August 2014

CMS finalizes rule offering flexibility in 2014 CEHRT ()
Walgreens deploys large-scale EHR system ()
Pharma pushes back against CMS implication that industry is behind problems with Open Payments system ()
AHRQ seeks public input on HIE ()
CMS to conduct three weeks of ICD-10 acknowledgment testing ()
Chicagoland mega healthcare system merger finalized ()
Government’s new QIO contractors are not working out, hospital groups say ()
Beneficiaries now also suing about long wait for Medicare appeals hearings ()
CBO revises estimates for growth in government healthcare spending downward ()
Who will hit the $11B jackpot? ()
EHR incentive payment miscalculation causes CMS to underpay some eligible hospitals ()
Rising interest in pop health analytics, but solutions remain immature ()
Is Amazon contemplating entering the digital health sector? ()
NIH releases final genomic data-sharing policy ()
CMS issues three new MU FAQs ()
DoD open to bids for $11B EHR modernization project ()
Harnessing health IT to reduce medication errors ()
Making progress ()
Counihan to take helm of HealthCare.gov ()
CVS Caremark Announces New Clinical Affiliation with MedStar Health ()
iMedicor Signs Agreement with Large Midwest Dental Group ()
Physician recruitment statistics reflect increasing demand for primary care ()
Moody’s finds not-for-profit hospitals at all-time lows for revenues and cash flow ()
Rhode Island Companies Partner to Keep Citizens Safe and Independent Providing Personal Emergency Response Services ()
FCC finalizes spectrum rules for Medical Body Area Networks ()
ONC, CDC pilots push immunization record access through Blue Button ()
Good chunk of practices seeking to replace EMR ()
One Million Hits On iPatientCare’s Newly Launched ‘EHR Evaluation Tool’ ()
Laptop theft cause of Cedars-Sinai breach ()
$36M in HHS funding to go to health centers ()
GoTelecare Announces Approval for Franchising in Six Additional States for Online Medical Consultations and Billing ()
Study finds patient satisfaction and care quality don’t correlate ()
CMS suspends data collection of sepsis and septic shock data from hospitals ()
Senators introduce bill to continue higher Medicaid rates for primary care ()
WEDI launches survey on Health Plan Identifiers ()
Less than one-third of health apps have privacy policies ()
Off to College? Put a Doctor in Your Student’s Pocket ()
Healthcare industry struggles to contain breaches ()
German telestroke project improves care for rural patients ()
Practice Fusion and Vitals Partner to Bring Online Appointment Booking and Doctor Reviews to Millions of Americans ()
Todd Park to step down as CTO ()
Business Wire NextGen Healthcare's NextGen Share Receives Full DirectTrust Accreditation from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission ()
Nuance PowerShare Network Achieves Industry-First Milestone, Sharing 3 Billion Medical Images via the Cloud ()
Study: Simplified EHR alerts cut catheter-associated UTIs ()
One of Nation’s Largest GI Practices Selects Greenway Integrated Information Solutions to Support Coordinated Care, Growth ()
NIST issues draft guidance for vetting mobile app security ()
FBI warns healthcare companies about hacker threat ()
Major data breach shakes up healthcare industry ()
Study: Patients struggle to interpret lab results ()
10 health CXO hiring trends ()
16 challenges in healthcare payment reform ()
FBI to examine ways to communicate cyber threat information more quickly ()
Arizona’s Carondelet Health Network reaches $35 million false claims settlement with DOJ ()
Study indicates improvement needed in EHR patient portals' display of test results ()
Healthcare organizations turn to recruiters, search firms to hire IT staff ()
Microsoft and TracFone mHealth venture promotes diabetes management for underserved ()
Baystate Health Selects Premier, Inc. to Support Health Informatics & Technology Innovation Center ()
Wireless Opportunities in Healthcare (The Market for Bluetooth, RFID, Zigbee, UWB WWAN, WMAN, WLAN and other technologies) ()
mHealth market predicted to hit $11.8B by 2018, say analysts ()
Digital Health Panel Discussion with Healthcare IT Industry Experts: We Have All of This Patient Generated Health Data, Now What? ()
CDC launches hypertension control challenge ()
Victims of healthcare data breaches exceed 30M ()
Study pinpoints methods to boost patient engagement ()
AHRQ guide aims to help hospitals tackle Medicaid readmissions ()
Massachusetts stats show better safety reporting can make problem seem worse ()
Sen. Murphy: For-profit hospitals drive up healthcare costs ()
Alliance with North Shore-LIJ lets Cleveland Clinics’ cardiovascular care program reach sizeable New York market ()
Research and Markets: The US Telemedicine Market Outlook to 2018 - Rising Penetration of Telehome Care and mHealth ()
Philosys Launches GMATE® SMART Meter and App - Improving Diabetes Health ()
Greenway Health Granted U.S. Patent for Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle Management ()
FDA offers API for medical device adverse events ()
Baylor joins Houston's HIE ()
Ordering marketplace the 'new wave' of software ()
CMS extends Sunshine Act records review deadline, tosses a third of reported data ()
Partnership to use personal fitness device data on Parkinson's ()
