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Mostashari asserts no more ICD-10 delays
June 17, 2013 |
Diana Manos

The national coordinator, speaking at HIMSS ICD-10 Forum, said that because "there's a lot of money to be made in helping doctors get ready" for the new code sets, expressed faith that the free market will offer solutions and services to make the transition easier.
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Big Data to put immense IT demands on ACOs and HIEs
June 17, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

The future of healthcare depends on data and the technologies to make use of it, experts said at the Government Health IT Conference last week. And while it won't happen overnight, a fistful of current trends are driving the industry in that direction.
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AMA hands out 11 innovation awards
June 17, 2013 |
Mike Miliard

The American Medical Association will provide $1 million to each school over five years to fund the educational innovations each institution proposed.
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MHS, Navy CIOs open up about iEHR
June 14, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Facing ongoing and intense public scrutiny about its joint iEHR with the VA, more recent decisions to evaluate commercial options, and perceived absence from similar projects, such as Healtheway, OSEHRA and VLER, the top tech officials discuss challenges of balancing legacy systems with modernization.
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NSTIC: Making a case for Trusted IDs and HIE
June 12, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Declaring the dynamic duo of username and password to be broken, James Sheire of National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace explains how the a trusted ID ecosystem could enable HIE while making patient data more secure.
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VA CIO shares forthcoming open source contributions
June 12, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Acting CIO Stephen Warren discussed the "tremendous value" that engaging the opens source community has for the VA, and what it plans to give back in the near future.
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Glaser: Healthcare is amid fifth IT revolution
June 12, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

The wave of connected microprocessors cresting in many industries is among the factors changing healthcare. John Glaser envisions an industry that looks different from the way it does today.
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Harry Greenspun's 4 forces driving personal mHealth
June 11, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

And 3 unanswered questions about the mHealth market, what works, what does not, and why the real interoperability challenge is still ahead of us.
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Fridsma: Create standards with eye on future
June 11, 2013 |
Anthony Brino

The ONC's director of the Office of Science and Technology told the Government Health IT Conference to consider how technical standards can help solve future healthcare challenges, such as boosting EHR use in clinical research.
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EHR Association puts forth vendor Code of Conduct
June 11, 2013 |
Bernie Monegain

Already drawing praise, the EHRA's Developer Code of Conduct is now up to individual companies to adopt.
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HIMSS to unveil HIT value model
June 11, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

