By Matt Fisher – Privacy and security of personal information are topics of constant discussion inside and outside of healthcare. Current events keep the heat on as one or the other never strays very far from headlines.
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By Brad Spannbauer – The healthcare industry is under constant threat from hacking and cyber-attacks. High volumes of valuable data, stored on systems with lapse security controls, make a welcoming proposition for data thieves.
By Marty Callahan – Is your organization scrambling to solve escalating revenue loss created by high-deductible health plans? You’re not alone. The rising volume of patient out-of-pocket payments reported as uncollected correlates directly to the increasing portion of insured patients covered by HDHPs.
By Kayla Matthews – The Internet of Things (IoT) is impacting society in many different ways. Although the IoT is useful in roles involving industrial manufacturing, advanced business intelligence and similar niches, its effects are felt nearly everywhere — including healthcare.
CMS issued proposed updates to Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System, as well as a Request for Information to solicit feedback on ways to better achieve interoperability.
By Christopher Leptak MD PhD – To be most effective, electronic health records use a systematized and standardized nomenclature for the hundreds of thousands of clinical terms that characterize patient care.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of April that we think deserve sharing again.
CMS has posted the eCQM annual update for the 2019 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, and the 2019 performance period for Eligible Professionals and Eligible Clinicians.
There was much said and written about nurses last week as we celebrated the annual National Nurses Week. ICYMI here are some of our picks for posts you should read.