Connecticut’s Hartford Hospital announced on Monday the theft of a laptop computer containing personal information of almost 10,000 patients. Officials learned on June 26th that the unencrypted laptop was stolen
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Arlington, VA-based Surescripts announced the ten states with the highest rate of electronic prescribing activity for the year 2011 this week. The U.S.’ largest network for ePrescribing ranked Minnesota, which
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To succeed, mobile medical apps will have to integrate with healthcare platforms and Electronic Medical Records software as well as engage consumers’ sense of fun. Last week’s mHealth World Congress,
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Six laptop and tablet computers were stolen from the hospice offices of Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital during a burglary in June. The hospital is conducting an internal investigation to determine
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A patient data exchange system that sometimes sends incomplete cardiology reports is being recalled by Philips Healthcare because it could lead to misdiagnosis. A healthcare facility reported to the Federal Drug
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Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is alerting patients of a possible data breach stemming from the theft of a physician’s personal laptop from a hospital office. A suspect has
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New York University Langone Medical Center has announced it is making changes to its emergency care guidelines following the sudden death by strep infection of a boy. Twelve-year old Rory
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has released a guide to assist healthcare IT departments with evaluating mobile application performance. The guide is aimed primarily at small- to
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The American Medical Association (AMA) announced yesterday that it has formed an alliance with over 60 organizations to help physicians better utilize payer-provided data reports. The AMA created the Guidelines
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Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University has announced the establishment of a multidisciplinary center focusing on population health IT. The Johns Hopkins Center for Population Health IT (CPHIT) aims to expand the
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