Twitter #saveAHRQ Hashtag Highlights
Following up and continuing Dr. Hersh’s In Defense of AHRQ: A Key Component of Healthcare Delivery Science conversation to save AHRQ from being defunded. The…
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Electronic Health Record of First President Sheds New Light on Progress of Healthcare
How healthy was the Father of Our Country? That was the question asked by Amazing Charts when it constructed a fictional Electronic Health Record (EHR) for President George Washington at the age of 57, ten years before his death.
HIE Rundown 7-8-15
This week’s rundown includes Greenway Health launches Interoperability University, Gov. Abbott signs HB 2641 to improve data interoperability for TX public health, and Community Health Partnership (CHP) Provider Network connects to CORHIO.
Revenue Cycle and Payer News 7-8-2015
Latest News on the Health Insurance Industry. Mergers, mergers, mergers, where will it all end? Who will be the winners? Who will be the losers?
Meet the New CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt
Earlier this year, Andy Slavitt was named Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. As Acting Administrator, Andy oversees programs that provide access to health care for 140 million Americans, including Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
HIMSS Survey Finds Most Healthcare Organizations with Significant Security Incidents
Cybersecurity was identified as an increased business priority over the past year according to 87 percent of respondents in the newly released 2015 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey.
HITRUST CSF Assurance Program Adoption
The Health Information Trust Alliance is announcing an expansion of the healthcare industry’s use of the CSF Assurance program in support of efforts to efficiently and effectively manage the third-party assurance process.
Top 5 eHealth Trends Reshaping Health IT in 2015
Accenture Technology Vision releases a report of their finding on emerging technology trends that will impact large enterprises in the next three-to-five years. This year the Healthcare IT Vision reveals five key trends.
WEDI and HITECH Answers Host Upcoming Webinar on Preparing for ICD-10
Register today for the HITECH Answers and WEDI upcoming webinar on ICD-10 readiness, best practices and case studies as the industry prepares for the Oct.1 transition