December 2012

Editor's top 10 picks from 2012 ()
ICD-10 planning is not a sprint, but 'get started' ()
HIE expanding state by state ()
Walgreen's faces $16M penalty for illegal record dumping ()
NQF endorses 12 patient safety measures ()
ONC12: Roundtable highlights HIE, interoperability efforts ()
ONC12: Health IT helps strive toward triple aim ()
HHS issues guidance on de-identification of patient data ()
PCORI awards $40.7M to 25 research projects ()
ONC12 speakers address interoperability challenges ()
Georgia hospitals partner to reduce surgical complications ()
ONC12: mHealth driving patient engagement ()
Study: Shorter hospital stays don't increase readmission rates ()
Whitepaper offers solutions for HIE challenges ()
Washington AG rules against EHR donations from labs ()
OCR Director Leon Rodriguez: ‘Enforcement breeds compliance’ ()
ICD-10 causing "shock, awe, fear' ()
ONC12: Patient centeredness is 'tangible, achievable' ()
OIG: CMS could do better with predictive analysis ()
Kvedar: Mobile health offers value propositions ()
Gov't. doles out $16 million to deploy cloud-based CDS ()
WEDI names 2013 officers ()
Are you ready for an MU audit? Advice from Adventist Health System ()
Health IT security is 'a collective problem' ()
Start preparing for ICD-10 now ()
EHRs can magnify impact of small mistakes ()
KLAS ranks vendors' 2012 performance in nearly 100 categories ()
Two Mass. providers discuss ICD-10 prep ()
Mass. providers share concerns about ICD-10 ()
Sen. Warner: 'We need to put our foot on the MU accelerator' ()
Healthcare warming to mobile devices, but barriers remain ()
Lessons learned when Health IT advisory company realizes own vulnerabilities ()
Weekly roundup: ONC celebrates 2012, rallies for 2013 ()
Rodriguez: Privacy & security efforts must be 'ongoing exercise' ()
Mostashari: 'We have the wind at our backs' ()
ONC lauds Ohio, Kentucky and Maine for health IT usage ()
Halamka: Stage 2 will dramatically increase data liquidity ()
ONC: EHR adoption, MU efforts continue to increase ()
IT integration issues top challenge for healthcare tech managers ()
Mount Sinai wins HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence ()
Utah provider goes public with doc rankings ()
Advanced visualization's impact on imaging ()
Hospital website design is key to a patient's first impression ()
MU drives clinical transformation at Emory Clinic ()
Tenn Gov. on the fence about state insurance exchange ()
KLAS: Use of BI tools increasing ()
Calif. market reports show gaps in health reform prep ()
Email intruder causes N.C. hospital data breach ()
Medical device tax late payments to be waived for most of 2013 ()
AFrame Digital's mobile monitor cleared as Class II device ()
The Health Information Exchange: Key Lessons in Building a Network for Health Information Sharing ()
From Good to Great: How Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Achieved Excellence ()
Change for the Better: Cleveland Clinic Improves the Patient Experience ()
Those Troublesome HCAHPS Scores ()
Venture capital funding for life sciences continues downward trend ()
ONC updates health IT dashboard to include EHR incentives data ()
Study: Overcrowded EDs raise mortality rates ()
Weekly roundup: Advances for mobile health but not for privacy and security ()
CMS seeks comments on patient experience data ()
EHR adoption rate for office-based docs maintains forward momentum ()
Survey: 94% of providers had data breach in past two years ()
U Texas launches HIE lab ()
Verizon grants $15K to R.I. neonatal coordinated care team ()
KLAS: Revenue cycle services growth driven by MU, ICD-10, more ()
New bill to foster mobile health innovation ()
PHRs improve patients' adherence to preventive services guidelines ()
Certification for HIT security, interoperability unveiled ()
HITRUST: Little improvement in data breach prevention since 2009 ()
Study: Telehealth could be 'cost-effective strategy' ()
Proposed rule impacts health insurer operations ()
Eric Topol: We're undergoing a digital revolution in healthcare ()
ONC blog: health IT withstood Sandy ()
Lost mobile device impacts 1,800 home infusion patients ()
Interactive CDS correlates with improved outcomes in HIV patients ()
Maryland P4P programs paying off ()
Survey: Despite barriers, mobile tech will impact care delivery ()
HIMSS debuts mobile health roadmap ()
Pantheon tasked with building AHRQ's public reporting tool ()
FDA looks to speed device approval with new partnership ()
70% of voters have strong appetite for cutting federal health spending ()
Mobile heart monitor receives FDA clearance ()