Recap of HIMSS BrandHIT Day 1
HIMSS inaugural BrandHIT conference last week in Las Vegas. We were there and followed the action. Check out our recap of Day 1 and hashtag #BrandHIT for more insights from attendees.
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HIE Rundown 6-16-17
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.
11 Ways to Help Patients Adopt New Technology
By Lauren Cranford – Modern patient-care related technologies such as EHRs and health portals, telemedicine, and wearable devices have the potential to put patients in greater control of their health than ever before.
Better Protecting the Healthcare System Against Cyber Attacks
By Steve Curren – Health records possess a wealth of critical information, and the ability of healthcare professionals to quickly access them can be vital to ensuring positive patient outcomes. However, these records also contain information that is valuable to cyber criminals.
ONC Announces Winners of Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge
Winners of this challenge created Model Privacy Notice (MPN) generators that produce a customizable MPN for health information technology (IT) developers, making it easier for consumers to see a product’s privacy and security policies.
Federal Health Care Cybersecurity Task Force Issues Recommendations for Industry
By David Harlow – The report contains 100 recommendations but begins with the diagnosis: the patient is in critical condition, there is a severe lack of security talent, the system relies on vulnerable legacy equipment, Meaningful Use has driven the system prematurely into an “over-connected” state …
What Real-Time Location Systems Mean for the Future of Health Care
By Kayla Matthews – Hospitals and other health care facilities are a hive of activity, filled with busy worker bees in the form of the doctors and nurses that save lives every single day. While these medical professionals do their best to keep track of everything and everyone, sometimes it can be difficult to keep things straight.
7 Medical Device Trends to Watch in 2017
By Rachel Beavins Tracy – After the mega-merger era of 2015-2016, the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act and a new administration in the White House, many in the medical device industry are wondering what changes are on the horizon for 2017.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report April 2017
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the April report. Active registrants total well over a half a million.