The ONC oversees health IT standards and policies, including secure health data exchange would face a 36 percent budget cut reducing its budget from $60 million to $38 million. Full-time staff would be cut from 188 employees to 162.
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In honor of Memorial Day and our living vets, we are taking a look at some of the good that is happening as it pertains to innovations, technology and healthcare.
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
By Rebecca Freeman PhD – Usability of health IT systems means many things to many people. If we look at the industry-standard International Organization for Standardization definition, usability is…
These are current reports and surveys being reported focusing on the healthcare, and health IT industries from Symantec Healthcare, Spok, Vocera, AAMC, Medscape, Commonwealth Fund, and Consumer Reports.
By Anshu Jindal – Recently Medicare Part-B providers got their much awaited MIPS eligibility status letters from CMS. If you got MIPS exempt status as individuals (NPI level), pay close attention.
By Joseph Opacki – A bold statement, I know. After all, how could things get worse? Over the past two years healthcare has been targeted and breached more than any other industry. Fines for negligence have become commonplace, and reached new highs in 2016. And yet I’m confident in my prediction. Here’s why.
Welcome to Talent Tuesday. Check back each week as we highlight job opportunities and tips from the healthcare IT recruitment specialists at Pivot Point Consulting. Today’s opportunity is a Cerner Systems Engineer.
By Dr. Albert Villarin – Over the last decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has entered our daily lives in the form of home automation, with sensors being added to fire alarms, door locks, and thermostats. For early adopters, IoT was an exciting reality.