Health IT Business News – Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Today’s Health IT Business News Wrap-up Health IT will most likely achieve its most significant improvements over the next 12 months by meeting meaningful use,…
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Health Social Networking Sites and Inherent Risks to PHI
Many Social Networking Sites Lack Enough Information for Users to Make Privacy-sensitive Decisions In an open perspective article published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics…
Effective Use of Data Analytics Will Be Key Driver in ICD-10 World
New ICD-10 Codes Will Improve Healthcare System for Patients When the ICD-10-CM/PCS codes go into effect Oct. 1, 2014, the nation’s healthcare system will immediately…
PwC Canadian Study Shows ROI in Use of EHR Technology Over Time
The Emerging Benefits of EHRs PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) provides research and analysis on trends impacting various health industries. The Institute’s latest report, commissioned…
Health IT Business News – Monday, April 22, 2013
Today’s Health IT Business News Wrap-up National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) announced that it has educated over 25,000 stakeholders through its web-based education program, NeHC University….
New Health IT Workgroup Will Address Patient Safety and Innovation
Health IT workgroup to give recommendations for regulatory framework Members of a newly created health information technology (health IT) workgroup have been selected and announced….
Health IT Funding and Mergers & Acquisitions Continues Torrid Pace
Consumer products, HIM companies lead Health IT funding and acquisitions Investor relations and market intelligence firm Mercom Capital Group has released its Q1 2013 report…
Mostashari Defends Vendor Fee Proposal
By Anthony Brino, Government Health IT The U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, outlined his ideas for a proposed vendor fee at a…
New York eHealth Collaborative Patient Portal Design Vote
New York eHealth Collaborative Asks New Yorkers to Help Shape State’s Healthcare Future This week and through the 23rd New Yorkers can vote for their…