On Monday, February 11, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator released proposed rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. The post New Innovations in Technology Promote Patient Access and Could Make Health Data Exchange a Reality for Millions appeared […]

For hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and/or Promoting Interoperability Programs, the deadline to submit data to CMS on at least four eCQMs from one self-selected quarter of calendar year 2018 is Thursday, 2-28-19 at 11:59pm PT. The post Submission of 2018 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Data Due Feb 28, 2019 appeared […]

By Grant Elliott – After the Marriott data breach, the Quora breach, the Anthem breach, and the Uber breach… well, you get the picture. After all of these data breaches, from the commercial perspective, it’s clear that the free market is failing to drive companies to implement adequate data security. The post What’s Needed for […]

By James Daniel & Jacob Ashendorf – We all want the best for our family’s healthcare. Sometimes that means driving across state borders to access better medical care. Since many public health immunization information systems are structured by jurisdiction, records inevitably contain data gaps. The post Bridging the Divide: Office of CTO Works to Connect […]

By Luis Castillo – We’re awash in data. It’s on our phones, it’s saved on our computers, our networks. It’s in the cloud. In a relatively short period of time, we’ve gone from an analog world where data was exceedingly rare to an era where there’s literally more data available than humans could possibly process. […]

New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist Episode NOW on Demand with host Dr. Nick and guest Mark Scrimshire a fellow Walking Gallery member and Entrepreneur in Residence at NewWave and on assignment as Medicare Blue Button 2.0 Innovator at CMS. The post Consumer Rights Driven Data Access appeared first on Health Data Answers.

By Brian Stone – Healthcare IT security pros face the important and difficult task of keeping patients’ sensitive data secure. This type of data is a prime target for cybercriminals, since health records contain more personal data points than, say, credit card data and cannot just be reissued if a breach occurs. The post Yes, […]

By Chris Muir & James Daniel – It’s been a little more than a year since the Docket app won the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Move Health Data Forward (MHDF) Challenge, focused on helping consumers consolidate and share their health data. The post App Challenge Winner Docket to Add Immunization Data […]

By Moira Schieke – The ancient Greek father of medicine, Hippocrates, knew that trust was a fundamental tenet for the effective practice of medicine. How can a patient seek the care of a stranger without the establishment of a fiduciary trust? The post Five Reasons Why Patient Data Privacy and Control is So Important appeared […]