What’s Going On with Blockchain in Healthcare?
Keeping up with technologies that are changing how healthcare is delivered. Can a continuously growing chain of blocks using cryptography have applications in healthcare?
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Overlays: Eradicating One of Healthcare’s Greatest Patient Safety Issues – Part Two of Two
By Beth Haenke Just & Karen Proffitt – In the first installment of this two-part series, we discussed the costs and causes of overlays. In part two, we deliver actionable information on preventing overlays, including overlay corrections plans and best practices.
Overlays: Eradicating One of Healthcare’s Greatest Patient Safety Issues – Part One of Two
By Beth Haenke Just & Karen Proffitt – An overlay is one of healthcare’s most dangerous misidentification problems, in part because its infiltration into the medical record system can be so subtle that it often goes unnoticed until it’s unleashed in the form of an adverse event, HIPAA violation, or billing error.
Virtual Care: Transforming the Way We See Our Providers
The transforming technology of Virtual Care from product news, to industry updates, to thought leader articles. News from Northwell Health, Banner|Aetna, VirtualMED, HealthTap, American Well, Virtual Care for Kids, Synzi Care, GlobalMed, & AHIP Institute.
WEDI Comments on Launch of Health and Human Services Compliance Review Program
This month, the Department of Health and Human Services will launch its Compliance Review Program, an audit to ensure compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act rules for electronic healthcare transactions.
Health IT Appointments and Hires
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments include Kuma, Cross Country Healthcare, Greenway Health, HIPAA One, Global Med, Central Logic, Catasys, Inc., Microsoft Healthcare, DotCom Therapy, Inc., Spok, Inc., & Eitan Group.
HHS Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rules to Improve the Interoperability
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it is extending the public comment period by 30 days for two proposed regulations aimed at promoting the interoperability of health IT and enabling patients to electronically access their health information.
Reimagining the Patient Experience for Long-Term Engagement
By Monica Bolbjerg MD – Most health IT solutions today focus on improving the workflows and efficiency of healthcare providers. But what about the pivotal role that patients play in achieving improved health outcomes? What happens in the patient journey during the long stretches between onsite visits?
In-Home Care Delivery Market: Ripe for Disruption
By Matt Dumas – There is a perfect storm brewing in healthcare with trends that have combined to form tailwinds that are now poised to drive massive expansion in the home healthcare market.