The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced it will collect $1.5 million from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary to settle HIPAA violation allegations. The HHS’ Office
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced last week that a medical student lost a flash drive on an employee shuttle bus in July. This marks the second
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A recent survey found that almost one-third of Americans have either experienced a medical error themselves or had a friend or relative experience one. The survey by global healthcare information
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Allscripts announced this week its new collaboration with telehealth provider American Well to facilitate remote patient care with Electronic Health Records system integration. The new solution, expected to be available
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