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Many Physician Practices Are “Ripping and Replacing” Their EHR Systems

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 So far, 2013 has been billed as the year for EHR dissatisfaction, with up to 23 percent of physician practices reporting they were trading in their current EHR system for a new brand altogether.  According to a new Black Book … Continue reading

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NIST Releases Voluntary Standards For IT Infrastructure Security

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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

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Cloud Computing In Healthcare Could Generate $11 Billion In Savings

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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

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Environmental Intelligence Releases June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

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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

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ECRI Offers Ten Ways To Cut Health IT Risks

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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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Common Hurdles To A Successful EHR Implementation

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If you were a healthcare provider and all you did was read press releases, you’d be tempted to think that transitioning to a new EHR involved little more than opening the package and plugging in the contents. Naturally, things are … Continue reading

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Best Practices On Avoiding Large OCR HIPAA Fines

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What determines the size of a penalty for HIPAA violations? The key factors are the lack of a timely risk assessment and the failure to address ongoing security issues, says Leon Rodriguez, director of the Department of Health and Human … Continue reading

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Four Key Steps When Evaluating Encryption For PHI Data Security

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Encryption is an important breach prevention tool. But to make the right decisions about how to apply encryption, healthcare organizations should take four key steps The first step is to precisely identify where all protected health information is stored. Today, … Continue reading

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How Voice Recognition May Improve Patient Engagement

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Try trotting this one out at a party: there are now more cell phones than there are toilets in the world. That’s according to a recent UN study, and while the study is actually focused on what the UN deems … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases April 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its April 2013 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: April 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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