Day 4 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts has us calling out for the true meaning of the season – Giving. The newest in health technology, innovation, and patient engagement is now taking to crowd funding to get that start they believe will make them successful.
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The health care sector is in for more targeted attacks next year, as cyber assailants increasingly prize the data providers maintain. That’s the analysis of industry executives who contend the information security threats facing health care institutions will only intensify in 2015.
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is partnering with CMS and other public and private organizations to develop the ICD-10 Implementation Success Initiative. The first phase of the Initiative, a searchable database of ICD-10 issues.
Interoperability is the current health IT buzzword because it’s the essential ingredient in creating a system that benefits patients, doctors and hospitals. Almost everyone in healthcare is pressing for it and is frustrated, though probably not surprised, that Meaningful Use did not get us there.
It is day three of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts and like three French hens, the three stages of meaningful use marched along in 2014. It was not a drama-less year though as organizations pressed CMS to continue the 3 month reporting period requirement for Stage 2 and beyond.
DataMotion™ announced it has achieved accreditation with the Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP) as both a Certificate Authority (CA) and Registration Authority (RA) from DirectTrust.org and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).
Technology is always changing in the medical industry. New medical devices, drugs, and techniques are constantly emerging. Not all innovations lead to improved patient care or lower operating costs, but many of them do so your health care operations needs to stay current with the latest breakthroughs.
On day two of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts we turn to Twitter. What would our year have looked like without Twitter? Our version of an alternate ending to It’s a Wonderful Life?
In the months following my hospitalization, I walked away with paperwork and access codes to five different patient portal sites, including my PCP, surgeon, the initial hospital where I received emergency treatment, the hospital where I had surgery, and in addition (not related to my injury) my OB/Gyn, and recently, my dentist!