The Meaningful Use Stage 2 Finish Line
Stage 2 Readiness For Use in the Next Few Weeks By John Halamka, MD Twitter: @jhalamka Hospitals across the country have until September 30 to complete…
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Much Hadoop About Something
To Hadoop or Not to Hadoop and the Impact on Big Data Riddle me this. Hadoop is: An open-source software platform for storing and processing…
4 Trends Reshaping Healthcare IT
Major Changes in Healthcare IT By Edward Keiper, President and CEO of Velocity Medical practices of all stripes have seen major changes in their IT programs…
The Drip of Data Breaches Now a Flood
4.5 Million Records Hacked By Donna Cusano, Editor In Chief of Telehealth & Telecare Aware Earlier this year [TTA 23 Apr] I commented on the fourth…
2014 Clinical Quality Measures Electronic Reporting
CQM Electronic Reporting Guides for Eligible Professionals and Eligible Hospitals The following is email communication from CMS. Are you an eligible professional or eligible hospital…
Should Requirements Lead or Follow Capability?
Strict Standards for the Structure of Data William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author The…
Buzzing Over Cerner Buying Health IT Unit of Siemens
Cerner, Siemens, Blue Shield CA, Anthem Blue Cross: What Happens Next? By Alan Portela, CEO of AirStrip Twitter: @AirStripmHealth The industry is buzzing over the…
HIPAA Security Dollars and Sense
Just How Much Does a Breach Cost? By Bart Schaefer, CEO of Armored Envoy Twitter: @ArmoredEnvoy Health care providers are subject to stringent regulatory requirements…
EHRs: New Risk Management Issues and How to Deal with Them
EHRs: The Promise to Simplify and Streamline By Edward Keiper, President and CEO of Velocity Electronic health records (EHRs) promise to help simplify and streamline…