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05
Mar
2013
The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.The requests from the largest state … Continue reading
04
Mar
2013
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is urging the federal government to ensure that patients are matched correctly to their health information. CHIME said it agreed with ONC that, “the accurate and efficient matching of patients to their … Continue reading
04
Mar
2013
Attendees at HIMSS13 — in one way or another entrusted with the protection of their patients’ personal health information — may not be pleased to learn that they work in the most widely breached industry in the United States. “The … Continue reading
01
Mar
2013
The CMS launched the eHealth initiative this week as a central repository for information on the federal government’s digital record-keeping and electronic prescribing initiatives.The page provides a central location to search the CMS site for details of the major digital … Continue reading
28
Feb
2013
Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its February 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: February 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
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Feb
2013
What does the average American doctor think about available health information exchange technologies several years into the meaningful use program? To answer that, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT conducted surveys of providers HIE perspectives and the … Continue reading
25
Feb
2013
The sixth Global Information Security Workforce Study, conducted by (ISC)² shows that a shortage of information security professionals is having an adverse impact on healthcare and other industries, even as vulnerabilities such as mobile devices and social media are on … Continue reading
22
Feb
2013
A new report, supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, demonstrates that processing prescriptions through computerized physician order entry can cut drug errors in half, and could avoid more than 17 million adverse incidents annually. The authors of … Continue reading
21
Feb
2013
The use of health IT could not only help to improve the quality of care, but also eliminate disparities in care among communities of color, according to a new report released today at a White House Summit hosted by the … Continue reading
20
Feb
2013
Healthcare reform, accountable care organizations, readmissions and reimbursement rates are just a few of the challenges facing today’s healthcare leaders, according to a new report from ECRI Institute, a non-profit evidence-based practice center. Balancing costs and savings potential for new … Continue reading
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