By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Should we be concerned? Microsoft Office was first introduced by Bill Gates at COMDEX, Las Vegas, in August, 1988. Here we are almost exactly 27 years later, and if you plug the words ‘hate,’ ‘Microsoft’ and ‘Office’ into Google, you’ll get more than 4 million results. Remove ‘Office’ and Google returns more than 33 million results.
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By Steve Spearman – This past summer, the state of Colorado’s Medicaid program, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), accidentally sent letters containing PHI to the wrong addresses, affecting individuals from 1,069 households.
By Sarianne Gruber – Would you recommend your physician to friend or relative? What would be your reasons for recommending them? Is it because you like the selection of magazines in the waiting room or the self-serve coffee flavors?
Registration is now open for WEDI-Con 2015, October 26-29 at the Hyatt Regency Reston, VA. Join hundreds of your peers for this four-day event to share successful best practices for healthcare privacy and security, transactions and emerging industry trends.
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of August.
By Kerri Knippenberg – The Internet of Things (IoT) – an extension of Big Data – is estimated to become a $117 billion industry by 2020. It began with computers, then cellphones, and now has moved to watches that can monitor our active calories burned during spin class.
By Barry P. Chaiken MD, MPH – Opentable. TripAdvisor. Angie’s List. Healthgrades. No person or organization maintains immunity from scrutiny by consumers. Although reviews can deliver either positive words or embarrassing comments, they surely capture the attention of both the reviewer and the reviewed.
By Debra Harris – Without proper staff training and education, an electronic health record (EHR) implementation can cause more challenges than benefits for your organization. But this doesn’t need to be the case if you take a few strategic steps when prepping and training your staff.
By Sarianne Gruber – The deadline is quickly approaching. All interested medical practices can be a part of the Million Hearts Study as long as an application is submitted by September 10, 2015 11:59pm (EDT). This is an excellent opportunity to join a randomized-controlled trial to uncover the best care delivery models that can potentially reduce cardiovascular risk.