Tag: informatics
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mHealth could save EU nearly €100 billion in healthcare costs by 2017
Over the next four years, the European Union could realize cost savings of almost €100 billion and add €93 billion in gross domestic product by embracing mobile health solutions, based on… read more …read more Source: mHealth could save EU nearly €100 billion in healthcare costs by 2017
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Legacy Health Achieves Stage 7 Recognition
Six Legacy Health hospitals and their ambulatory clinics, located in Portland, Ore. and Vancouver, Wash., have been recognized by the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for reaching HIMSS Analytics Stage 7, the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, the model used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health…
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Poor uptake by healthcare workers in mHealth pilot program
A pilot study of an app for mobile healthcare workers in a rural South African multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment program has valuable lessons for scaling new mHealth initiatives in… read more …read more Source: Poor uptake by healthcare workers in mHealth pilot program
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HIPAA Compliance Matrix published by Pega Cloud Prior to Year End Deadline
Pegasystems has announced that its Pega Cloud® offerings have successfully completed an independent verification of controls by an Independent independent verification of controls by a renowned Independent Audit firm, confirming that Pega has the information security, compliance and confidentiality procedures and controls to address HIPAA regulatory concerns. The resulting HIPAA Compliance Matrix can be used…
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KLAS report says top EHR developers give strong support
The usability of electronic health-record systems varies widely, and developers of EHRs that do a lot of handholding after the sale score highest on usability ratings, according to a report by health information technology market researcher KLAS… …read more Source: KLAS report says top EHR developers give strong support
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Kaiser Permanente launches open API for health app development
Oakland, CA based Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health plans, has released an open application programming interface (API) that will allow developers to… read more …read more Source: Kaiser Permanente launches open API for health app development
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EHR and HIT News for June 10th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes customer acquisition news from Mountain Medical Technologies, who has announced the Black Canyon Surgical Center as a customer, as well as news from iSALUS Healthcare on their new Vice President of Client Engagement. Black Canyon Surgical Center Goes Paperless with Cyramed ASC EHR System Mountain Medical Technologies has announced…
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Apple tightens acceptance of drug guides for App Store
As part of stricter enforcement of developer policies for its App Store, Apple has been rejecting medical and health apps that provide information about prescription and over-the-counter medications,… read more …read more Source: Apple tightens acceptance of drug guides for App Store
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Faulty computer system forces emergency operators to use pen-and-paper to relay 911 orders
For emergency operators in New York City, it was back to basics with paper and pencil when a computer system that relays messages to dispatchers–who then send out police, fire and emergency… read more …read more Source: Faulty computer system forces emergency operators to use pen-and-paper to relay 911 orders
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The importance of health IT adoption–from a parent’s perspective
Patient access and engagement have been on my brain of late. Sure, that has a lot to do with the fact I attended both Health Datapalooza and the Health Privacy Summit last week in Washington,… read more …read more Source: The importance of health IT adoption–from a parent's perspective