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Glaser: Healthcare is amid fifth IT revolution

 Tom Sullivan June 12, 2013
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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ICD-10 Testing: What healthcare providers need to know

 Carl Natale June 05, 2013
Testing is going to make or break your ICD-10 transition. That is when you will find out if your project plan is working correctly.
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Survey: Local, state gov CIOs underprepared for attacks

 Anthony Brino April 30, 2013
Just over half of local and state government CIOs polled in a recent survey say they feel prepared to prevent and deal with cyber-attacks, as the complexity, size and interconnectivity of government IT continues to grow.
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Q&A: On health data 'we can't dream big enough'

 Tom Sullivan March 25, 2013
Pulse8 CEO John Criswell sees plenty of opportunity to harness the information that HIXs and HIEs will have as a means for both bending the cost curve and bettering care quality.
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House kicks off mHealth hearings

 Diana Manos March 19, 2013
Over 3 days, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hear from witnesses about how to balance between innovation and regulation.
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Commentary: Building a technology bridge to accountable care

 Charles Kennedy, MD March 18, 2013
Charles Kennedy, MD, CEO of accountable care solutions at Aetna, explains the promise of data analytics in the ACO model, and offers 3 key areas for focusing on population health management.
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Ahead of March sequestration, a new Simpson and Bowles proposal

 Anthony Brino February 19, 2013
While the President and Congress look for deficit reduction paths and healthcare organizations brace for Medicare changes, the duo from the Fiscal Commission is renewing its plans for spending cuts ($600 billion in healthcare) and new tax revenue.
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4 risk factors to understand since HIPAA final rule on privacy and security

 Doug Pollack, CIPP February 06, 2013
By removing the harm threshold, the omnibus HIPAA final rule on privacy and security means that healthcare organizations have to determine the probability that PHI has been compromised, based on these factors.
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4 risk factors to understand since HIPAA final rule on privacy and security

 Mahmood Sher-Jan, CHPC February 06, 2013
By removing the harm threshold, the omnibus HIPAA final rule on privacy and security means that healthcare organizations have to determine the probability that PHI has been compromised, based on these factors.
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ONC sees e-health as foundation for engagement

 Anthony Brino February 05, 2013
ONC officials say supporting consumer e-health technologies like patient portals and mobile apps is a key part of the patient engagement movement.
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UnitedHealth outlines benefits of risk modeling in Medicare, Medicaid

 Anthony Brino January 15, 2013
Amid many other ideas for modernizing Medicare and Medicaid, UnitedHealth Group argues that predictive modeling software can offer solutions to both fraud and healthcare fragmentation.
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Are providers ripe for a massive medical records heist?

 Tom Sullivan January 14, 2013
Stolen health records are worth five orders of magnitude more than financial ones -- and as mobile devices, electronic information exchange, and healthcare cloud repositories proliferate across an industry lagging in encryption practices, those health records might become more alluring to organized criminals.
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CMS offers respite for HIPAA transaction standards

 Anthony Brino January 09, 2013
A key part of health reform's administrative simplification goals, rules for claims, eligibility and transaction standards won't be enforced until March 31. Health plans are also preparing for new identification standards.
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Hospital groups unhappy with fiscal cliff legislation

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org January 02, 2013
Hospitals would pick up nearly half the cost of stopping a 26.5 percent payment cut for Medicare physicians.
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Overbearing U.S. legal system stifling health innovation, Shapiro says

 Eric Wicklund December 05, 2012
Gary Shapiro, CEO of Consumer Electronics Association, said that 'growth comes from innovation' and the American government must adapt its legal system to support that.
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The co-evolution of Internet retail and HIXs

 Anthony Brino December 03, 2012
Millions of American consumers flocked to internet retail in the 2000s, as cloud services grew and web design blossomed. By the time the ACA was passed, a first generation of online HIXs had laid the IT groundwork.
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3 ingredients of successful risk assessment

 Rick Kam November 27, 2012
No two are alike, but the recipe for conducting a risk assessment includes these key pieces. And it can be done for as little as 1 percent of what a data breach might cost.
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3 ingredients of successful risk assessment

 Mahmood Sher-Jan, CHPC November 27, 2012
No two are alike, but the recipe for conducting a risk assessment includes these key pieces. And it can be done for as little as 1 percent of what a data breach might cost.
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Michigan Business And Professional Association Encourages State House To Move Quickly To Approve Funding For Michigan-Based Health Insurance Exchange

 Industry News Release November 15, 2012
With the national election over and the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) continuing to take effect, The Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA) and its sister organization the Michigan Food and Beverage Association (MFBA) are calling on the State House of Representatives to both pass Senate Bill 693, which establishes a state-based exchange, and appropriate the $9.8 million federal planning grant that is critical to laying the groundwork for a health care exchange under the Act. The deadline for the insurance exchange application was extended to Dec. 14, but lawmakers must take action by Friday, Nov. 16 to inform the federal government of the state's intention to have a state exchange.
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Humana buys HIE vendor Certify

 Anthony Brino November 06, 2012
Following the likes of Aetna and UnitedHealth Group, Humana has acquired a health information exchange, Certify Data Systems. The deal is a possible sign of a new dynamic for HIEs, amid the rise of ACOs.
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