The Great American Smokeout
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.
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ECRI Institute Issues Ebola Readiness Survey
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.
ONC Report Looks at Trends in Perceptions Regarding Privacy and Security
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.
Tune in to This Just In with Justin Barnes on Monday November 17th
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.
Continued Good News for the Health IT Workforce
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…
Time for a Health IT Make Over
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.
Time for a Health IT Make Over
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,
3 Steps Towards Preparing for a CMS Provider Rating System
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.
Making the Hospital Part of the Community
By Jonathan Catley, Online Sales & Marketing Manager, MD Connect Twitter: @MDConnectInc Twitter: @JonathanCatley It is called community building, but why is it an important…