Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As we head into 2020, I reached out to a number of people in Health Information Management (HIM) and Health Information Technology (HIT) to hear their thoughts on these hot topics: Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), Privacy and Security of Health Information, Medical Coding Standards, and Patient Matching. Turns out that SDoH was a particularly […]. Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Security and Privacy AHIMA Bill Wagner ComplyAssistant Gerry Blass Health Information Blocking Health Information Management HIM Scene HIPAA ICD-11 Jon Melling KIWI-TEK Lauren Riplinger Medical Coding Standards MRO Patient Matching Pivot Point Consulting Rita Bowen Sue Bowman

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KevinMD

JULY 16, 2019

Have you ever wondered why your personal health information essentially belongs to your health care provider or institution? I mean: why do they keep your information under lock and key, and you have to sign a release to get it? Tech Health IT Hospital-Based Medicine Primary CareAfter all, it’s your blood that they just pulled out and tested, it’s your body […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

A chat with Apple VP of Health Dr. Sumbul Desai

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The new site contains information about sexual health, hair loss, weight management, diabetes, men's health and allergies.

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Health Populi

MARCH 8, 2018

And it’s in personal health information: a medical record is valued 8 to 10 times the price of a credit card on the black market. Accenture studied the impact of medical and personal information theft, estimating an impact on one in 13 patients between 2015 and 2019.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

“Seeing is not believing” when it comes to people seeing health information on social networks. Four in five people seeking healthcare information online in social media are concerned about the accuracy of that information served up.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today proposed new rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange and use of electronic health information.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 10, 2019

The tech giant's partnership with the NHS was first announced last year.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 17, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the draft 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for public comment. The draft plan outlines federal health information technology (health IT) goals and objectives to ensure that individuals have access to their electronic health information to help enable them to manage their health and shop […].

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Protecting Patient Health Information in the Workplace A large portion of healthcare breaches occur due to human error, whether it is a lost/stolen device, clicking on a phishing email, or accidental disclosure of protected health information (PHI).

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 19, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is partnering with adaptive learning systems leader Area9 Lyceum to add an adaptive learning component to health information management (HIM) academic programs. Editorial American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Area9 Lyceum health information management lrik Juul Christensen Wylecia Wiggs Harris

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 15, 2018

The custom sensor would measure information from the body beyond heart rate, report says

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 19, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The article HHS Extends Comment Period For Proposed Rules To Improve the Interoperability of Electronic Health Information appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Most use of FHIR today is as an API to an organizations health information (EHR). I have plenty of articles on how a Nationwide Health Information Exchange (HIE) could be built with the IHE XD* family of profiles.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announces that The Sequoia Project has been awarded a cooperative agreement to serve as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE). Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 17, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO) and its technology partner, SymphonyCare, today announced the launch of WHIO 2.0, a next generation All Payer Claims Database (APCD) aimed at delivering informational assets with greater flexibility, analytical innovations and user-friendly applications to meet the emerging needs of their customers.

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Morning eHealth

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

NIST on securing remote monitors — Neural nets as good as sleep doctors

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 19, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The article HHS Announces Next Steps In Advancing Interoperability of Health Information appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Illegal copying is prohibited. The U.S.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 11, 2019

s National Health Service has partnered with tech giant Amazon to enable patients to access verified health information using Alexa devices. The U.K.’s The NHS touts the initiative as particularly helpful for those who cannot access the internet

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 22, 2019

Health insurer Anthem has launched a new mobile app that enables its 40 million members to get quicker access to personalized health information and text with a doctor for follow-up advice for less than the cost of a copay

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 10, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The article New Mexico Hospital Battles Addiction with Health Information Technology Apps appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. By David Dallago, former chairman, McKinley County Commission.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2020

Amazon has quietly struck a data-sharing deal with England’s National Health Service giving it free access to a range of health data from British consumers.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Due to a lack of and incorrect personal health information, Grace was being treated for conditions she did not have.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 18, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. On Tuesday, March 26, the Senate health committee will hold a hearing on implementation of the electronic health information provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

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Morning eHealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

White House opioid summit Thursday — Cassidy introduces PDMP bill

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 14, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The network will implement InterSystems HealthShare suite of connected health solutions to help deliver the initial enhancements.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 2, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The article The Importance of a Nursing Data Framework To Achieve Consistent Quality In Health Information Exchange appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2019

Facebook announced changes to its platform that it says will give users more privacy when discussing health conditions or sharing health information in closed groups. Privacy experts and patient advocates say these changes do not go far enough to protect users’ personal health information and ensure that the data will not be collected or used

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Digital Health

MARCH 11, 2018

I was in Las Vegas at HIMSS this last week, which, for the uninitiated, is a veritable orgy of health information technology (HIT). Someone from HIMSS leadership told me that over 42,000 people had shown up and they were expecting closer to 45,000.

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The information that consumers share online, including sensitive health data, is being collected, shared with third parties and sold, often without consumers’ awareness, and that is putting consumers’ privacy and data at risk, according to many federal lawmakers and consumer groups

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Healthcare Guys

JUNE 30, 2018

New Mexico Hospital Battles Addiction with Health Information Technology Apps. This reputation also killed many residents’ spirits, contributing to addiction, joblessness and homelessness, further highlighting the need for behavioral health care in this region.

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Healthcare Guys

JULY 11, 2018

For many years Northwest New Mexico’s Gallup ranked number one nationally in the number of alcohol-related deaths.This reputation also killed many resident’s spirits, contributing to addiction, joblessness and homelessness, further highlighting the need for behavioral health care in this region.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. DirectTrust also announced its call for speaker proposals is now open to health information industry experts interested in speaking at the Summit.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Companies are starting to sell “risk scores” to doctors, insurers and hospitals to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction or overdose, without patient consent and with little regulation of the kinds of personal information used to create the scores. Health insurance giant Cigna and UnitedHealth's Optum are also using risk scores. Congress hasn’t taken up the issue of intrusive big data collection in health care. The practice scares some health care safety advocates.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 24, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Editorial blockchain Chrissa McFarlane health information exchange Jonathan Fuchs Patientory Patientory AssociationIllegal copying is prohibited. By Chrissa McFarlane, CEO, Patientory, and Jonathan Fuchs, FACHE, member of the board, Patientory Association. As we approach a new decade, there are a plethora of predictions being made around the future of the healthcare […].

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Healthcare Guys

JUNE 8, 2018

This byline focuses on the efforts of David Conejo, CEO, RMCHCS Hospital who spoke on the Health IT Expo Data Integration Panel, May 31 at 2:30 pm.). This reputation also killed many resident’s spirits, contributing to addiction, joblessness, and homelessness, further highlighting the need for behavioral health care in this region. Native American youth have the highest rates of alcoholism of any racial group in the country, according to the National Institutes of Health.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 10, 2018

As Hurricane Michael descended on the Florida panhandle Wednesday morning, HIEs in surrounding states were preparing to activate an emergency data sharing infrastructure to ensure clinicians have updated medical information on displaced patients

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Healthcare Guys

JUNE 1, 2018

McKinley County, New Mexico, is the namesake of the assassinated 25 U.S. President William McKinley. Many locals, particularly those Native Americans of Navajo decent living on reservations, have also been the victim of assassination, but in character in addition to physical attacks

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 1, 2019

In what may be the nightmare scenario for most health IT leaders, a post-acute care provider has entered into a legal battle with a former vendor over access to its patient data. Post Acute Medical LLC post-acute care Protected Health Information

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