Acting Surgeon General Boris D. Lushniak, M.D., M.P.H. today declared this Thanksgiving day, November 27, as the eleventh annual Family Health History Day. Over the holiday or at other times when families gather, Americans are encouraged to talk about and keep a record of the health problems that seem to run in their families.
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Since 1977, the third Thursday of November has designated the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout. The day is to encourage smokers to use the date to plan to quit.
The ECRI institute has released a survey to gauge the preparedness level of hospitals in fighting and managing Ebola. The survey results will be presented at an ECRI web conference on December 3 at 2:30 ET. Identities of survey respondents will be kept confidential.
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.
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William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The job and career opportunities in health information technology (HIT) continue to grow, even though…
If you’re a regular reader or visitor to our sites, we hope you took note of our new look. We’ve redesigned the sites to be responsive for smart phones and tablets as the site’s design automatically adjusts to various media devices, web browsers and monitor sizes. Thank you for reading.
If you’re a regular reader or visitor to our HITECH Answers site, we hope you took note of our new look. Beyond this new responsive theme that adjusts to various media devices, we’ve also added a few more features to the site,
There has been a lot of dialogue lately regarding CMS’s potential expansion of a star rating system to providers. Not surprisingly, it is being rather heavily opposed.