Health Datapalooza IV
Open Data, Innovation, and Health Datapalooza One of the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) current initiatives is the Health Data Initiative (HDI). It…
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Deploying a Health IT Mobile Device Management Strategy
By Marcus LaFountain Linkedin Profile A recent Ovum study showed that almost 60% of employees bring some type of mobile device into the workplace. There…
OCR Releases Tools to Help Understand HIPAA Privacy Rule
New Tools to Educate Consumers and Providers about HIPAA Privacy and Security The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights…
The Road to Big Data Passes Through Informatics
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I have written a number of postings over the last year about various aspects of electronic health…
CMS, ONC to Host Event on Billing and Coding with EHRs
Coding in an EHR Environment On Friday, May 3, CMS and ONC will hold a meeting for providers, vendors, press, and others to discuss electronic…
NY Patient Portal
New York Voted on Patient Portal Design As we reported last week, the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) asked New Yorkers to help shape the State’s…
Latest Telemedicine and mHealth Technologies on Display May 5 – 7
Word’s Largest Telemedicine Conference If you live within driving distance of Austin, Texas, or looking for a great excuse to get there, then check out…
Health IT Business News – Thursday, April 25, 2013
Today’s Business News Wrap-up iMedicor today announced it has launched its flagship product, iMedicor SocialHIE, one of the first online social/professional networks to be coupled…
The Myth of EHR Data Validation
William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Various EHRs require a user to “validate” some elements of information (data) before they…