-certified” a product for not supporting the functionality required by regulations . Meaningful Use audits are done by Figliozzi and Company on behalf of…
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Readers Write: Achieving Value, A Different Kind of Medical Miracle
Achieving Value, A Different Kind of Medical Miracle By David Bond Practice management system (PMS) vendors have long sought to provide their physician customers with more capabilities than just traditional practice management and EHR capabilities. Specifically, providing outsourced patient statements and RCM services are some of the most important opportunities that have been identified to…
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Malaria detection device to be field tested a year ahead of schedule
A European Union-funded mHealth project to develop a mobile device using nanotechnology to rapidly detect malaria infection and drug resistance will be ready for field testing in 2013–a year ahead… read more Source: Malaria detection device to be field tested a year ahead of schedule
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Achieving eHealth Equity – A report from National Minority Health Month
As part of National Minority Health Month, we’re excited to release a brief report summarizing some important conversations that have recently taken place around the issue of eHealth equity. As background, in February, ONC helped organize a White House Summit on Achieving eHealth Equity in collaboration with the Office of Minority Health, and ZeroDivide-an organization…
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HHS to provide more HIPAA guidance to covered entities
On the heels of concerns that many healthcare providers misunderstand HIPAA, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services plans to offer guidance and technical assistance to covered entities and business associates with concerns about the recently updated omnibus rule. read more
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Risk Taking in Healthcare and the Foolish
“You have to take what people think is wrong or even foolish and make the breakthroughs of tomorrow.” – John Kheir, MD I’m still in awe of the ideas that John Kheir, MD presented at TEDMED around injectable oxygen-filled microbubbles. The concept is fascinating and while I know nothing about the science or medical requirements…
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CORHIO Links 118 Providers to HIE
South Metro Primary Care (SMPC), one of the largest primary care independent practice associations in the Denver metro area, along with their medical management company Physician Health Partners (PHP), have announced plans to connect the electronic health records (EHR) of its 118 primary care providers to the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) health information…
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Anonymous research patients easily re-identified, Harvard researchers find
Researchers from the Data Privacy Lab at Harvard University have shown how easy it is to identify and link anonymous participants in a public DNA study with their personal data. Professor Latanya… read more
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Trinity Health Selects Explorys’ Big Data Analytics Platform to Support Clinical Integration
Explorys has announced that Trinity Health, the fourth largest Catholic healthcare system (10th largest overall) in the nation, has joined the Explorys Network.
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Policy and implementation challenges to achieving big data outcomes (part 1)
“Big data” must be near the top of its hype cycle by now. As with other technologies, it may eventually deliver on a great deal of this hype, but the outcomes will probably come later than the current frenzy would suggest. read more …read more Source: Policy and implementation challenges to achieving big data outcomes…