Do Physicians Spend Too Much Time With Computers?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor A recent study of work hours of medical interns in the new era of duty…
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Why Does Identity Matter for Interoperability?
Identity is Vital to the Concept of Interoperability I’m Eric Rosenfeld, Chief Technology Officer at DrFirst. Or am I? Do you really know? But in…
Responding to a Data Breach in the Cloud
Operating in the Cloud Brings Additional Data Security Issues Doug Pollack, ID Experts There are new and additional challenges that come into play when you…
Is Your Copier a Hidden HIPAA Risk?
Health plan pays $ 1.2 million for failure to recognize HIPAA risk Remember when copiers were simple—just paper in, copies out? Once they began scanning…
Bringing Patient Electronic Access into this Century
Using Most Patient Web Portals Feels Like Time Traveling to 1999 Matt Mattox Follow him on Twitter @jrmattox VP of Products at Axial Exchange Now…
Health IT Companies Make Annual Inc. 500 List
10 Health IT Companies Make Inc. 500 List Inc. Magazine has been in publication for more than 30 years. In 1982 Inc. introduced the Inc. 500,…
Reaction to ONC’s Recently Released Health IT Safety Plan Mostly Positive
by Bonnie Darves, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter, iHealthBeat Given the broad reach and potential implementation complexity of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s…
What Measures Success of an EHR Implementation?
EHR Implementation Completion and Success William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author A recent exchange…
WEDI Releases Guide on HIPAA Transactions Requiring ICD-10 Codes
ICD-10 Impact to HIPAA Transactions The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the leading authority on the use of Health IT to improve the exchange…