May 2014

Patients expect EHRs but don't trust the technology ()
Study: MU Stage 1 impacts adoption sequence of EHR functions ()
OIG: Physicians make mistakes in more than half of E/M claims ()
Digging into the data ()
Rep. Blumenauer tries once more for Medicare benefit expansion into hospital-to-home transition services ()
The Dawn of Data Mining ()
After major breach, L.A. County looking to require encryption for contractors ()
Just wear it? Intel unveils ‘smart’ shirt ()
Share your innovations! ()
King’s Daughters Medical Center settles with DOJ for nearly $41 Million ()
Making Strides in ED Efficiency, Innovation ()
Long-term Care Providers Dipping Toes in Interoperable Waters ()
Cut Your Security Risk ()
Dashboards: Hospitals’ Quality Control Panel ()
Samsung announces $50M digital health fund, wearable technology plans ()
Operationalizing Effective Alerts ()
Retail Outlets Are Changing the Care Landscape ()
Amsurg acquires Sheridan Healthcare in transaction valued at $2.35 Billion ()
Register now to check accuracy of industry payments CMS will attribute to you under Sunshine Act ()
CIT Accelerator Awards: Share your success ()
DrFirst, Imprivata and Forward Advantage Partner to Enable Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances for MEDITECH Users ()
Specialist vendors taking larger share of EMR market ()
Stolen computers compromise data of 1,213 patients ()
Telehealth partnership aims to prevent blindness in developing world ()
Court ruling ends some hospitals’ discount on orphan drugs ()
Journalists sue HHS for access to Medicare Advantage data ()
PwC finds hospital and physician practice deals down in Q1 ()
AtlantiCare and Geisinger health systems make merger plans official ()
MedCPU Closes $9.3 Million in Series B Funding to Expand Clinical Decision Support Solutions for Healthcare Providers ()
AMIA expands clinical informatics board exam online review course ()
Maine paves the HIE path ()
FTC: Congress should increase transparency surrounding data brokers ()
Penn Medicine picks three for second round of innovation grants ()
Calif. appellate court: Hospital not liable for breach ()
Impaired seniors falling behind peers regarding EHR access ()
Email system sharing results of tests pending at discharge improves care ()
Dick Taylor, M.D.: ICD-10 will not do what you think it will ()
eRx market predicted to reach $794M by 2017 ()
Duke University School of Nursing Study Shows Major Tertiary Hospital Saves More Than 72 Minutes Per Nurse While Improving Clinical Outcomes Using eGlycemic Management System ()
ATA gearing up to launch accreditation program ()
White House: HHS has sufficient cybersecurity regulations ()
Moody’s special report confirms importance of hospitals diversifying ()
CHE Trinity partners with Walgreens in latest strategic step ()
Milliman measure finds healthcare cost growth slowing to 5.4% ()
AHA and three hospitals sue Sebelius over appeals backlog ()
Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH, CEO of American Well® Receives American Telemedicine Association Industry Council Award ()
MU relief on the way ()
Nurses’ media campaign warns against ‘unproven’ medical technology ()
Chris Crawford: Why ISO offers a better approach to quality management for Lee Memorial Health System ()
HHS to disperse $110M for Health Innovation Awards program ()
Seeking innovation inspiration from Starbucks, online gaming ()
athenahealth and Henry Schein Medical Enter Into Strategic Agreement ()
Greenway Health Recognized by Black Book Rankings as a Top EHR Vendor ()
Cerner, Spacelabs Integrate to Create Better Connectivity ()
Innovation: Reframe the problem to find the best solution ()
More than 1,100 products certified to 2014 Edition ()
CDC: Office physicians' EHR use at 72% in 2012 ()
Surescripts: More than half of prescriptions are electronic ()
CMS and ONC propose extension to Meaningful Use Stage 2 ()
Partners HealthCare reaches deal with Massachusetts’ attorney general ()
FTC official hints at increased policing of healthcare mergers ()
Ways and Means hearing focuses on controversial 2-midnight rule ()
ONC, CMS respond to calls for MU relief ()
Proposed rule offers MU flexibility ()
‘Groundbreaking’ agreement reached between Mass. AG and Partners on hospital acquisitions ()
Provider tendencies important to readmissions as well as patient characteristics ()
CMS eHealth Summit: Apps, technology driving better quality improvement efforts ()
UCI School of Medicine integrating Google Glass into curriculum ()
Cleveland Clinic to offer virtual walk-in kiosks ()
Delaware Health Information Network and Halfpenny Technologies Expand Medical Results Delivery ()
CMS eHealth Summit: Driving better care delivery ()
AHIMA making information governance a strategic imperative ()
CMS seeks comment on health agency readiness database ()
CDC: Lab staff essential to accurate EHR data ()
Keylogger malware breach hits UC Irvine ()
Press Ganey framework puts spotlight on patient-centered care ()
Government health data mining practices: Big Brother or better care? ()
Availity and WellPoint Complete Key Phase of Provider Web Portal Conversion ()
Mirth Connect Earns 2014 ONC HIT Certification ()
AHRQ: Quality of hospital care is improving rapidly ()
ANSI wins second term as ONC-approved accreditor ()
Kaiser Permanente San Diego launches telehealth pilot station ()
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Extends Bosch Healthcare’s Telehealth Contract Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems Inc. ()
Blumenthal, more on breakthroughs, frugal innovation ()
State Hospital Engagement Network saves $446 million and 46,112 patients from harm ()
