Doctors Say Fitness Trackers, Health Apps Can Boost Care
That phone app keeping track of your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospital one day. Why give your doctors permission to…
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Verizon’s $1M Powerful Answers Award Winners
By Adria Tomaszewski – Four great ideas were named first place winners of the Verizon Powerful Answers Award, a year-long global challenge to discover and help bring to market technology-based solutions with the potential to change our world.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – January
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are…
A CDRH Priority: Clinical Trials in the US
By Owen Faris & Jeffrey Shuren – At the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), clinical trials are the foundation for our decisions to approve the most important medical devices—products that have the potential to save or sustain life, but that also present the greatest risk to patients.
Their Claim to Fame – So-Called HIPAA Compliance Experts and Tools
By Andrew Hicks – Have you noticed how many vendors and software solutions are out there claiming they can make you HIPAA-compliant? Well, at the end of the day that’s simply not possible because only you can make your organization HIPAA-compliant.
Robust Technology Platforms and Medicare Home Health Providers
By Russel S. Krengel – The home care industry, in its various forms, represents an $ 82 billion market with a population of potential customers…
Patient Portals: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
I experienced the “pain” of accessing and managing multiple provider portal sites firsthand following an injury and subsequent surgery earlier this year.In the months following…
HL7 Launches Argonaut Project to Advance FHIR
The purpose of the Argonaut Project to rapidly develop a first-generation FHIR-based API to enable expanded information sharing of electronic health records and other health…
Change is Coming: What to Expect in Health IT in 2015
In 2015, healthcare information technology will continue to drive towards solutions that respond to the industry challenges of providing increased quality of care at a…