A Boston Consulting Group study found that the United States ranked behind eight other industrialized nations in value-based healthcare adoption. The global management consulting firm assessed the progress of twelve
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A recent study commissioned by Canada Health Infoway found that primary care practices utilizing Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems were quicker to identify patients in need of preventative or follow-up
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Howard University Hospital has experienced two data breaches this year, one involving a stolen laptop and the other the sale of patients’ private information. Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, Medicare
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett announced in May that the state’s Medical Assistance program would more fully embrace telemedicine by expanding coverage for it. The expansion is expected to help more
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A survey by University of Pennsylvania researchers found that Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems improve patient safety and quality of care. The study publicized and partly funded by the federal
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A new report by IDC Health Insights suggests that Electronic Health Records (EHR) adoption by American healthcare providers and small practices will reach 80 percent by the year 2016. Meaningful
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A recent report from Surescripts notes that, in 2011, 36% of all prescriptions in the U.S. were submitted electronically, an increase of 22% over the year 2010. The electronic prescribing
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The GSMA yesterday announced the joint team of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brazil’s Federal University of Rio Grade Do Norte as the winner of its inaugural Mobile
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South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, MA has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges related to a data breach that occurred in 2010. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office announced
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Last Wednesday, researchers at George Washington University’s Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program launched a new Web site to clarify health information laws at the federal and state levels. The
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