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10
Jul
2013
HHS has released its final plan to address patient safety issues arising from the use of health information technology. But putting in place a framework to monitor and then act on those issues remains a work in progress.One significant change, … Continue reading
09
Jul
2013
On July 18, 2013, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced the release of a new online collection of data — both quantitative and qualitative — designed to help providers, lawmakers and other stakeholders research the value of … Continue reading
08
Jul
2013
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is circulating a draft of voluntary standards it is developing for the critical infrastructure of IT security. The framework, when fully developed, will outline security functions and standards based on a risk-management … Continue reading
02
Jul
2013
Achieving Farzad Mostashari’s vision for a U.S. healthcare system where “every encounter and every patient has access to all the world’s knowledge” will require a balancing of standards and innovation and a combination of IT and process change. “We are … Continue reading
02
Jul
2013
While 90 percent of healthcare CIOs view IT innovation as critical to success, the more surprising statistic is that fewer than one-fourth consider their existing infrastructure capable of supporting such technological advancement. That’s according to a report from MeriTalk, published … Continue reading
01
Jul
2013
Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
26
Jun
2013
Despite the new instructions on breach notification in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, there’s still plenty of uncertainty about what constitutes a “compromise” of data that triggers notification, says privacy attorney Adam Greene. As a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP … Continue reading
25
Jun
2013
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for healthcare IT, asserted today there would be no extension of the deadline for switching from the ICD-9 medical coding system to ICD-10. The deadline for conversion would remain Oct. 1, 2014, Mostashari said … Continue reading
24
Jun
2013
Medicare eligible professionals (EPs) who do not demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program may be subject to a payment adjustment beginning Jan. 1, 2015. For EPs who entered the program between 2011 and 2013, this year’s … Continue reading
18
Jun
2013
ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has released a new report, Risk Managers’ 10 Strategies for Health IT Success. Click here to view report. Based on ECRI’s research and interviews with … Continue reading
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