Medscape Survey Shows Huge Uptick in EHR Adoption
Medscape Releases 2012 EHR Report On the heels of the release of Stage 2 Final Rules last Thursday Medscape (WebMD) released their 2012 EHR report….
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EHRs, HIEs Exacerbate Data Security Vulnerabilities
Cybercrime Targeting Health Records by Doug Pollack, ID Experts The data breach incident that hit The Surgeons of Lake County, a medical services practice in…
Standardizing Exchange and Use of Public Health Information
IBM Collaboration will Help Control Infectious Outbreaks Last week IBM Research reported their collaboration in standardizing the exchange and use of public health information to…
CMS Gives Timing on Release of Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule
Final Stage 2 Meaningful Use Expected Early September On Wednesday this week Bloomberg.com reported CMS expects the Stage 2 Final Rule to be released by…
HIEs Must Meet Big Data Challenges
Solving Issues Around Big Data As Health Information Exchanges (HIE) become more common there is a greater focus on technology as a differentiating factor for…
Are HIE Business Models Sustainable
What Do HIEs and Cracked Windshields Have in Common? Mahmood Sher-Jan, CHPC, ID Experts If you are a patient, like most, you are probably assuming…
AHRQ Releases PHR Handbook and Seeks Comments
AHRQ Funds Projects for Health IT The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is an agency under the Department of Health & Human Services…
10 Ways Health IT Improves Healthcare Delivery
Health IT Enhances Patient Care, Reduces Costs Verizon has released their list of 10 ways to enhance patient care and reduct costs through health information…
Health IT Certification Bodies and Test Labs Accredited
Permanent Certification Program Testing Bodies The following test laboratories have been accredited as Accredited Testing Laboratories (ATLs), and are qualified to test EHR technology under…