HIE best practices: Preparing for health information exchange
Storing Data within Health IT Systems Kyle S. Murphy, Senior Editor EHRintelligence.com .. Health information exchange is both a network enabling the exchange of health…
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ECRI Looks at Best Practices for Reducing Risk, Improving Patient Safety
Assessing Patient Safety The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research to enable improvement of patient care. The…
MGMA Spotlights Industry Leaders on State of Healthcare Panel
The Healthcare Industry Evolves in Changing and Uncertain Times Will the elections have an impact on physicians, payers, hospitals, or public and private purchasers of…
Five Tips to Make Patient Privacy Part of Your Organizational DNA
Best Practices to Minimize Data Breach Risks and Maintain a Culture of Privacy Compliance Data breaches in healthcare are raising alarm. Nearly 20 million patient…
The Year of Patient Care and Data Integrity
2013: The Year of ACAICD10MU2ACOPCMHRCM Carolyn Hartley, President, CEO, Physicians EHR In a recent health IT project debrief, one of my favorite CFOs identified 2013 as…
5 Ways Physicians Can Prepare for ACA
Prepare Now for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was upheld by the Supreme Court in June of this year. No…
Blue Button for Patients: More Than Just a Lapel Pin
Blue Button is a Big Deal by Regina Holliday In 2010, patient advocate and social media rock-star e-Patient Dave (Dave de Bronkart) walked over to…
Key Issues to HIE and Patient Identity Integrity
HIEs and Patient Matching Noam Arzt, PhD, president and founder of HLN Consulting Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) represent a collection of organizations that choose to…
Town Meeting Format for Second 2012 Presidential Debate
Get Ready for Tonight’s Debate The 2012 presidential election race will see the second Obama-Romney debate tonight starting at 9 pm Eastern, 8 pm Central….