By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Should we be concerned? Microsoft Office was first introduced by Bill Gates at COMDEX, Las Vegas, in August, 1988. Here we are almost exactly 27 years later, and if you plug the words ‘hate,’ ‘Microsoft’ and ‘Office’ into Google, you’ll get more than 4 million results. Remove ‘Office’ and Google returns more than 33 million results.
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One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of August.
Registration is now open for WEDI-Con 2015, October 26-29 at the Hyatt Regency Reston, VA. Join hundreds of your peers for this four-day event to share successful best practices for healthcare privacy and security, transactions and emerging industry trends.
The New Hampshire Health Information Organization (NHHIO) is a non-profit organization created by New Hampshire legislation to run the statewide health information exchange (HIE). Their aim is to collaborate with hospitals, physicians, community health centers, long term care providers, home care providers and other clinicians involved in healthcare delivery.
By Barry P. Chaiken MD, MPH – Opentable. TripAdvisor. Angie’s List. Healthgrades. No person or organization maintains immunity from scrutiny by consumers. Although reviews can deliver either positive words or embarrassing comments, they surely capture the attention of both the reviewer and the reviewed.
By Debra Harris – Without proper staff training and education, an electronic health record (EHR) implementation can cause more challenges than benefits for your organization. But this doesn’t need to be the case if you take a few strategic steps when prepping and training your staff.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – July.
HFMA’s Revenue Cycle Conference (MAP Event) is developed for employees of provider organizations including executives, key staff from patient access and patient financial services. Register today for this event on October 25-27 in Fort Lauderdale.
By Jonathan Krasner – We are all well aware of the epidemic of large data breaches that have been occurring recently. Anthem, Blue Cross, UCLA, the list goes on and on. Over 143 million records breached to date – an astounding figure! Since 2009, when the Office of Civil Rights “Wall of Shame” came into existence, there have been over 1,200 breaches of 500 records or more that have been reported.