Today’s Business News
AirStrip CEO Alan Portela has accepted an invitation to testify before a congressional panel on June 27 as part of the hearing “Mobile Medical App Entrepreneurs: Changing the Face of Health Care.” AirStrip solutions are FDA-cleared and support HIPAA compliance. In addition, this month AirStrip became the first mHealth solution for medical device mobility certified by the United States Air Force to comply with the Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP)security requirements. The hearing begins at 10 AM EST on Thursday, June 27 in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Members of the news media are encouraged to attend in person. The hearing will also be live streamed on the Committee’s website.
athenahealth has announced that athenaClinicals® (13.6), its cloud-based EHR service, is compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition Standards & Certification Criteria and was certified as a Complete EHR on June 21st, 2013 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology. The ONC 2014 Edition criteria support both Stage 1 and 2 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Allscripts today announced that FollowMyHealth™ v2.0 has received 2014 Edition Modular EHR Certification – for both ambulatory and inpatient – from Drummond Group’s ONC-ACB program, and is therefore considered compliant with the applicable criteria adopted by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. FollowMyHealth is a patient engagement solution that combines the value of a personal health record, the power of a patient portal and the connectivity of a health information exchange (HIE).
eClinicalWorks has announced that they have signed 1,000 providers to their Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) service during the first six months of 2013 and is projected to reach $100 million in revenues by 2015. This service is available for 2.9% of monthly collected revenue and also includes the complete electronic health records (EHR) suite by eClinicalWorks, on-site training as well as 24/7 customer service.
For those providing a healthcare service involving protected health information (PHI), sending a common text message may be a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Today Sprint announced the availability of TigerText and Sprint Enterprise Messenger-Secure to address this challenge. This suite of solutions offers healthcare organizations a choice of services to address varying needs as they work to comply with HIPAA security standards and keep patient information flowing efficiently and securely.