AHIMA develops QA resource kit ()
AHRQ study finds med mgmt. measures reduce adverse drug events ()
Second-largest HIPAA breach on record impacts 4.5M ()
CHS confirms Chinese hackers accessed personal information on 4.5 million patients ()
Interoperability hearing: Speakers call for trust, standards and 'address book' ()
Tonic Health Selected by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to Increase Patient Engagement with Innovative and Intuitive Ipad-Based Data Collection Platform ()
Home Healthcare Software and Services Market worth $6.4billion by 2018 - Research Report by MarketsandMarkets ()
Many patients remain in dark on patient portals ()
CA health dept. launches Open Data Portal ()
HIMSS Analytics: Less than half of healthcare orgs use telemedicine solutions ()
Baylor College of Medicine Signs on to Regional Health Information Exchange ()
Report examines lessons learned from payer-provider collaboration ()
Pros and cons of telemedicine ()
Tennessee breach impacts 60k state employees ()
Healtheway and IOD Announce PRISM 6.2 eHealth Exchange Validation ()
Phreesia and Allscripts partner to maximize profitability and operational efficiency in the healthcare industry ()
13.8% CAGR for Healthcare Workforce Mgmt. Systems Market Globally to 2019 Says a New Research Report Available at ReportsnReports.com ()
Deloitte predicts boom in e-visits for 2014 ()
Study finds majority of ACOs working with just basic HIT ()
EHRA calls for national patient data matching strategy ()
Unsecured server compromises data of 570 N.C. patients ()
Study links advanced EMR capabilities to lower mortality rates ()
An interoperability roadmap ()
Penn State Hershey Medical Group Realizes More Than $800,000 in Savings Over One Year with Avantas’ Healthcare Enterprise Labor Management Solutions ()
Health Informatics Market Global Industry Analysis, Market Share, Drivers, Restraints, Growth And Forecast 2019 ()
Public policy org calls for EHR interoperability to better measure device efficacy ()
Sen. Schumer calls for greater privacy measures for FitBit, health apps data ()
AHIMA launches global workforce group ()
UNC, Physicians Foundation tool reveal some shortages of specialists ()
DataMotion and Dell to Provide Direct Secure Messaging Services to Healthcare Customers Nationwide ()
Mobile app alerts trained CPR bystanders to cardiac emergencies ()
Boulder Medical Center Joins CORHIO Health Information Exchange, Enhancing Care Coordination For Area Patients ()
Medication Management Market Worth $1,624.9 Million by 2019 ()
ClearOne Chosen By Ideal TeleHealth To Provide Video And Web Collaboration For Integration Into Its eHealth Services ()
HITRUST, SMU launch security graduate certificate program ()
Forging a path to greater data exchange, interoperability ()
Telemedicine could yield $6B per year in savings ()
Researchers can detect risk of genetic disorders by scanning old family photographs ()
N.O. Beacon study puts relationships before technology ()
EHR implementation at N.Y. jails improves care ()
NCPDP Announces Call for Proposals for Its 2015 Annual Technology & Business Conference ()
CareCloud Partners with Iron Bridge Integration ()
Kansas HIE joins national eHealth Exchange ()
A push for interoperability ()
$16.3B VA reform bill signed into law ()
CMS, ONC release Quality Data Model 4.1 ()
Tablet-equipped health coaches reduce readmissions among at-risk Medicare patients ()
MinuteClinic Opens Its First Walk-in Medical Clinics in Nebraska ()
HITPC: More eligible providers attesting to MU Stage 2 ()
HITPC: Hospital health data exchange activity on rise ()
HITPC: Interoperability roadmap is ‘living document’ ()
Fraud at root of Va. data breach ()
Electronic reminders improve compliance with preadmission protocol ()
Aetna and NYUPN Clinically Integrated Network, LLC Announce Collaboration Serving 24,000 New Yorkers ()
Practice Fusion Acquires Ringadoc ()
Access My Records, Inc. Announces First "Auto-Create" Patient Portal Solution for HIEs and Hospitals Using the Direct Protocol ()
Cerner to acquire Siemens Health Services in $1.3B deal ()
Rival payers collaborate on Calif. HIE ()
Price transparency reinvented ()
OIG: ONC's EHR security oversight is weak ()
IPPS final rule fortifies quality reporting, penalties for readmissions ()
New wearable harnesses brain power ()
CMS offers four-pronged ICD-10 testing approach ()
TriHealth achieves EMRAM Stage 7 ()
HHS expands home visiting program ()
Low healthcare spending due to recession, not ACA, according to study ()
Interactive Workforce Model Will Bring Invaluable New Data and Insight to Physician Shortage Debate ()
PCORI awards $55M in new projects ()
AHIMA article aims to dispel top ICD-10 misconceptions ()
NY public health, HIE collaboration drives improvements ()
FEMA awards NYU Langone Medical Center $1.13 billion for Hurricane Sandy recovery ()
Oct. 1, 2015 date nailed down for ICD-10 ()
CHIME launches info security organization ()
Raising the stakes ()
UCSF Medical Center and John Muir Health to form joint care network ()
Sunshine act payments verification process may be even more cumbersome than you think ()
CMS finally pins down new official ICD-10 deadline ()
Community Health Systems Q2 results miss guidance by $90 million ()