A new Twitter app called MappyHealth has been developed to track diseases and can be used to identify health issues and possible outbreaks in a community. Developed in response to
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In August, hackers corrupted the Web portal for Utah’s health insurance exchange and rendered the site inoperable for about ten days. The attack resulted in garbled words, blurry headlines, and
Utah Health Exchange “Corrupted” Read More »
The University of Miami Hospital (UMH) has disclosed that two employees were accessing patients’ personal information inappropriately and may have sold it to a third party. According to officials at
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A report from the Institute of Medicine suggests that science and technology could help to increase quality and efficiency and reduce costs in the U.S. healthcare system. The Committee on
Technology May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered Read More »
A recent survey found that 96 percent of medical practices are concerned about the potential impact of the transition to ICD-10, now scheduled for October 1, 2014. At the same
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A new survey from Medscape shows that 82 percent of physicians are using an Electronic Health Records system currently or in the process of implementing one. More than 21,000 healthcare
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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has been authorized to certify Electronic Health Records software through the permanent certification program. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health
CCHIT Named A Permanent Certification Body Read More »
The American Health Care Association has announced its plan to implement technology to add a hospitalization metric into its National Quality Initiative. OnPoint-30, the Web-based interactive metric from data analytics
AHCA to Reduce Readmissions by 15% Read More »
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a one-year delay to the compliance date for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. The new code sets, used to classify
ICD-10 Compliance Delayed One Year Read More »
A former employee at Florida Hospital Celebration Health has been arrested by the FBI and charged with accessing over 760,000 patient records and selling some for profit. After a ten-month
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