WEDI is inviting providers, health plans, vendors and clearinghouses to participate in the 2014 Blue Button+ Survey. The survey asks specific questions related to use of personal health records (PHRs) in their practice or organization.
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The recent uproar over Ebola brought HIPAA in emergency situations to the forefront when it comes to what information may be shared and when. The various healthcare facilities that treated Ebola patients were constantly grilled for updates on patients as well as information relating to the movements and other activities of those patients.
Last Tuesday the ONC released results of a two year survey gauging issues of privacy and security of personal health information. The survey concludes that a majority of patients want their providers to use EHRs despite concerns.
Here in America, we are beginning to accept the fact that our healthcare system is not sustainable as it currently stands. With an aging population and fragmented, disparate, and oftentimes redundant care, our country is wasting over $910 billion every year (Berwick & Hackbarth, April 2012) on failed care coordination, over-treatment, administrative complexity and other factors.
Justin Barnes is a healthcare innovation executive and strategist now taking his industry knowledge and combining it with his industry network to bring you conversations on health information technology.
When you invested in an analytics, I’m guessing you signed up for data-driven solutions, not additional healthcare analytics pitfalls and inefficiencies. Yet that’s exactly what your health system is dealing with — problems and inefficiencies that keep popping up when all you really want to focus on is improving quality and cost.
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 October.
The annual MGMA conference gives medical practices an opportunity to learn, collaborate and network with peers. Always Forward was the theme for this year’s conference held in Las Vegas this year. One topic everyone seemed to be talking about was next year’s ICD-10 deadline.
Research company Frost & Sullivan have released their latest health IT report, EHR Usability—CIOs Weigh in On What’s Needed to Improve Information Retrieval. The study was conducted in conjunction with CHIME and looks at key issues affecting clinical data contained in EHRs.