The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Veteran Affairs announced a demonstration of the standards for securely and responsibly sharing protected health information (PHI). Â Using standards
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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. Â 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. Â The attack resulted in garbled words, blurry headlines, and
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The University of Miami Hospital (UMH) has disclosed that two employees were accessing patients’ personal information inappropriately and may have sold it to a third party. Â According to officials at
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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. Â The Committee on
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A recent survey found that 96 percent of medical practices are concerned about the potential impact of the transition to ICD-10, now scheduled for October 1, 2014. Â At the same
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A new survey from Medscape shows that 82 percent of physicians are using an Electronic Health Records system currently or in the process of implementing one. Â More than 21,000 healthcare
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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. Â 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. Â OnPoint-30, the Web-based interactive metric from data analytics
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a one-year delay to the compliance date for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Â The new code sets, used to classify
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