The World Economic Forum Academy has released its video series on “Strategic Shifts in Healthcare,” including commentaries by leaders in the public and private sector on Big Data, mobile health, personal genomics, and consumer healthcare.
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CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – April.
Precision Advisors, a Precision for Medicine Company, announced the findings from its 2015 Digital Trends Study of 145 managed care executives. The study concludes that decision makers are aware of the concepts of big data and predictive analytics, but are not equipped to fully implement them.
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The National Partnership for Women & Families and 11 other leading consumer advocacy groups submitted a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure that the Next Generation ACO Model delivers on higher quality, well-coordinated care.
EHNAC announced it is developing an accreditation program for data registries to ensure that these entities meet the privacy and security obligations expected of all large-scale handlers of protected health information (PHI).
HITRUST commonly gets inquiries about recent healthcare related cyber breaches, as HITRUST is the leading authority on healthcare information protection and operates the most active and sophisticated cyber threat intelligence sharing service for the healthcare industry, HITRUST Cyber Threat XChange (CTX).
IBM Watson Health announced that it is collaborating with Epic and Mayo Clinic to advance patient health by applying the cognitive computing capabilities of Watson to EHRs.
At a ceremony in his office, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation to establish a fully functional All-Payer Claims Database (APCD), which will give consumers, providers and employers important new information to understand the quality and affordability of health care in Washington.