On June 2nd, Apple Inc. announced its HealthKit platform, “a single place that applications can contribute to a composite profile of your activity and health.” Along with Samsung’s SAMI (Samsung
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In today’s landscape of medical practice changes, doctors managing private practices have many things to overcome, including the expansive changes due to Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act). Add to these
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New Jersey failed to submit a revised plan by last Thursday’s deadline for using a federal grant to help uninsured citizens receive medical coverage. The $7.6 million Affordable Care Act
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Section 179 of the IRS Tax Code allows a business to deduct the full purchase price of certain types of financed or leased equipment and software for the current tax
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AHMC Healthcare, based in Alhambra, CA, reported that the theft of two laptops has resulted in 729,000 patients’ protected health information (PHI) being compromised. This is the 11th largest HIPAA
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Almost exactly one year ago, Hurricane Sandy did major damage in our New York/New Jersey area. Whether you believe in global warming or not, no matter where your office is
One Year After Hurricane Sandy Read More »
Cogent Healthcare announced last week that a third-party vendor’s security lapse left patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI) exposed on the Internet. While no financial or Social Security Number information was
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The compliance date for ICD-10 implementation is just fourteen months away, and the new code set is inspiring negativity in some. With over five times as many codes as the
ICD-10 is Coming: Are You Ready? Read More »
With the adoption of any new technology, there will be a perfect bell curve each time. However, EMR adoption was accelerated by the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, also known as
Is It Too Late for Meaningful Use? Read More »
A recent alert from the Department of Homeland Security warns that approximately 300 medical devices from 40 different vendors contain hard-coded passwords. Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle, technical directors and
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