Five Tips to Make Patient Privacy Part of Your Organizational DNA
Best Practices to Minimize Data Breach Risks and Maintain a Culture of Privacy Compliance Data breaches in healthcare are raising alarm. Nearly 20 million patient…
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Health IT Business News Wrap-up – October 28, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News We attended MGMA12 in San Antonio this week so it’s only fitting to lead with a few announcements from…
The Year of Patient Care and Data Integrity
2013: The Year of ACAICD10MU2ACOPCMHRCM Carolyn Hartley, President, CEO, Physicians EHR In a recent health IT project debrief, one of my favorite CFOs identified 2013 as…
Health IT Business News Wrap-up – October 21, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News We lead this week’s business column with the news of Allscripts naming Richard Poulton as its new CFO, marking…
5 Ways Physicians Can Prepare for ACA
Prepare Now for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was upheld by the Supreme Court in June of this year. No…
Blue Button for Patients: More Than Just a Lapel Pin
Blue Button is a Big Deal by Regina Holliday In 2010, patient advocate and social media rock-star e-Patient Dave (Dave de Bronkart) walked over to…
Key Issues to HIE and Patient Identity Integrity
HIEs and Patient Matching Noam Arzt, PhD, president and founder of HLN Consulting Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) represent a collection of organizations that choose to…
Town Meeting Format for Second 2012 Presidential Debate
Get Ready for Tonight’s Debate The 2012 presidential election race will see the second Obama-Romney debate tonight starting at 9 pm Eastern, 8 pm Central….
mHealth Forcing Healthcare Industry to Rethink Delivery of Care
Growth in mHealth Offers Both Challenges and Opportunities Booming mHealth technologies are changing the very nature and speed of how healthcare interacts with patients, providers…