The innovation imperative ()
Criticism of EHR incentive program grows ()
Aetna's Bertolini on the changing payer landscape ()
Joint Commission counted 887 sentinel events in 2013 ()
Expand audience for healthcare price data urges policy center ()
Three out of four medical directors now say their duties are tied to patient-satisfaction and care-quality metrics ()
Embedded, wearable computing to revolutionize digital technology ()
Facebook advance care planning tool wins design competition ()
VA ICU telemedicine intervention has no impact on mortality, length of stay ()
Price transparency and MU in the news ()
Health IT Summit: Good quality begins with data integrity ()
Health IT Summit: Intersecting ACOs and population health management ()
Axial Exchange and Becker’s Hospital Review Announce Results of First Ever National Patient Engagement Ranking ()
Health IT Summit: Reliant shares EHR optimization strategies ()
Health IT Summit: Adding value to HIEs ()
Major health plans agree to open up pricing data to consumers ()
Patients impacted by phishing email scheme ()
6 steps the government needs to take to advance telehealth ()
ONC renews ANSI as certification accreditor ()
Health IT Summit: Trust matters with privacy and security ()
Health IT Summit: Halamka predicts only 20% will achieve MU Stage 2 ()
Foundation calls for telehealth mandate, fines for states that don't offer the service ()
Moving the goalposts ()
Healthcare execs name UnitedHealthcare as the insurer they trust the least ()
Irving Levin finds decline in healthcare merger and acquisition activity ()
Catholic Health faces second breach in five months ()
AMA calls for reduced requirements, penalties for MU program ()
Moody’s downgrades Indiana’s Good Samaritan Hospital and places Detroit’s Henry Ford Health System under review ()
Physician recruitment competition increases starting salaries and benefits ()
HHS, other agencies fail to meet IT goals ()
New software aims to solve interoperability issue ()
Mercy Starts Construction on Nation’s First Virtual Care Center ()
CMS posts new quality reporting resources ()
ONC offers advice on patient-generated health data ()
Jersey City Medical Center Reports Significant Cost and Time Savings Through Practice Unite® Mobile App ()
FIGMD, Inc. Announces Launch of Clinical Data Registry Platform on Google Glass ()
eHealth Excellence Award Winners Announced at MEDSEEK Client Congress ()
Quintiles Announces Agreement to Acquire Encore Health Resources ()
Summit Health Management Fully Transitions to the Cloud; Expands Partnership with athenahealth ()
Calif. systems partner for innovation ()
Burwell pledges to bring bipartisanism to CMS ()
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center pay largest ever HIPAA settlement ()
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center pay largest ever HIPAA settlement ()
Union drops controversial ballot initiatives in exchange for concessions from California Hospital Association ()
This week in health IT: Record fine, ONC activity ()
Winter hits first combined CHS-HMA financials ()
HITPC workgroup supports narrowed focus of EHR certification program ()
Baptist Health settles false claims allegations for $2.5 million ()
CMS cuts red tape to save providers millions ()
Providers and vendors: Simplify EHR certification, advance interoperability ()
Insight on the FDASIA draft report on health IT, patient safety ()
$4.8M HIPAA fine sets new record ()
AHA: 6 in 10 hospitals exchange data to outside providers ()
Surescripts recognizes 51 vendors and health systems for quality eRx ()
Dr. Morris-Singer: Addressing the primary-care shortage through grassroots advocacy ()
ONC touts progress on EHR adoption but Stage 2 meaningful use achievement is low ()
AHA members bring long list of issues to the Hill ()
Hospitals buying up physician practices increases cost of care, new study finds ()
HITPC: The thinking behind the proposed rule for 2015 edition CEHRT ()
HITPC endorses two measures for LTPAC and BH EHR certification ()
HITPC talks exchange of behavioral health, sensitive data ()
HITPC: ONC provides update on MU, including exceptions ()
Settlement requires R.I. HIE to boost transparency ()
Healthcare system demands physician leaders ()
Survey: Online record access outweighs privacy risk ()
N. American healthcare cloud computing market to reach $6.5B by 2018 ()
MRO Announces Founding Membership with Carequality ()
JAHIMA spotlights education needs of HIM workforce ()
Estimated ACO numbers up to 520 ()
Kanda Software- Developed Digital Health Mobile Application Rescufy Wins University of Pennsylvania AppitUP Challenge ()
New Native iPad App for Doctors and Other Medical Professionals That Works Without an Internet ()
Mayo partners with Optum to mine data ()
HITPC to hold hearing on health IT certification program ()
Global patient monitoring devices market estimated to reach $22B by 2018 ()
Transcription vendor fired after data breach ()
House approves VA and Defense budget bill with HIT interoperability requirement ()
Workers confidence poll offers another positive sign for healthcare sector ()
Will new deadline set for ICD-10 stick? ()
Funding expires this year, but most RECs will stay open ()
Healthcare spending spiked in first quarter ()
2015 inpatient PPS rates rule also expands price transparency ()
This week in health IT: Halamka, Reider, more on advancing ()
CMS sets Oct. 1, 2015 as ICD-10 compliance date ()
Kalorama: EMR market tops $23B ()
DirectTrust expands network, increases testing ()
Azalea Health Announces Results of Area’s First Hackathon ()
iTech Announces Partnership With MD-Reports ()