HIPAA Certified: Not So Fast
By Matt Fisher – A healthcare organization compare a number of vendors, product features and gets close to choosing one. Just before making the ultimate decision, someone asks, what about HIPAA?
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Dear Health Affairs…We have a suggestion.
By John P. Kansky – A few months ago, Health Affairs, a leading journal of health policy thought and research, published an article by Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein and colleagues that found that the number of health information exchanges is declining.
Blockchain: A Bulls-Eye for Healthcare IT Interoperability?
By D’Arcy Gue – It’s no exaggeration to say that our EHR systems’ lack of interoperability is the single strongest barrier to nationwide population health management.
HIPAA, the Cloud and how Containers can Impact Healthcare Data Flow Challenge
At HIMSS 17 in Orlando I had a chance to sit down with two top executives from ClearDATA, Founder Chris Bowen and CTO Matt Ferrari. Here are audios and insights from both.
Could Billion Dollar EHRs Bankrupt the Country?
By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Earlier this year, Monmouth University conducted a survey to determine which issues were most important as the country transitions to a new presidential administration.
What Happens When Specialists Don’t Get Patient Records from PCPs
By Christian Kratsas – Communication between primary care physicians (PCPs) and the specialists they refer patients to is paramount to the overall best outcome for the patient. Much of the communication breakdown lies in outdated protocols and manual workflows that some organizations continue to employ.
Can Security Be Solved?: Healthcare Challenge
By Matt Fisher – Every day brings a new report of a security breach or other security based problem within healthcare. The unceasing cycle of issues gives rise to the question of what can and is healthcare doing about security and in particular cybersecurity.
A-B-C-D-E-F-G…These acronyms are killing me.
By Jack H. Evans – It’s not a CCDA. Really… it’s not. Sometimes, acronyms feel like a recipe for a headache. There’s nothing quite like initials to make communications hard. Technology is full of them, though, and so is medicine. We’re at the intersection of both industries, on a street corner I call “Acronym Central.”
What’s Happening with Value Based Reimbursement in 2017
By Marilyn Agbeko – To Repeal or not to repeal; that is NOT the question. Not when it comes value based care and the basic tenets of tying reimbursement to quality. At least, not that we’ve seen yet, and I daresay, not that we will see any time soon.