Certifications Announced – 3-14-17
Some technology is required to be certified and others choose to distinguish their products by elective certifications. The following companies have announced recent certifications of their products.
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Cybersecurity and Healthcare Panel Discussion with Government and Industry Experts
By David Harlow – I recently moderated the Second Annual Cybersecurity and Healthcare panel discussion, produced by HITECH Answers, with some all-star panelists: Mac McMillan, Lee Barrett, Bridget Wahlstrom and Iliana Peters.
MACRA and 21st Century Cures Act Will Drive Interoperability Forward
Q&A with Alan Portela, CEO of AirStrip. Interoperability and our progress towards it is a topic Mr. Portela speaks passionately about, and I had a chance to ask him what his thoughts were on the gains the industry is making post-HIMSS.
5 HIPAA Items that Practices Should Focus on in 2017
By Jim Johnson – With all the recent turbulence in healthcare surrounding Meaningful Use, ICD-10 and now the transition to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, HIPAA has flown under the radar, in a sense, for some practices.
5 Necessary Steps to Protect Your Patient Data
By Tom Saine – Headlines about hospital data breaches that expose thousands of medical records appear with alarming frequency. Yet even one breach can be devastating.
HIMSS Highlights Focused Health IT
Hear all our HIMSS17 Highlights on Healthcare NOW Radio. Here is who I talked to about communications, technical services and solutions, and security.
Leveraging the EHR as a Building Block for 3 Key Healthcare Initiatives
By Brent D. Magers – With the advent of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in the late 2000s came rampant resistance. Meaningful Use requirements forced healthcare organizations to begin implementing an EHR but many were unhappy about it.
Talent Tuesday: Now Hiring!
Welcome to Talent Tuesday. Check back each week as we highlight job opportunities and tips from the healthcare IT recruitment specialists at Pivot Point Consulting. Today’s opportunity is an Epic ClinDoc Analyst.
HIMSS Highlights Focused on Health Information Exchange
Hear all our HIMSS17 Highlights on Healthcare NOW Radio. Here is who I talked to about the on going saga of interoperability. Where are we and will we ever get where we want to be?