Health Data Management - Latest News http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/issues/index.html Breaking News <![CDATA[Building Connections on the Care Continuum]]> A major success factor for accountable care organizations will be linking caregivers across the spectrum of care delivery. If history is any indication, that's going to be an industrywide struggle.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Out With the Old Never Easy to Do]]> Out With the Old Never Easy to Do

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Safety Engineer]]> Terry Fairbanks started working as a volunteer paramedic right after high school, and kept it up through graduate school.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[EHR Game Changer Makes I.T. Fit the Clinician]]> It's not easy for electronic records to follow anesthesiologists, but this chief medical officer wouldn't take no for an answer.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Information Governance: The Essential Accountability Wrapper]]> Building on the foundational concepts in "Stress Testing Health Information Management and Governance" (January edition, p. 42), this article kicks off a series of "getting specific" discussions on information governance and the building blocks of enterprise information management.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Mobile Health in the Regulatory Crosshairs]]> The FDA has its sights set on the m-health space, and some fret that regulation will stop innovation in its tracks.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Thomson Reuters Staying in Health Care, For Now]]> Thomson Reuters Staying in Health Care, For Now

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST <![CDATA[Emdeon EHR Donations Target Underserved]]> Emdeon EHR Donations Target Underserved

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Meditech, Cerner Back at HIMSS]]> Meditech, Cerner Back at HIMSS

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[McKesson Puts Brakes on Horizon Revenue App]]> The company will plow $1 billion into research and development of other products, including its hospital information system.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Microsoft Moves Most Health Care Products to GE Joint Venture]]> Microsoft Moves Most Health Care Products to GE Joint Venture

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Nurses Rounding Up I.T. to Improve Safety]]> Carolinas Medical Center wins top honors for an innovative system to keep documentation up to date.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Scrambling I.T. to Address Drug Shortages]]> The daily fight to find critical drugs in chronically short supply isn't getting any easier, and I.T. tools to aid in the search often are lacking.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Putting Social Networks on Trial]]> There's a broad movement to use social media tools to find patients for clinical trials. But a host of technological and privacy hurdles present a challenge.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[ONC: HIE Standards Won't Be Optional]]> ONC: HIE Standards Won't Be Optional

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Report: Budget Cuts Imperil Public Health Networks, Programs]]> Report: Budget Cuts Imperil Public Health Networks, Programs

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[CMS Grants Millions to 26 Networks for Safety Initiatives]]> CMS Grants Millions to 26 Networks for Safety Initiatives

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[CMS Updates Medicare/Medicaid Meaningful Use Stats]]> CMS Updates Medicare/Medicaid Meaningful Use Stats

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[CMS Picks Pioneer ACO Participants]]> CMS Picks Pioneer ACO Participants

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Illinois and Iowa Start Building Statewide HIEs]]> Illinois and Iowa Start Building Statewide HIEs

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[New ONC Database for Tracking I.T. Progress to Include Some Identifiable Info]]> New ONC Database for Tracking I.T. Progress to Include Some Identifiable Info

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[HHS Adopts Operating Rules for EFT, ERA]]> HHS Adopts Operating Rules for EFT, ERA

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[CMS Gives Physicians EHR Meaningful Use Guidance]]> CMS Gives Physicians EHR Meaningful Use Guidance

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[Survey: Many Patient Harm Events Are Not Reported]]> Survey: Many Patient Harm Events Are Not Reported

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[New Shared Savings Program for Home Care]]> New Shared Savings Program for Home Care

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[MGMA Wants HIPAA 5010 Contingency Plan]]> MGMA Wants HIPAA 5010 Contingency Plan

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST
<![CDATA[User Unfriendly]]> Physicians gripe that EHRs are not easy to use. But the industry is taking steps to improve performance.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST