New ACOs announced by HHS
Department of Human and Health Services (HHS) continues to see a steady interest and participation in the available Accountable Care Organization (ACO) incentive program. There have been 106 new ACOs...
View ArticleSeen at CES 2013: Bluetooth-enabled fork and more
More than 35, 000 people visited Las Vegas for last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013, to catch a peek at some of the latest developments in consumer electronics. The Digital Health Summit...
View ArticleVA RTLS contract re-awarded to HP
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) re-awarded $543 million to HP’s Real Time Location System (RTLS) contract this week. The technology the VA selected will help them track over 152 medical...
View ArticleLatest HIPAA rule protects EHRs
Many consider the several data breaches in hospitals across the nation clear indications that more should be done to ensure the security and protection of EHRs. In recent months, some breaches, like...
View ArticleMicrosoft betting on unified communication for health care
It’s an increasingly complex process for hospital workers to communicate and collaborate within clinical and administrative areas. Hospital staff members are constantly looking to stay connected and...
View ArticleWhat does a hospital-based EHR or SaaS mean to innovation?
As we continue to see a shift toward new payment models for care delivery and more care collaboration and information sharing, adopting or participating in Software as a Service (SaaS) by a hospital...
View ArticleTablets in health care: where’s the value?
Clinical departments across all hospitals are continuing to adopt tablets at increasing rates. These devices have similar functionality to mobile phones or smart mobile devices, yet offer longer...
View ArticleCMS to require full disclosure of physician and vendor financial dealings
A new CMS update will force some vendors and physicians to reveal their financial relationship with full disclosure, beginning Aug. 13, 2013. The ruling is part of the Affordable Care Act “Sunshine”...
View ArticleProposed child health record standards for EHR
In most cases, vendors that provide EHR products to primary care physicians or pediatricians also offer software packages that track data elements. These data elements in turn track health...
View ArticleEHR vendors help PHR portals succeed
This week, eClinicalWorks announced its new PHR offering, Health and Online Wellness “Healow.” The device is a portal that has a mobile app. It helps patients manage both their and their family...
View ArticleHow can NLP change the way we interact with clinical information systems?
One of the areas in technology that has seen an increase of attention from many is the “Natural Language Processing”. This area of computer science has long been an area of studies by many...
View ArticleONC announces a new release of the HIE platform CONNECT v 4
On February 11th, 2013 a new version of the open source platform for secure exchange of health information Connect has been released. CONNECT V 4. Has been made available to provide federal and other...
View ArticlemHealth initiatives and innovation: still pushing
Without a doubt, mHealth and telehealth (remote monitoring) will continue to play a significant role in facilitating the care and collaboration of patients today and in the future. There are several...
View ArticleDELL introduces Latitude 10 with enhanced security features that would...
Dell has lunched a new tablet PC that provides some new capabilities. The new benefits from the new device are around security, performance and battery life. For security officer, the tablet has new...
View ArticleMcKesson announcement: HIE alliance
Today at HIMSS 2013, an announcement made by John Hammergren, Chairman & CEO of McKesson, showed the willingness of some of the biggest players in EHRs to work toward increasing data fluidity and...
View ArticleMobile cart showcased at HIMSS13
Mobile carts continue to be a common solution for nurses to increase efficiency when caring for patients. Over time, these mobile stations have provided nurses easy and quick access to PCs or laptops...
View ArticleWhat mobility means for desktops in HIT
More and more mobile users are using their devices to access enterprise content and cloud hosted data related to their organization. This has enabled the workforce to access information from anywhere,...
View ArticleHHS looking to encourage HIE adoption
On March 6, 2013, HHS released a notice and request for information around the need for policy changes to help electronic health information exchange outside of the current incentive programs that...
View ArticleSamsung’s mHealth dashboard
Today’s market place offers a number of smartphones to choose from. Manufactures compete on design, operating systems, camera quality, battery life, speed and size, among other things. Yet...
View ArticleMHealth regulations: helping the market or patients?
On March 1, the subcommittees on communications and technology at the health and oversights hearing discussed both the role technology is playing in healthcare and FDA regulations to ensure the...
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