Health IT Business News Recap – February 24, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News “Now is the winter of our discontent”, goes the opening line of Shakespeare’s Richard III. The last couple of…
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Health IT as an Ultra Large-Scale System
Dr. Doug Fridsma / Chief Science Officer and Director, Office of Science & Technology .. This week I want to discuss a technical report that was…
Final Omnibus Rule Requires Modifications to Notices of Privacy Practices
Required Revisions to Notices of Privacy Practices for Healthcare Providers Last month, HHS issued the long-awaited omnibus final rule that implements, among other things, a…
ECRI Institute Report Asks ‘How Safe Is Your EHR?’
Latest ECRI Institute Report Names Top 10 Hospital Technology Issues The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research…
ONC Releases Self-Paced Videos on Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Meaningful Use Education Module on Transitions of Care To say we’ve been impressed with what the ONC has been doing lately on the digital/interactive education…
Health Fidelity Receives NSF Grant to Support Big Data Research
Grant will support use of big data to meet or exceed quality of care requirements Health Fidelity, a healthcare big data company and technology leader…
Where Does Talent Management Fit Into Healthcare?
Time to Elevate Talent Management from Tactical to Strategic By J.P. Fingado API Healthcare At the core of every healthcare business strategy is the basic…
Hearing Set on Halting of DoD, VA iEHR Initative
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Decision to Drop integrated EHR (iEHR) The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a hearing later this month…
Is Your Healthcare Communication over the Internet Secure Enough?
Partnership for Accreditation of HISPs, CAs, and RAs There are three key changes within the recent HIPAA Omnibus final rule that raise the stakes for…