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How Health IT Can Build Patient Trust

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Medicine is a two-way street; it works best when the patient and the provider trust each other, and can work together for the best outcome. While technology can enable those outcomes, when improperly used — consider the epidemic of patient … Continue reading →

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Florida Insurer Addresses Interoperability

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Florida Blue, the Sunshine State’s largest insurer, has launched a project with data exchange platform Availity and ambulatory electronic health record vendor Greenway that will enable physicians to exchange clinical summaries with the health plan through their EHRs. The initiative … Continue reading →

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Health IT Key For Critical Patient Care Following Boston Bombing

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

As a Bostonian and an emergency physician, Jonathan Teich’s first instinct when the explosions shook the Boston Marathon on April 15 ordinarily would have been to rush to Brigham & Women’s Hospital to help treat the victims, many of whom … Continue reading →

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Best Practices For Being OCR Audit Ready

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Healthcare information security staffers rightly worry about OCR audits and want to prepare their facilities for an assessment. But how do you best measure the progress of your security program? Alain Bouit, director of IT security at Adventist Health, a … Continue reading →

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HIPAA Omnibus Rule Will Bring More Enforcement

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

The HIPAA Privacy and Security final rule — also known as the HIPAA Omnibus Rule — became effective March 26. We predict enforcers will have a heyday with expanded ability to crack down on providers and their business associates. The … Continue reading →

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Organizations Develop Health IT Privacy Framework

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

A consortium of privacy supporting organizations and individuals, the Texas-based Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, Microsoft Corp. and consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers have developed what they’re calling a “trust framework” for health information technology systems.The 13-page framework consists of about 75 criteria based … Continue reading →

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Incorporating Images Key To HIE Sustainability

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Health information exchanges (HIEs) today are focusing on gathering and making “basic” information accessible at the point of care. Although access to textual data such as lab results and discharge summaries is of tremendous value to industry stakeholders, that alone … Continue reading →

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Environmental Intelligence Releases March 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

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

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Senators Reintroduce Telemedicine Bill

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) have re-introduced the Fostering Independence Through Technology Act—legislation designed to help lower the hospital readmissions rate in rural and underserved communities.Under the proposed bill, the HHS secretary would create pilot projects to … Continue reading →

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EHR Installation Does Not Equal Effective Implementation

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

When it comes to your organization successfully adopting electronic health records, it’s not just a matter of “going live” with the technology, says Don Harrison, co-leader of the Sunday workshop titled “Solving the Healthcare IT Adoption Dilemma,” at the 2013 … Continue reading →

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