Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare
By David Harlow – While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here.
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How the Cloud Boosts Innovation and Interoperability
By Scott Whyte – While attending the recent HIMSS conference, I had the pleasure of getting to visit with Carol Flagg of HealthcareNOW Radio to talk about how the cloud is helping promote innovation in healthcare.
Fun with Online Scheduling
By William A. Hyman – I recently had the need to make an appointment with one of my specialists, of which I have an increasing number as I age. Going to the provider’s website I found the now familiar opportunity to schedule an appointment online.
OIG Report: CMS Paid Practitioners for Telehealth Services That Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements
By Nathaniel M. Lacktman – The Office of Inspector General at the Department of HHS just published a new report on OIG’s review of Medicare payments for telehealth services. The objective of the OIG review was to determine whether or not CMS paid practitioners for telehealth services that met Medicare requirements.
Connecting Data for better insights at the Health Datapalooza
By Bruce Greenstein & Mona Siddiqui – HHS Idea Lab is going to Health Datapalooza this year looking for ideas: What would you like to see improved on HealthData.gov? How can we meaningfully engage with researchers and entrepreneurs to understand what is needed and important on HealthData.gov?
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – March 2018
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of March that we think deserve sharing again.
Violent Video Games, Explicit Lyrics and the Usability of Health IT
By Bennett Lauber – Back in the 1980s Tipper Gore. Susan Baker, and several others created the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) with the intent of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related or sexual themes.
Cybersecurity Virtual Panel Discussion
On this virtual panel discussion industry leaders discuss and share their thoughts and insights on the impact of cybersecurity on healthcare organizations.
5 Ways Practices Can Prepare for New Medicare Cards
By Kaitlyn Houseman – CMS has officially started mailing new Medicare cards to Medicare beneficiaries with the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). In this blog post, we’ll cover how you can communicate the changes to your patients and ways to prepare your practice today.