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• New CMS website will aid consumers in selecting hospice care

  

  Patients and families will have easy access to quality metrics, says Seema Verma.

  Quality of care Joseph Goedert 6m ago

  Quality of care Joseph Goedert 6m ago

• HIT Think How the healthcare industry is learning from data breaches

  

  Matthew Fisher

  Associate Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP

  The number of incidents has risen rapidly in recent years, but organizations are learning from their mistakes and making improvements.

  Data security 19m ago

  Data security 19m ago

• Video 60 Seconds Smarter: Episode Analytics

  From diagnosis to treatment to aftercare, healthcare interventions require encounters with many different providers, which can create challenges.

  Medical practice management January 13, 2016

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  Medical practice management January 13, 2016

• HIT Think How medication data and analytics can help the ER cut opioid abuse

  

  Chetak Patel, MD

  Emergency medical physician University of South Carolina/Palmetto Health Richland

  Combining information from prescription drug monitoring programs with analytics can provide a snapshot that may help busy ER clinicians spot potential problems.

  Controlled substances August 15

  Controlled substances August 15

• Halting Obamacare subsidies would boost deficit, CBO says

  

  Eliminating cost-sharing reductions would boost government spending $194B over the next 10 years.

  Insurance Bloomberg News August 15

  Insurance Bloomberg News August 15

• LA provider beats back ransomware attack

  

  Pacific Alliance Medical Center offers identity protection services to undisclosed number of patients.

  Ransomware Joseph Goedert August 15

  Ransomware Joseph Goedert August 15

• 7 major EHR provisions in the PPS final rule

  

  CMS offers providers more flexibility in federal requirements for records systems.

  EHR August 15

  EHR August 15

• Hackers hit dermatology practice through cloud vendor

  

  Alabama specialists offering patients identity protection after unauthorized access to data.

  Data breaches Joseph Goedert August 15

  Data breaches Joseph Goedert August 15

• Vanderbilt readies for transition to unified Epic software platform

  

  Training on the new system kicked off in early August and will continue until the planned go-live transition on November 2.

  EHR system transition Greg Slabodkin August 15

  EHR system transition Greg Slabodkin August 15

• 8 ways to measure the surge in venture funding for HIT

  

  Cash flowing into healthcare technology is surging, and merger-acquisition activity remains high.

  Venture funding August 15

  Venture funding August 15