By Peyman Zand – In recent years, IT managed services in the healthcare industry has seen an uptick in interest and activity given staffing shortages and heighted focus on digital transformation. What should a CIO or healthcare IT leader consider when it comes to evaluating the pros and cons of outsourcing IT services?
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By Art Gross – HIPAA regulations are in place to ensure that you protect and secure the patient data that as a healthcare business, you have access to and collect. The Department of Health and Human Services has identified 18 patient identifier categories as it pertains to their guidance on satisfying the safe harbor method for de-identification per §164.514(b):
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Randy Hawkins, MD Chief Medical Officer of Carrum Health. Randy is an anesthesiologist who practiced medicine in the Navy and has a long career in digital enablement, electronic medical records, and meaningful use.
By Jessica Scruton BSN RN CCM-R – According to the World Health Organization, numerous studies report that SDOH play a role in 30% – 55% of health outcomes. In fact, research has indicated that social determinants may be more important to an individual’s health than their lifestyle choices.
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Phil Curtis, Director at First–Thirty who is merging his knowledge and experience in the space industry together with personal experiences in healthcare to help ideas become solutions and businesses.
By Ahsan Siddiqui – Healthcare data breaches reached a record high in 2021. Indeed, healthcare now sees more cyberattacks than any other industry. Fully one-third of all cyberattacks are aimed at healthcare institutions. Why? Because healthcare is a valuable and vulnerable target.
By Alex Baker & Michael Wittie – In January 2022, ONC issued a Request for Information that sought public input on the ONC Health IT Certification Program and how it could incorporate standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria related to electronic prior authorization.
Now on Demand – In this episode of Follow the (Medical) Record, I had the pleasure of interviewing Elliott Noble-Holt, the founder of MRO’s most recent acquisition, MediCopy.
By Dr. John Sargent – Healthcare in the United States is often better at treating disease than preventing it. Chronic diseases are the leading causes of illness, disability, death and rising healthcare costs in the country. Lifestyle health issues like obesity, high blood pressure and blood sugar, poor diet, and smoking are linked to…