Early Reaction to the EHR Incentive NPRM
CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for EHR Incentive Programs By John Halamka, MD Last week, I posted the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from CMS that offers…
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Apple’s Health App and HealthKit and HIPAA
Will the Hippo Swallow the Apple? By Matt Fisher, Esq Twitter: @matt_r_fisher At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on June 2, 2014, Apple announced its…
HIE Rundown – 6/12/14
Health Information Exchange News & Announcements Health Information Exchange (HIE) is happening every minute of every day. Your personal health information is moving and being…
Can the US Biomedical Research Enterprise Be Sustained?
Implications for Informatics William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Although I focus a good deal of my writing in this blog…
Top Four Challenges for Connected Medical Practices
Connectivity is the Buzzword By Edward Keiper, President and CEO of Velocity For physicians’ practices in the 21st century, connectivity is the buzzword. Getting doctors connected…
Why Mobile EHR Access is Healthcare’s Next Big Thing
Exercise Caution with EHRs Accessing Mobile Devices By Zach Watson Twitter: @Technology_Adv 78 percent of office-based physicians use electronic healthcare records, which means the construction…
CDS and the “Learned Intermediary”
Clinical Decision Support William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Part of the discussion in…
Health Data is Still Siloed in the Institutions that Created Them
Communicating Across Institutional Barriers By Robert Rowley, MD, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Flow Health Twitter: @RRowleyMD In healthcare, there has been much talk…
Standardizing Secure Text Messaging
LTC Compliance Alert – Text Messages and PHI Do Not Mix! Is There a Solution? By Rod Baird Unsecure Text Messages between facility staff and…