November 2014

HIMSS names Davies Award winners ()
IDC’s predictions for 2015 ()
$100k stolen from Franciscan Health ()
OIG report finds incorrect MU payments in Mass. ()
AMC Health Partners with Icahn School of Medicine on Televideo-Enabled Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial ()
Independent Health Foundation and Teladoc Join Efforts to Provide Medical Relief for All Western New Yorkers During Winter Storm Emergency ()
Commercial Telematics Market to Grow at 18.0% CAGR Until 2020: Transparency Market Research ()
Strategies for physician-led ACOs ()
Health IT executives talk big data ()
Carolinas HealthCare uses analytics to prepare for future ()
Quality, safety focus no longer an option ()
Thwarting cyber threats and attacks ()
Strong HIT adoption makes practices less likely to add new patients ()
CMS extends MU attestation deadline ()
Azalea Health Honored as "Emerging Company of the Year" at Health IT Leadership Summit ()
Florida Blue and Miami Children's Hospital Unveil HealthSpot Innovative Telehealth Technology ()
Health IT Leadership and Innovation Showcased in Georgia, TAG Informs ()
Seizing opportunities in big data ()
A call for healthcare systems engineering ()
Burwell calls for transparency following enrollment data error ()
ONC, USDA boost rural telehealth funding by $8.6M ()
Private oncologists forced to sell, close their practices ()
Bill would exempt regulation of EHRs, CDS ()
Predictions lead to better prevention ()
Boston hospital settles HIPAA violations for $100,000 ()
HealthSouth Corp. to buy EHHI for $750M ()
Bill would exempt regulation of EHRs, CDS ()
Grants aim to improve rural telehealth capabilities ()
Obama sued by House Republicans over ACA ()
Healthcare should embrace imitation, not innovation ()
Differences in how hospitals charge payers impact price variations ()
Obama’s order does not extend ACA coverage to undocumented immigrants ()
DOJ recovers $2.3B in false claims ()
Nation's first chief data officer shares CMS data strategies ()
Mattison on big data: Great potential but risks exist ()
IT in the courts ()
Carnegie Mellon study links EMR use to 30% reduction in Rx errors ()
Realizing digital healthcare’s promise ()
Emdeon to acquire Change Healthcare for $135M ()
Aprima Joins CommonWell Health Alliance ()
Major Hospital System Begins Sharing Clinical Data with Behavioral Health Leader to Integrate Care Delivery ()
CareCloud Becomes A Member of CommonWell Health Alliance ()
Physician shortage cutting into the bottom lines at hospitals ()
Study: Behavioral health management can reduce costs, improve health ()
CHE Trinity Health changes name to Trinity Health ()
CMS launches new data and analytics office ()
HHS proposal would expand clinical trial data disclosure requirements ()
CMS establishes new data office ()
OIG: IT a top challenge for HHS in FY2015 ()
Expanded exchange efforts ()
AHRQ guide focuses on state health collaborations ()
AHRQ guide presents steps for designing primary care interventions ()
Truman Medical Centers earns HIMSS Enterprise Davis Award ()
Convenient Care Association and Wolters Kluwer Health Host Retail Clinic Roundtable ()
Held-up physician results in Boston data breach ()
CVS Health opening digital innovation lab in Boston ()
New coalition hopes for no further ICD-10 delays ()
Indiana court upholds $1.44M HIPAA verdict against Walgreens ()
NY regional HIEs to merge ()
Fla.-based Community Health Centers receives HIMSS Davies Award ()
Target, Kaiser Permanente partner on new clinics ()
HealthCare.gov attracts steady traffic on first live weekday ()
Experts explore data quality in cancer care ()
Partners HealthCare and EMC unveil Partners Data Lake ()
Former Texas hospital chain CFO convicted of MU fraud ()
Ebola-infected surgeon dies in Omaha ()
iCare Announces Partnership with ZirMed ()
Partners, EMC collaborate on data and analytics platform ()
Strategic partnership between IWG, HIMSS and IHE focuses on EHR-HIE connectivity ()
Texas CFO convicted of MU fraud ()
FTC queries Apple on consumer data privacy practices ()
Cost of small physician office ICD-10 conversion overestimated ()
ONC issues plan for quality improvement ()
Joint Commission names 1,224 top hospitals for quality performance ()
A guide for healthcare organizations to harness big data ()
No clear answer to patient no-show struggle ()
Exchanges filled with high-deductible plans ()
Cerner’s $4.46B new campus expected to generate 16,000 jobs ()
eHI roadmap focuses on private sector to drive care delivery transformation ()
IOM report calls for more data elements in EHRs ()
Cerner breaks ground on new campus, promises 16,000 jobs ()
More concerns, more breaches ()
CHIME recognizes Intermountain, VMware for BYOD program ()
4.7% of hospitals, 24% of providers fail post-payment audits ()
Data can pinpoint which nurses improve care, patient outcomes ()
Interoperability roadmap draft recommendations mark good start ()
Orion Health Opens Development Center in Scottsdale, Arizona ()
Hackers affect 60K state insurance plan members ()
UnitedHealth restructures management team ()
AMA to CMS: Eliminate Meaningful Use penalties ()
Woman taken to out-of-network hospital now faces bankruptcy ()
