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Mobile Health in the Regulatory Crosshairs

Tracy Granzyk Wetzel | Feb 01
The FDA has its sights set on the m-health space, and some fret that regulation will stop innovation in its tracks.
Mobile Technology
Hospitals

Laptop Loaded with PHI Stolen from Lexington Clinic

Joseph Goedert | Jan 31
Following the Dec. 7 theft of an unencrypted laptop, Lexington Clinic in Kentucky is notifying 1,018 patients who received services in the neurology department.
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Data Security
Consumer Health

HHS Seeks Mobile Computing Security Best Practices

Joseph Goedert | Jan 25
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched an initiative to develop privacy and security best practices when using mobile computing devices in a health care setting.
Data Security
Mobile Technology

New Health I.T. Tutorials from the AMA

Joseph Goedert | Jan 17
The American Medical Association’s newest additions to its Web site are three video tutorials to aid physicians in adopting health information technology.
Group Practices
Health Analytics

Health I.T. News Round-Up: VoiceHIT, Humedica, Encore Health Resources, Seal Shield

Joseph Goedert | Jan 13
New leaders and products were the focus of recent health information technology vendor announcements.
Vendor News
Decision Support

QuadraMed Buys NCR’s Self-Serve Health Unit

Joseph Goedert | Jan 04
QuadraMed Corp. has acquired the health care solutions unit of NCR Corp., which sells the MediKiosk and other patient self-service products
Vendor News
Group Practices

Stolen Computers Contained PHI on More Than 3,000 Patients

Joseph Goedert | Jan 03
Protected health information for more than 3,000 patients at San Antonio-based Stone Oak Urgent Care & Family Practice was on five computers stolen in October.
Consumer Health
Data Security

Building One Big Pipe

Elizabeth Gardner | Jan 01
Providers are trying to build one unified communications backbone as the next step in simplifying how staff-and devices-tap into data.
EHR
Mobile Technology

Which comes first? Chargemaster Standardization vs. System Conversion

Nov 09

Like most healthcare organizations, Iowa Health System was struggling to cope with an avalanche of IT projects. Its chargemaster standardization project was 50 percent complete, and they were facing the imminent start of an EPIC conversion. Failing to surmount the challenges would undoubtedly have compromised the clinical and financial goals they had set out to achieve.

To lessen its risk and improve efficiency, Iowa Health embarked upon a rapid standardization effort to meet its deadlines before the looming system conversion date by making smart decisions on healthcare IT technology and processes. Listen to Iowa Health Systems' front-line managers in their rapid standardization effort to learn how they attacked -and ultimately overcame - their challenges through such techniques as automated standardization processes, stakeholder engagement and cost-benefit analyses.

Speakers:
LeAnn Kai, CPC, CBO Billing/Chargemaster/Compliance Manager, Iowa Health System
Stacy King, CPC, CBO Chargemaster Analyst, Iowa Health System
Lyn DeWitt, Business Solutions Consultant, Craneware

Data Security
EHR

Some State HIEs, Vendors Agree to Standardize Connectivity

Joseph Goedert | Nov 09
Seven statewide health information exchanges and 11 HIT vendors have agreed to use a set of technical specifications to standardize connectivity between the HIEs, providers and other partners.
EHR
Health Info Exchange

OSU Medical Center Links Devices to its EHR

Joseph Goedert | Nov 02
Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus recently when live with medical device connectivity software from iSirona, Panama City, Fla.
Decision Support
EHR

Report: Remote Patient Monitoring a Boom Market

Nov 01
Health Analytics
Consumer Health

VA Getting Ready to Embrace Mobile Devices

Joseph Goedert | Oct 26
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a national "mobile device management" system to enable secure connections by up to 100,000 mobile computing devices to its enterprise network.
Data Security
Decision Support

FDA, CMS to Pilot Parallel Device Reviews

Joseph Goedert | Oct 07
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will launch a pilot program to conduct parallel reviews of medical devices deemed innovative.
Decision Support
Medical Imaging

HIT Industry Remembers Steve Jobs

Joseph Goedert | Oct 06
The passing of Apple Computer's Steve Jobs has many in the health information technology industry reflecting on his impact.
Health Analytics
EHR
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