The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is planning to assist small- and medium-sized medical practices in securing their mobile devices. The new project aims to educate
Mobile Security Outreach from ONC Read More »
Last week, New York state legislators voted unanimously to require drug prescriptions to be issued electronically within three years. Included in the legislation is the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing
New York to Require Electronic Prescriptions Read More »
A Wall Street Journal article reports that a recent wave of hospital mergers may lead to challenges when different systems, terminologies, and documentation methods are already in place. In particular, facilities
EHR Use Complicated by Hospital Mergers Read More »
San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies and California’s Palomar Health have teamed up to open up clinical data access to providers through a mobile platform. Palomar Health, comprising two hospitals and clinics
Mobile Platform for Clinical Data Read More »
Last week, the Premier healthcare alliance unveiled the world’s largest virtual healthcare community to help over 100,000 providers share patient outcome data and best practices. The new network will integrate
PremierConnect Virtual Community Launched Read More »
Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) issued a white paper at the end of May proposing an indefinite delay for the transition to ICD-10. The contentious switch to the new code
Senator Calls for Indefinite ICD-10 Delay Read More »
A study published by PriceWaterhouseCoopers finds greater adoption of telehealth by developing countries, driven by empowered patients. However, a reluctance to adapt on the part of physicians, along with regulatory
mHealth Adopted More by Developing Nations Read More »
A Boston Consulting Group study found that the United States ranked behind eight other industrialized nations in value-based healthcare adoption. The global management consulting firm assessed the progress of twelve
Report: U.S. Near Last in Value-Based Healthcare Read More »
A recent study commissioned by Canada Health Infoway found that primary care practices utilizing Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems were quicker to identify patients in need of preventative or follow-up
EMRs Speed Care Need Identification Read More »
Howard University Hospital has experienced two data breaches this year, one involving a stolen laptop and the other the sale of patients’ private information. Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, Medicare
Data Breaches at Howard University Hospital Read More »