At the Government Health IT Conference, executive vice president Carla Smith foretells a new offering HIMSS plans to launch next month that measures the ROI of health IT investments, considering more components than just the financial.
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Q&A: John Glaser's 4 facets of patient engagement
June 10, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Previewing his session at the Government Health IT Conference, Tuesday and Wednesday, Siemens Health Services CEO John Glaser discusses IT ramifications in the era of accountability, patient engagement, and what he learned in a clinical trial.
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Are You Truly ACA Compliant? Incorporating the Correct Public Records Data Into Your Workflow
April 12, 2013 | On Demand Webinars
In this one hour webinar, Thomson Reuters and Verisys will outline several key areas of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and screening requirements. An overview of available public records data as well as strengths and weaknesses of various datasets will be discussed. We invite an open discussion to elaborate on the efficiencies that can be seen when the correct data is applied to the compliance workflow.
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Transforming Health Care Information Management with Data Capture Technologies
April 3, 2013 | On Demand Webinars
Designed for IT professionals, developers, and integrators creating and customizing healthcare systems and software, ABBYY experts will demonstrate how the newest data capture technologies can streamline information management in healthcare systems. We will demonstrate real world examples of how the latest technologies are used by current solution providers, and show how ABBYY technologies can be used to extract locked information from medical documentation. A pre-sales engineer will be available during this webinar to answer any questions regarding integrating these capabilities.
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Accelerate Healthcare Reform with Information Technology
January 17, 2013 | White Papers
The current agenda is clear: wherever possible, reduce costs and improve quality-of-care services. These directives are in perfect alignment with the role of virtual and cloud computing infrastructure technologies, which help to lower costs and increase clinician productivity while future-proofing IT investments. As healthcare reform deadlines rapidly approach, choosing the right information technology (IT) platform will be critical to the success or failure of new services and exchanges. It will determine the ease or di!culty of updating existing applications and managing new ones. It will also serve as a foundation to help ensure that all healthcare services are secure, accessible and easy enough for citizens to access and use.
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Your Cloud in Healthcare - How to Use the Cloud to Achieve Greater Business Agility
January 17, 2013 | White Papers
The healthcare sector is adopting enterprise hybrid cloud across the provider, payer, and life sciences segments with the goal of improving the quality of care, reducing costs, and increasing responsiveness to risk. This industry brief goes over some results of the CIO Global Cloud Computing Adoption Study, a recent survey by IDG Research, and outlines the common hybrid cloud use cases for healthcare organizations. It also details a real-world example of how cloud computing is being used to achieve greater business agility.
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Palomar Health Choses EXTENSION's Alert Management Software Solution
January 2, 2013 | White Papers
Watch this informative video to learn why Palomar Health - the largest health district in the state of California - chose EXTENSION's healthcare alert management software to connect its nurse call system with the existing EHR and Cisco phones and the impact it has made on care team communication and patient experiences.
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Beyond the EHR: Seamlessly Connecting Nurses and Physicians Using an EHR-Extender (EHR-e)
January 2, 2013 | White Papers
This white paper focuses on how an EHR-Extender (EHR-e) can help hospitals leverage data trapped in the EHR and other clinical systems to establish better care team communication. The result of contextual critical alerts and texts are improved communication and enhanced workflows which makes patients, healthcare staff, administration, and regulators happy.
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New World Order: Effectively Securing Healthcare Data Through Secure Information Exchanges
December 12, 2012 | White Papers
Healthcare is dominated by the need for the sharing of detailed patient information as a result of today's information age. But it's also the focal point of the debate of how information is shared versus protecting the need for privacy, security and confidentiality. Data protection is paramount in today’s virtual environment and implementing a Secure Information Exchange (SIE) now will help organizations save both themselves and their patients down the road.
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Sizing Up Your Cloud Options - Is Now the Time?
November 7, 2012 | White Papers
A recent survey of IT executives found nearly 90% see business value in transitioning to Cloud computing, but only 20% have a plan to get there. Healthcare Cloud solutions require Compliance, Security, Privacy, Redundancy, and Scalability, so choosing the right path from on-premises servers to the Cloud can be daunting. Learn how to chart a quick and affordable course to healthcare Cloud Computing and how to choose the right Cloud services partner.
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QualSight LASIK Achieves HIPAA Compliance After Attempted Hack
November 7, 2012 | White Papers
In January 2010, QualSight - the nation’s largest LASIK manager serving over 75 million health plan members - was informed that a hack attempt had been made against their infrastructure. They were concerned that a repeat occurrence could take place and wanted to take a pro-active role in eliminating any future occurrence. QualSight began searching for a better solution for its secure Web hosting and online data storage. The company had stringent requirements for both HIPAA and PCI compliance, and could not find a hosting provider with a fully managed solution that took into account both of those high industry standards, while also providing top performance. Download this case study to find out how QualSight finally found a solution that offered complete HIPAA compliancy.
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HIPAA Compliant Hosting
September 25, 2012 | White Papers
Healthcare providers must assure patients the utmost security, confidentiality, and integrity of sensitive information. This means maintaining total HIPAA compliance within their organization, including healthcare IT infrastructure. This white paper elucidates HIPAA compliant IT infrastructure, from physical and environmental controls, to appropriate guidelines between a Covered Entity and data center provider when outsourcing. It also helps clarify key points including service provider qualifications, and why Business Associate Agreements are integral for establishing accountability with partners.
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The Need for Data Loss Prevention Now
September 25, 2012 | White Papers
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is powerful technology that can be use to plug the wholes in the data leakage dam affecting organizations worldwide. In the healthcare industry the consequences of leakage are particularly dire. This white paper offers an indtroduction to the topic of DLP, which is one of the most important and powerful tools in the information security industry.
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Case Study: Blood Systems Expands Remote Access Connectivity to Prepare for Disaster
September 9, 2012 | White Papers
For more than 60 years, Blood Systems has been offering its life-giving services throughout the Western U.S. Blood Systems wanted to optimize its network for business value, migrating to the latest WAN services. Read this white paper to learn how Blood Systems increased flexibility and now support business continuity requirements so the nation’s blood supply wouldn’t be interrupted in the face of a natural disaster or pandemic.
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Will the data tsunami turn into a windfall for patients?
June 14, 2013 |
David Lareau

Headlines are filled with reports of big data projects. But the one thing we really need to keep in mind is digestibility of all that information.
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What to expect from EHR vendors during the ICD-10 transition
June 13, 2013 |
Carl Natale

Unfortunately, healthcare providers will not be able to buy or upgrade an electronic health record (EHR) system and call themselves ICD-10 compliant.
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Tagalicod: New world is in sight
June 12, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Rob Tagalicod shared CMS visions for the future of e-Health with conference attendees, as well as the current mega-trends to support those.
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HIMSS touts Innovation Center
June 11, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Calling it a physical destination for testing interoperability, HIMSS executive vice president Carla Smith
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 7, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

This Week in Government Health IT ... A look ahead to next week's conference, MU payments continue surge, athenahealth's bold ICD-10 promise, and 3 pillars of population health.
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Why vendors should participate in HIT rule making
June 5, 2013 |
Kat McDavitt

ONC has made it easy for stakeholders of all stripes to keep up on the process, rather than being completely blindsided by new regulations.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 30, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

This Week in Government Health IT ... DoD's VLER and HIE challenges ahead, how iEHR is like eating an elephant, and feds on the hunt for public feedback.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 24, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

This Week in Government Health IT: EHRs under fire once again, data breaches, and Mostashari spotlights the Beacon Communities.
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Welcome to Future Care
May 21, 2013 |
Benjamin Harris

Future Care, a new HIMSS media site, will be a reservoir of news and analysis – all centered on the future of our healthcare landscape.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 17, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

EHR, OMB, Cloud-First and FDCCI all under the gun ... This week in Government Health IT.
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HIMSS Media launches Future Care to highlight new models
May 16, 2013 |
Benjamin Harris

Because the "future of care will call us to convene differently" the new site will focus on analytics, cognitive support, and coordination of care.
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On EHR data integrity: A patient's perspective
May 14, 2013 |
Deborah Kohn

The time has come to tackle integrity of health information, not just the technical and operational mechanisms for the sending and receiving it, particularly as EHR kinks get ironed out both among internal users and the patients they serve.
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