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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

He notes that we’re really just getting started: When the Recovery Act was enacted in 2009, the EHR adoption rate nationally was about 10%, and that rate got up over 50% in 2013. We should have the same convenient and seamless “app store experience” in healthcare that we do throughout the rest of our lives. The Harlow Group LLC.

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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

He notes that we’re really just getting started: When the Recovery Act was enacted in 2009, the EHR adoption rate nationally was about 10%, and that rate got up over 50% in 2013. We should have the same convenient and seamless “app store experience” in healthcare that we do throughout the rest of our lives.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

In the 1996 HIPAA statute (which covered a lot of other ground), Congress gave itself one year to legislate standards for health data privacy and security, and decreed that if it were to fail to meet that deadline, HHS would have to create regulations from whole cloth. The regs were finalized in 2003.) The regs were finalized in 2003.)

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

In the 1996 HIPAA statute (which covered a lot of other ground), Congress gave itself one year to legislate standards for health data privacy and security, and decreed that if it were to fail to meet that deadline, HHS would have to create regulations from whole cloth. The regs were finalized in 2003.) The regs were finalized in 2003.)

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

So let’s take inventory: software for medical research, new sensor technology that provides activity data and remote diagnostics, health records, medical clinics and a powerful soft asset – consumer trust. The company's work in healthcare has spanned cloud computing, cybersecurity and precision medicine.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Many studies and healthcare research findings show that a Chronic Care Model is an evidence-based approach to chronic illness care that can positively impact a patient’s well-being. Some advantages include increased utilization of recommended therapies, shorter hospital stays, fewer emergency room visits, and better health outcomes.In