Clinical Analytics and HIE: Two Technologies Come Together – Part Two
The Current Buzz around Analytics Rodney Hamilton, MD, CMIO, ICA Read part 1 of this series As we round the corner to soon approach HIMSS13,…
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How The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Affects Health Care: Six Questions
Fiscal Cliff Impact on Health Care Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News The impending “fiscal cliff” is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax…
Clinical Analytics and HIE: Two Technologies Come Together at the Moment of Need
Healthcare Data Makes Quantum Leap – Part One Rodney Hamilton, MD, CMIO at ICA It’s an old story: healthcare is awash in data but starved for…
CMS Readies IT, Analytics for Waves of Health Reform Data
CMS Creates an Office of Information Products and Data Analysis Mary Mosquera Senior Editor, Government Health IT The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will have…
OCR Releases Guide for De-Identifying Patient Health Information
Recommends Two Methods for De-Identifying PHI The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and oversees health information…
Electronic Health Records vs. Patient Privacy: Who Will Win?
Patient privacy being challenged as patient records are digitized by Rick Kam, ID Experts Does your dermatologist need access to your reproductive health history? Can…
Health Care System To Benefit From Recent HIE Progress
Reason for Optimism About Health Information Exchange By Brian Ahier, writing for iHealthBeat.org The stars seem to be aligned for rapid progress in health information…
New Report Looks at Impact of Telehealth
Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a nonprofit organization providing unbiased and authoritative research and advice to both decision makers…
Clinton Foundation to Take On US Health Disparities
The Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI) On Tuesday, President Clinton announced the newest William J. Clinton Foundation health care project with partners GE, Tenet Healthcare…