Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is trying to make up for the exposure of more than 2,000 patients’ personal information that was hacked from a hospital computer. The hospital told reporters that a computer repair vendor, who remains unnamed, failed to restore the computer’s security...
Read More →A new federally mandated medical coding system designed to better track diagnoses and treatments is requiring a massive overhaul of healthcare IT systems that some say will be nearly impossible to complete on time. Medical providers and insurance payers must move from the current ICD-9 coding system...
Read More →The health care reform law is more than a year old now. What do you see happening next with reform? “The price of health care is two or three times the general inflation rate, and as a population, we can’t keep going that way. Both political parties say it’s unsustainable — everybody agrees ...
Read More →Dr. Neil Calman wrapped up Tuesday’s InformationWeek Healthcare IT Leadership Forum in New York City with a few predictions, including one portending radical change in people’s access to their health records. He started with the big picture. “If there’s one thing that’s go...
Read More →By Arthur L. Caplan and Donald W. Simborg President Obama’s efforts to extend health insurance to all Americans have been widely criticized for failing to address rising costs. How can the country afford expanded coverage without reducing costs? The president and his supporters frequently note...
Read More →The healthcare IT sector is on a roll but the market’s fast demand and growth is hindered by a lack of talent skilled with both clinical and IT know-how, note industry players, who add that clinical analysis, interface management and electronic medical records are some of the most sought-after...
Read More →As the health care industry strives to reduce costs and boost efficiency, one thing is certain: Paper-based systems and records soon will go the way of iron lungs and leech therapy. And some of the biggest stock winners in that paradigm shift will be companies that specialize in health care info...
Read More →The NHS needs to improve the way it utilises health information technology, to improve service levels for end users, one intelligence firm has claimed. John Backhouse, regional programme director for healthcare at independent analyst Information Builders, commented that from a public perspective...
Read More →As policy makers try to jumpstart health information technology in small physician practices, lessons from independent practice associations—networks of small medical practices—can offer guidance in overcoming barriers to HIT adoption and use, according to a new study by the Center for Study...
Read More →At the end of this year, Google Health will flatline. The service couldn’t encourage many people to import or analyze their health data, and experts say its untimely death is, in many ways, an extension of U.S. health-care providers’ failure to share data across institutions, or make it ...
Read More →In a recent keynote address at a UNCG-hosted conference, an official from the U.S. Health Information Technology Research Center noted there are 30,000 healthcare organizations in the U.S. planning or implementing a move to Electronic Health Record technology over the near term. And having the r...
Read More →Accenture and Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) Holdings have launched a national EHR system. The first phase of the national EHR implementation will provide a single health record for healthcare professionals across the continuum. As patients visit primary care clinics, acute and community...
Read More →Healthcare information technology (HIT) is already creating new opportunities for revolutionary change. But several pivotal decisions lie ahead with respect to HIT and healthcare information exchange. Many critical issues facing healthcare leaders will be examined in the inaugural Healthcare IT Semi...
Read More →As part of the national healthcare reform mandate, accountable care organizations are slated to roll out next year. And though the proposed rules have yet to be finalized, nurses are trying to understand, and assert, their roles within these new entities. Accountable Care Organizations in princip...
Read More →The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA) is pleased that the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking isn’t overly prescriptive as to how entities must use health information technology. However, the organization wants the final rule to explicitly promote ...
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