Since January 2016, hospitals in three states and the District of Columbia have been maliciously attacked and patient health data has been put at risk. These cyberattacks are a result of “Ransomware”, a malware system designed to “kidnap” data, prevent victims from accessing their information, and extort them for the decryption key.
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By Sharon B. Arnold PhD – Patient-centered outcomes research can be an important tool in making informed health care decisions. PCOR compares the impact of two or more preventive, diagnostic, treatment, or health care delivery approaches on health outcomes, focusing on those that are meaningful to patients.
By Susan Clark – Earlier this year the headlines read that Meaningful Use was dead. The collective sigh of relief was short-lived as it became apparent, as some of us already knew, that Meaningful Use wasn’t going away. It was simply changing its form to something called Advancing Care Information within the MIPS rule.
By John Halamka MD – Some have suggested that my comments over the past few months about the Meaningful Use program, MACRA/MIPS, and Certification imply that we should just give up – throw out the baby with the bath water. That’s not what I’ve written. Here’s a clarification.
By Christy Seely – Thanks to the rise of high-deductible health plans, patients’ share of financial responsibility continues to grow—and almost 50% of it typically ends up written off as bad debt. But there are steps you can take to make sure that statistic doesn’t end up as your statistic.
Stay up to date on the latest and join the conversation with hashtags #Telehealth and #Telemedicine. Currently more and more hospitals are seeking to integrate telemedicine into their programs. Some are doing it well, while some seem to be jumping the gun and not getting it right.
By Chad Terhune – In another sign of growing frustration with rising health costs, aerospace giant Boeing Co. has agreed to contract directly for employee benefits with a major health system in Southern California, bypassing the conventional insurance model.
By Seth Pazinski & Talisha Searcy – In April we asked for your input and comments on ways for us to measure how well our nation’s health care system is doing in achieving “widespread interoperability,” as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
The NRACC announced that Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, rural hospitals with less than 100 beds and independent practices may be eligible for free participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.