Tag: informatics
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Personalized medicine ‘arms race’ continues rapid escalation
Joining an ever-growing list of healthcare facilities looking to improve personalized medicine, Oregon Health & Science University this week announced a partnership with Intel Corp. aimed at speeding genomic analysis efforts.
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Colorado Beacon project: Primary care improvements through sharing and coaching
The Colorado Beacon Consortium made gains in quality improvement as physician practices adopted electronic health records and joined a health information exchange known as Quality Health Network (QHN), according to a case study published by The Commonwealth Fund. read more
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HHS seeks to amend HIPAA to strengthen background checks
Though a Senate bill to expand background checks on firearms sales was defeated last week, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is examining how HIPAA regulations may keep states from reporting dangerous mental patients to a database used in background checks. read more
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Washington Debrief: Sebelius Responds to GOP Senators on HITECH Criticism
Six Senators sent letters to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and health IT stakeholders questioning the effectiveness of HITECH implementation. In response to the report, Secretary Sebelius said, “We haven’t gotten to implementation of Stage 2 yet,” Sebelius said in a recent Senate Finance Committee budget hearing. “You might be reading the final chapter before we…
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Reflections on the Tragedy in Boston
Now that schedules are returning to normal, it’s appropriate to review the events of last week and reflect on the lessons learned with the benefit of hindsight. 1.
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Morning Headlines 4/23/13
Nightingale and HealthFusion Partner to Deliver Electronic Health Record (EHR) Benefits to Customers in Kmart HealthFusion has been selected as the vendor of choice for Nightingale Preventative Care, a Long Island-based primary care center based out of the local Kmart. Nightingale has reported that the Nightingale Kmart clinic is thriving and that it intends to…
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Analysis: Slow growth in health spending largely due to recession, weak economy
The recession and weak recovery are by far the biggest culprits behind recent record-slow growth in health spending, according to a new analysis. The results suggest that any relief enjoyed by employers, households or state and federal budgets as…
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A Pair of Hospitals Facing Lawsuits for Breaches
Two providers, Florida Hospital, part of the Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System, and Glen Falls Hospital, a 410-bed not-for-profit community hospital, are facing separate lawsuits for breaching their patients’ data. Two providers, Florida Hospital, part of the Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System, and Glen Falls Hospital, a 410-bed not-for-profit community hospital, are facing…
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Feds aim to audit 5% of participants in EHR program
About one in 20 participants in the federally funded electronic health-record incentive payment program can expect to be audited for compliance with meaningful use and other program criteria, a federal official said Monday.