Health IT: Page 168
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Feds investigate embarrassing HIPAA breach in Cincinnati
A patient with an STD ended up the target of a malicious Facebook post that will likely have serious consequences for the hospital.
By Anne Zieger • June 25, 2014 -
Researchers seeing early success with health tracking devices
Products studied include fitness trackers like Fitbit and other tech such as devices monitoring a child's body temperature.
By Anne Zieger • June 25, 2014 -
Trendline
Telehealth
Virtual visits remain significantly elevated compared to pre-COVID-19 levels, as patients report high satisfaction with digitally delivered care.
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New app gives hospitals instant access to pricing info
Premier Inc.'s mobile tool aggregates huge amounts of data, and gives its members access to real-time pricing information.
By Judy Packer-Tursman • June 25, 2014 -
House panel wants to put information in consumer hands
Advancing digital and personalized care means proper, but not stifling, regulatory controls.
By Judy Packer-Tursman • June 25, 2014 -
Meaningful Use shifts are long overdue
ONC is retooling how it judges the EMR adoption process, and it's about time. The agency needs to focus on quality, rather than demand documentation.
By Anne Zieger • June 24, 2014 -
Healthcare cyberattacks rising dramatically
Experts say that it's critical that healthcare employees understand why cybersecurity efforts are necessary.
By Anne Zieger • June 23, 2014 -
Congressman proposes meaningful use improvements
U.S. Rep. Tom Price, MD argues that the program is forcing providers into an awkward adoption of EMRs, and offers a three-point solution.
By Anne Zieger • June 23, 2014 -
Patients more honest with virtual doctors
Study participants disclosed information more honestly and openly when speaking privately with a "virtual human."
By Anne Zieger • June 23, 2014 -
Athenahealth's EHR dominates Stage 2 attestation
Of the 500 eligible providers who have attested for Stage 2, over 50% use athenahealth's EMR athenaClinicals.
By Katie Bo Williams • June 20, 2014 -
Telemedicine groups keep the pressure on
Telehealth is held back by payer reimbursement policies and dated licensing policies, but if increased pressure on Congress works, there could be dramatic changes.
By Anne Zieger • June 20, 2014 -
AHA pushes regulators to expand certified EMR choices
The organization argues that if providers don't get more flexibility in EMR adoption, many are likely to abandon the Meaningful Use program.
By Anne Zieger • June 20, 2014 -
'A Tale of Two Cities': Where hospitals are investing capital
A new survey shows stark differences between what ailing and prospering hospitals prioritize. Hint: Coding and collections are big ones.
By Judy Packer-Tursman • June 20, 2014 -
House committee explores barriers to health IT adoption
A new white paper looks at the potential for data analytics and mobile medical apps — and asks hard questions about data security and patient privacy.
By Anne Zieger • June 19, 2014 -
Former ONC chief launches well-funded ACO startup
Aledade will help independent physicians form and join accountable care organizations, but are they cutting themselves out of a large part of the market?
By Katie Bo Williams • June 18, 2014 -
Group seeks action against EMR vendors that aren't interoperable
Vendors argue that critics of their data-sharing capabilities are off-base, but the coalition estimates that $24B has been paid over the last three years to users of systems that can't share data easily.
By Anne Zieger • June 18, 2014 -
FDA will not regulate Apple HealthKit — and others
Not only will the FDA not regulate these apps as medical devices, they aren't covered by HIPAA either. Does this create liabilities for hospitals?
By Katie Bo Williams • June 17, 2014 -
10% of US residents impacted by large health data breaches
HHS has received 1,026 reports of breaches involving 500 or more individuals since 2009 — and the majority of HIPAA cases in that time have closed with corrective action.
By Anne Zieger • June 17, 2014 -
Hospitals growing to accept the cloud
The exchange of patient data and disaster recovery support were some of the top reasons for current and planned cloud use — but security concerns are ongoing.
By Anne Zieger • June 17, 2014 -
EHR certification may get a management overhaul
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is considering reevaluating its EMR certification process using the Japanese management technique known as Kaizen.
By Anne Zieger • June 16, 2014 -
Consumer adoption of wearables still slow
Despite industry interest, biosensing wearables haven't caught on in the mainstream yet. Will companies like Apple and Google integrating them with established healthcare services change that?
By Anne Zieger • June 16, 2014 -
Putting the clinic in 'Silicon Valley' can improve care
Medical campuses in innovation districts allow providers to better train and supervise nonclinical staff members in IT techniques.
By Anne Zieger • June 13, 2014 -
Healthcare providers use EMRs differently
The study found that healthcare providers developed personal approaches to how they used EMR systems, including how often they updated lists of patients' problems and when they responded to clinical decision support alerts.
By Anne Zieger • June 13, 2014 -
AMA telemedicine policy puts emphasis on in-person visits
The model policy is cautious in tone, calling for a "valid patient-physician relationship" in advance of any treatment via telemedicine.
By Katie Bo Williams • June 12, 2014 -
Kaiser Permanente uses big data to help infants
Kaiser's research division collects data sets on each infant born in the northern California region, along with data on babies admitted to ICUs — and has used the information to determine the risk of sepsis in preterm and newborn babies.
By Anne Zieger • June 12, 2014 -
IBM, Epic come together to bid on huge DoD contract
The partnership brings together one of the leading EMR vendors in the U.S. with a global systems powerhouse. What are the chances they will be awarded the contract?
By Anne Zieger • June 12, 2014
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