Tag: Week
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Improved med device interoperability could save $30B in health costs
Improved medical device interoperability, combined with the adoption of commonly accepted standards for that interoperability, could save the U.S.
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House to hold hearings this week on mHealth regulations
Continuing to pressure the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on whether it intends to regulate smartphones, tablets and mHealth apps as medical devices under the Affordable Care Act, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a three-day series of hearings this week to examine how such regulations would impact patients, physicians and developers. read…
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What David Nash Said–And Why Healthcare Executives Need to Listen
It was a wonderful opportunity for Healthcare Informatics that our Assistant Editor Rajiv Leventhal was able to sit down with David Nash, M.D. during a break in the 13th Population Health Colloquium, being held this week in Philadelphia. And what Dr.
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Epic CEO: CommonWell being used as a ‘competitive weapon’
While the CEOs involved in Monday's CommonWell Health Alliance announcement–in which five electronic health record vendors agreed to work together for improved interoperability–made it clear that all EHR vendors have an open invitation to join, Epic CEO Judy Faulkner said this week that her company has not, to date, been asked to participate. read more
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HHS shouldn’t allow cuts to alter health IT safety efforts
With all of the attention the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference in New Orleans this week is receiving, did you also know that this week is Patient Safety Awareness Week? Somehow that's not getting the same fanfare in my emails or on my Twitter feed. While the two events are not connected, though, each has…