Assessing Patient Safety The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research to enable improvement of patient care. The…
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The Healthcare Industry Evolves in Changing and Uncertain Times Will the elections have an impact on physicians, payers, hospitals, or public and private purchasers of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…