Early praise for Healthcare.gov ()
Under CMS experiment, ACOs can recruit seniors into network ()
Malware puts patient data at N.C. dermatology center at risk ()
Georgia and South Carolina HIEs now linked ()
Analysis of EMR data can pin down cases of undiagnosed diabetes ()
ONC launches Market R&D Pilot Challenge ()
Xerox and HealthSpot to Expand Telehealth Access in the US ()
Geisinger harnesses standards to connect app to multiple EHRs ()
OCR guidance addresses patient privacy during emergencies ()
Allscripts to pay $9.7M in EHR reseller dispute ()
Global EHR use could save $78B ()
AMA holds steady on MU stance ()
VA patients derive value and benefit from OpenNotes ()
Intel-GE Care Innovations™ Launches New Solution to Connect Clinicians, Patients, and Family Caregivers in the Home ()
A team-based approach to reducing cardiac monitor alarms ()
2014 sees ‘record high’ corporate digital health investments ()
AMC Health Highlights Telehealth's Positive Impact on Veterans' Care ()
Modernizing Medicine Closes First $15M Tranche of Expected $20M Round of Funding ()
eClinicalWorks Assists Customers to Gain Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition ()
With N.Y. doctor cleared of Ebola, there are no known cases in U.S. ()
Thousands of Kaiser nurses plan 2-day strike ()
Feds lower expectations for open enrollment period ()
Barriers persist in obtaining medical records ()
Multi-year health insurance plans hold promise ()
HIMSS, CHIME take issue with DeSalvo’s part-time role ()
ADT alerts save money, improve care in R.I. ()
CDISC, HIMSS work to link patient care with clinical research ()
Rite Aid and HealthSpot Announce Plans to Pilot HealthSpot Stations ()
Wolters Kluwer Health Teams up with Amazing Charts/Pri-Med to Enhance Prescription Workflow and Patient Education through EHRs ()
TrustCommerce Partners with Allscripts to Deliver Secure Patient Payments through Allscripts FollowMyHealth ()
Associations recommend telehealth to CMS ()
CDC invests $2.7M on Ebola hospital kits ()
Supreme Court to hear new challenge to ACA ()
Good news for healthcare premiums ()
Quincy Medical Center set to close ()
Majority of CFOs at struggling hospitals expect to lose their jobs by 2016 ()
Intermountain Healthcare, Healthbox team up for joint healthcare innovation venture ()
Identity theft ring cause of Fla. data breach ()
Survey: HIEs encounter staffing challenges ()
Low attestation stirs the pot ()
Taking on risk ()
Former U.S. CTO on government as innovation platform ()
HITPC considers more interoperability roadmap recommendations ()
Teladoc and Doctor on Demand CEOs share their vision for telehealth ()
Survey: Majority ready for ICD-10 testing ()
Feds to require hospitalization coverage for large companies ()
Thanks to ACA, health sector stocks boom ()
Re-election of Republican governors narrows possibilities of Medicaid expansion ()
Survey finds majority ready for end-to-end ICD-10 testing ()
Obama admin to seek $6.2B in emergency Ebola funding ()
Leapfrog update: Hospitals improve on safe practices but not on outcomes ()
Shlain: Healthcare is a people business, not a technology business ()
DeSalvo remains committed to ONC goals ()
Slavitt stresses ACA implementation in CMS role ()
OIG to beef up EHR, MU scrutiny ()
Surveys indicate public supportive of EHRs, HIE despite privacy concerns ()
Blue Cross, Drexel collaborating on care delivery research ()
HL7 survey finds high turnover, anticipated integration ()
Less than 17% have hit Stage 2 targets; organizations again call for MU relief ()
Start Smart For Your Baby Texting Program Wins Children's Health Award By Medicaid Health Plans of America ()
Artificial hip implant lawsuits settled for $1B ()
Feds, Mass. reach five year, $41.4B healthcare deal ()
Pushing for Behavioral Health Data Exchange ()
Reducing Readmissions: Can Predictive Analytics Help Lower Patient Returns? ()
Rethinking EHR Usability ()
How to reduce healthcare costs? Give Americans a ‘purpose in life’ ()
Bulk of Calif. breaches could be prevented with encryption ()
How the Supreme Court decision impacted HIX enrollment ()
Telehealth gets major boost ()
Making Mobile Health Personal ()
EHRs can improve clinical note quality ()
Assns.' report aims to foster better shared decision-making ()
2014 National Health IT Week Has Huge Impact ()
Get to Know Hearst Health & Its Innovation Lab ()
Technology, Teamwork, Transitions: Highlights from the 2014 Healthcare Leadership Forum ()
Technology Drives the Best Touch ()
HealthFusion's MediTouch® EHR Ranked as Top 3 for Clinical Quality and Support in Medical Economics' National Provider Survey ()
MedStar Health signs expanded agreement with Cerner ()
LightAide innovator wins Boston Children's Hospital's Rising Star award ()
2015 payment final rule addresses chronic care, EHRs ()
Report details healthcare shift ushered in by tech ventures, transparency ()
Microsoft's answer to Apple Watch: Microsoft Band ()
Calif. hospital chain to pay $37M for allegedly overcharging Medicare ()
Judge rejects quarantine for Maine nurse ()
Google planning for cancer cell searches ()
EEOC lawsuit against Honeywell's wellness program poses questions ()