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EHR association establishes delivery reform workgroup
The workgroup will explore health IT innovations that will help healthcare players adopt value-based reimbursement.
By Anne Zieger • March 12, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How an EHR failure could happen to you
Two recent outages suggest system failures are more common than expected.
By Heather Caspi • March 12, 2015 -
Trendline
Artificial intelligence
Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.
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Iowa abortion case could impact telemedicine
Some experts say the ruling could set a precedent for how much authority state medical boards can exercise over the regulation of telemedicine.
By Katie Bo Williams • March 12, 2015 -
Hospital refutes claims that ED shut down after EHR outage
Antelope Valley Hospital claims the allegations reported by the California Nurses Association are false.
By Julie Henry • March 11, 2015 -
Mental health professionals push for EHR incentives
Privacy and efficacy concerns have kept bills extending MU incentives to mental health providers in committee.
By Julie Henry • March 11, 2015 -
NY law to make e-prescribing of controlled substances mandatory
The new law takes effect March 27.
March 10, 2015 -
Hackers exploit Ascension hospital in latest cyberattack
The cybercriminals used employee e-mail accounts to obtain patient data.
By Julie Henry • March 10, 2015 -
Apple develops software to conduct remote research studies
Some industry experts have raised consumer privacy concerns.
By Julie Henry • March 10, 2015 -
Sponsored by Doc Halo
Defining the mobile health platform
As more functionality is added to mobile phones, they are increasingly becoming a hub for patient data.
March 10, 2015 -
Epic president in favor of nationwide record locator service
Epic president Carl Dvorak's announcement at an ONC advisory committee meeting last week surprised some—but not all.
March 9, 2015 -
CA hospital experiences EHR failure
The hospital's nurses have asked the public health department to investigate.
By Katie Bo Williams , Julie Henry • March 9, 2015 -
Has the AMA lost its mojo?
The group spent more than $19 million in 2014 lobbying Congress to rein in the feds on health IT. But did it work?
March 9, 2015 -
Anthem refuses cyber vulnerability scans
Anthem has refused the OIG's voluntary security assessment for the second time since 2013.
By Heather Caspi • March 6, 2015 -
Deep Dive
3 big data initiatives that are targeting the measles outbreak
Healthcare Dive looks into some very cool big data projects on epidemic simulation and disease surveillance and notification.
By Heather Caspi • March 5, 2015 -
Study: Med students don't know where to find informatics training
Students are highly interested in clinical informatics but less than a third know where to find training programs.
March 5, 2015 -
Should HIPAA require encryption of medical data?
And if so, what can be done to ensure parity across state lines?
March 5, 2015 -
New UnitedHealthcare app to pay for healthy living
The tool is partially intended to introduce members to UnitedHealthcare's pricing and mobile payment app.
By Katie Bo Williams • March 5, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Why Jonathan Bush thinks big vendors like Epic, Cerner will 'collapse'
The CEO of one of healthcare's most interesting companies deconstructs the competitive EHR marketplace for Healthcare Dive.
By Katie Bo Williams • March 4, 2015 -
VA misappropriated $92.5M for claims processing IT
Agency managers violated appropriations law to fund development of its claims processing system.
March 4, 2015 -
Study: Data doesn't show that HIEs benefit patients
The research review concludes that few studies show strong, internally-valid evidence of HIE benefits.
March 4, 2015 -
Rideout Memorial stung by EHR outage
The hospital said the outage had little effect on patient care, but some patients dispute that claim.
March 4, 2015 -
Survey: HHS regs overwhelming health IT pros
Almost all of the health IT pros surveyed said that mandates like ICD-10 and MU are negatively impacting HIT decision-making.
March 2, 2015 -
Ambulatory surgical centers may be exempted from Meaningful Use
...at least until standards for EHR certification are developed.
By Julie Henry • March 2, 2015 -
Net neutrality decision divides healthcare industry
Internet service providers can no longer base access on ability to pay higher premiums. Not everyone agrees this is a good thing for healthcare.
By Julie Henry • March 2, 2015