Health IT Business News Wrap-up – October 14, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News Can online social networks help get you healthier? GE Healthcare will look at this question as part of their…
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ONC Announces Blue Button Mash Up Challenge Winners
Blue Button Mash Up Challenge Winners On Monday this week the ONC announced the winners of two Blue Button Mash Up Challenges designed to improve…
HIMSS Releases Advisory Report on ICD-10 Implementation
Report Makes ICD-10 Implementation Recommendations HIMSS G7 is a World Bank-endorsed thought leadership group that meets three times a year to address financial viability and futures of…
“Discoverability” of Social Media Content Highlights Security Risks
Healthcare Risk Management Perspective on Social Media by Doug Pollack, ID Experts I attended a session at this week’s ASHRM titled Social Media in Hospitals:…
Role and Future of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Politics and Health Reform On October 4 Politico hosted a conversation about the role and future of accountable care organizations and their effect on providers and…
More Patients Using Mobile Devices to Access Health Information
75 Million Adults Now Use Mobile Phones for Health Information Amanda Guerrero Twitter: @meanusenetwork Searching for health information online is the third most common activity…
ANCC Conference and World Premier Movie
Nurses the Movie to Premier in LA October 11th. The American Nurses Credentialing Center will be holding its National Magnet Conference on the Wednesday and…
Patient Choice in Electronic Health Information Exchange
ONC to Host eConsent Pilot Program Roundtable The ONC will be hosting an upcoming roundtable event on October 22nd to discuss the launch of their…
OpenNotes Releases Findings on Sharing Patient Encounter Notes
Study shows patients want transparency in their medical records. Three medical facilities with over 100 of their Primary Care Physicians and 20,000 of their patients…