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Industry Events March 20, 2020
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COVID-19, HealthcareNOW Radio March 19, 2020
Patient Safety at the Point of Care on The Tate Chronicles
Now on demand, my talk with Raja Bhadury, the Global Enterprise Healthcare Lead at Hewlett-Packard. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic the discussion is extremely timely as we discuss prevention of viral cross-contamination at the transfer point of technology and HP’s solutions.
COVID-19, Data Privacy and Security March 19, 2020
Sharing Safely During an Emergency
By Art Gross – When an emergency situation occurs, like that of the recent Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak that is said to have originated in mainland China, the healthcare industry is affected worldwide.
Health IT Business News, News March 19, 2020
Health IT Business News – March 19, 2020
Business news from Orion Health, Rhinogram, J2 Global, Inc., SPHAnalytics, MEDITECH, RevSpring, Lyniate, IBM Watson Health, Livongo Health, EBSCO, Unite Us, Lyft, GoHipo, Medicus IT, Andor Health and more.
Health IT Innovation
March 12, 2020
Making Health Data Impossible to Misunderstand
By John D’Amore – Back in the first century AD, the Roman orator Quintilian aptly characterized communication of health information as it should be in the 21st century: “One should not aim at being possible to understand but at being impossible to misunderstand.”
Read MoreInteroperability
March 9, 2020
ONC The Cures Act Final Rule
Today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced the release of the 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule, which implements provisions from the 21st Century Cures Act passed by Congress.
Read MoreRegulatory
March 16, 2020
Industry Response to ONC Cures Act Final Rule
The ONC released their long awaited final rule on patient access, information blocking, and certification updates on March 9th. We have rounded up the usual suspects as they make their initial statements about the rule.
Read MoreHealthcareNOW Radio
March 19, 2020
Patient Safety at the Point of Care on The Tate Chronicles
Now on demand, my talk with Raja Bhadury, the Global Enterprise Healthcare Lead at Hewlett-Packard. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic the discussion is extremely timely as we discuss prevention of viral cross-contamination at the transfer point of technology and HP’s solutions.
Read MoreFeatured from HealthcareNOW Radio
Dr. Anthony Fauci, globally renowned epidemiologist and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Fauci shares the latest findings on COVID-19.
Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance
March 18, 2020
Rethinking the Role of Primary Care in Reducing Hospital Readmissions
By David Meyers MD & Jeff Brady MD, MPH – It takes a team effort to reduce potentially preventable hospital readmissions. Patients leaving the hospital need tailored education about how to take their medications, whether to get home care services, and when to follow up with their primary care physician.
Read MoreDigital Health & Telemedicine
March 19, 2020
HHS Announces Historic Expansion of Telehealth Access to Combat COVID-19
HHS announced unprecedented steps to expand Americans’ access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 outbreak. CMS expanded Medicare coverage for telehealth visits, the HHS Office for Civil Rights announced it will waive potential HIPAA penalties for good faith use of telehealth during the emergency.
Read MoreAnalytics & Population Health
March 10, 2020
Adding a New Competency in Clinical Informatics for Medical Education
By William Hersh MD – One of the most widely cited papers I have written in the last decade has been one on competencies in clinical informatics for medical education. For the most part, these 13 competencies have stood the test of time…
Read MoreHealth IT Security Privacy and Compliance
March 19, 2020
Sharing Safely During an Emergency
By Art Gross – When an emergency situation occurs, like that of the recent Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak that is said to have originated in mainland China, the healthcare industry is affected worldwide.
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