The non-partisan and non-profit Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) is amassing billions of medical claims into a database to facilitate research into healthcare costs. Aetna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare have all
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to approve a plan this week to dedicate some of the available bandwidth to wireless healthcare monitoring devices. The government agency will consider the
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A report by the Department of Homeland Security states that the healthcare industry’s increasing adoption of mobile technology can pose risks to health data. The report, titled “Attack Surface: Healthcare
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Health Level Seven International (HL7), a non-profit standards development organization, is encouraging clinician healthcare providers to participate in developing standards for Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. The ANSI-accredited global authority
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A new report from healthcare market research and advisory firm Manhattan Research indicates that physician use of tablet computers has almost doubled since 2011. The annual “Taking the Pulse” study
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The American Medical Association has sent a letter to acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Marilyn B. Tavenner requesting a further extension to the compliance deadline for
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Software-as-a-service Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems are generating more interest from healthcare providers, according to a report from KLAS. Better security for cloud-based data storage and decreasing prices were cited
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday published the names and business addresses and phone numbers of Medicare providers who have demonstrated meaningful use of an Electronic
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The College of Healthcare Information Management (CHIME) submitted its comments on the proposed one-year delay on ICD-10 implementation, calling it an appropriate middle ground but recommending against more delays or uncertainties. The
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the launch of its new Health IT Dashboard this week. The dashboard, accessible at http://dashboard.healthit.gov, was created
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