New CTO Talk episode NOW on Demand with host Matt Ferrari. Matt talks to ClearDATA’s VP of Architecture, Adam Greenfield, AWS Technical Product Manager of their AWS Platform, Conor Colgan and their Google Product Manager Will Carlson.
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By Art Gross – Metrocare Services, a mental health service provider in North Texas, has notified the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) of a data breach affecting 5,290 patients. The breach was the result of a phishing attack and was discovered on….
By Matt Fisher – A new twitter account called @EPICEMRparody is garnering a lot of attention for its comments about the burdens placed upon physicians and other clinicians connected to the use of electronic health records.
By Abhinav Shashank – Once while I was scrolling through the news feed on my phone, there was one specific line that really made me wonder: “There’s a 40% chance of gusty and blustery winds today.” Statements such as this one strongly influence people’s behavior…
By Don Rucker MD – In the 1990s, many Americans interacted with the Internet through America Online. While this platform was revolutionary, providing users with e-mail services and access to content, it was also a closed network.
By Leslie Athmer – I often get asked what the biggest concerns are for organizations participating in MIPS. For the 2019 performance year, one of the biggest concerns is the unknowns with the Cost category. Because there are so many unknowns with this category, I’ll try to focus on what we do know.
By Dr. Mansoor Khan – Medicare’s Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) program has seen more ups and downs than the stock market. Here we go again! CMS seems to be pulling another about-face on Bundled Payments.
By John Pagliuca – Outcomes-based contracts make plenty of sense, as they are designed to get organizations to work toward common goals. Consider the following publicly disclosed outcomes-based contract terms and it’s easy to see how…
By Lee Barrett – Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, issued draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework as well as a public comment period through June 17, 2019.