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May 2013

CMS study: All-cause 30-day readmissions declining (05/31/2013)

TripleTree announces 2013 iAwards Winners (05/31/2013)

HITRUST discloses breach of 111 records (05/31/2013)

Seamless Medical Systems Raises $2 Million in Funding (05/31/2013)

Weekly roundup: Breaches, HIE in the news (05/31/2013)

Truven Health Analytics to Facilitate Pennsylvania Statewide Healthcare Data Sharing Under Multi-Year Contract (05/30/2013)

EHNAC requests comment on criteria for accreditation programs (05/30/2013)

Survey: “Meteoric” rise in mobile device EHR demand (05/30/2013)

SuccessEHS Client ARcare Honored by HIMSS Analytics (05/30/2013)

Experts: Successful HIEs require time, early support (05/30/2013)

Physician-patient time continues to decline (05/30/2013)

Health Affairs: Immigrants heavily subsidize Medicare (05/29/2013)

Sonoma hospital breach impacts 1,350 (05/29/2013)

PDR Network and OPTIMIZERx (SampleMD) Announce Partnership to Deliver Patient Financial Support Programs Within EHR Workflow (05/29/2013)

$1.6M PCORI grant going to pediatric behavioral health videoconferencing (05/29/2013)

Idaho exchange launches image exchange (05/29/2013)

ONC releases Direct guidelines for secure HIE (05/29/2013)

Draft quality measures, quality reporting timeline released (05/29/2013)

HHS seeks Jedi Master (05/29/2013)

Breach: Miami org loses 1,400 paper records (05/29/2013)

CMS releases draft clinical quality measures at AHRQ website (05/29/2013)

Study examines negative consequences of EHR alert fatigue (05/28/2013)

Idaho university to pay $400K for HIPAA violations (05/28/2013)

Aetna expands ACO model in Virginia (05/28/2013)

AHIMA health data analyst credential endorses in-demand skills (05/28/2013)

Feds to review rural health IT grants (05/28/2013)

EHR buyers replacing systems increases (05/28/2013)

Study: Automated follow-up calls can help monitor diabetes safety events (05/24/2013)

Mass HIway bolstered by $1.5M grant (05/24/2013)

Weekly roundup: MU debate continues, ICD-10 push (05/24/2013)

Serving Up Health IT Wins (05/23/2013)

Lessons from Afield: Excellence in Industry that Healthcare Can Emulate (05/23/2013)

Shelter From the Storm: Disaster Prep Lessons Learned (05/23/2013)

The Case for Progressive Medication Management (05/23/2013)

ICD-10: Just How Badly Are We Dragging Our Feet? (05/23/2013)

Veterans Affairs Drives Data Mining (05/23/2013)

Collaboration Roundtable: Working to Get Past Analysis Paralysis (05/23/2013)

The Hat Trick: Physician + Informatics + Innovation (05/23/2013)

Season of Flux (05/23/2013)

EHNAC certifies four vendors in interoperable, secure messaging (05/23/2013)

Population Health Management Solutions Arrive as Healthland Acquires American HealthTech (05/23/2013)

Greenway Earns Two U.S. Patents for Care-Coordination Technology (05/23/2013)

DataTrade Solutions Unveils Mobile Charge Capture Application: iCoder MD (05/23/2013)

Commercial EHR, not VistA, for DoD (05/22/2013)

ONC, healthcare leaders reflect on Beacon Community experience (05/22/2013)

PracticeMax Announces Acquisition of ABC Medical Management (05/22/2013)

ClientTell Joins Greenway Online Marketplace with ReminderManager™ Certified API Solution (05/22/2013)

Data entry error causes La. breach (05/22/2013)

More than half of providers have received incentive pay (05/22/2013)

Governance framework released for HIE (05/22/2013)

EHR association responds to senators’ call to ‘reboot’ MU (05/22/2013)

Calif. initiative to fund rural HIE technology (05/21/2013)

AHA advises against halt of MU program, but voices concerns (05/21/2013)

Colorado to pilot telemedicine for prisoners (05/21/2013)

2013 mHealth Summit Call for Presentations Now Open (05/21/2013)

New Index of 5,000 U.S. Physicians Reveals Downward Trend In Profitability For The Year Ahead, With Healthcare Reform Fueling Top Operational Challenges (05/21/2013)

WEDI launches ICD-10 state initiative (05/21/2013)

Net Health Acquires Integritas, Urgent Care and Occupational Health Leader (05/21/2013)

Health Innovation Council urges Congress to reconsider EHR program (05/21/2013)

Baldrige Award Winner Southcentral Foundation Selects i2iTracks Population Health Intelligence Solution to Support Meaningful Use, GPRA and UDS Reporting Requirements (05/20/2013)

Sebelius highlights universal healthcare coverage at World Health Assembly (05/20/2013)

VentureHealth launches health innovation crowdfunding platform (05/20/2013)

New HIMSS Analytics Report Finds that Canadian Hospitals are Facing Data Access and Workflow Efficiency Challenges (05/20/2013)

Winners named for Reducing Cancer Among Women of Color Challenge (05/20/2013)

Maturity model aims to guide ACOs (05/20/2013)

Consumer group responds to GOP senators' call for MU reboot (05/20/2013)

ONC and Blue Button Challenge winners talk health apps (05/20/2013)

Physicians Share Opinions on Electronic Health Records in Recent DoctorDirectory Survey (05/17/2013)

e-MDs Partners with dashboardMD to Provide Enhanced Business Intelligence Reporting Capabilities and Turnkey Healthcare Analytics (05/17/2013)

2,000 Piedmont HealthCare patients alerted to possible breach (05/17/2013)

AMA advises against ICD-9 to ICD-11 conversion (05/17/2013)

Research and Markets: ICT Opportunity Areas in Primary Healthcare in England: Primary Care Trust and Clinical Commissioning Group Plans for Investment in 2012 and Beyond (05/17/2013)

House Appropriations Committee approves $334M for joint VA-DoD EHR system (05/17/2013)

Weekly roundup: Tavenner, HIE, Health IT (05/17/2013)

Tavenner confirmed as CMS head (05/16/2013)

Analytics report: data critical to future of ACOs, population health (05/15/2013)

Indiana breach caused by stolen laptop (05/15/2013)

AHA: Make EHR safe harbor provision permanent (05/15/2013)

New tool tracks prescribers' practices (05/15/2013)

Michigan HIE links to EMS, fire departments (05/15/2013)

PCORI announces $81M in comparative clinical effectiveness research funding (05/15/2013)

AMDIS announces medical informatics awards (05/15/2013)

Survey: Health IT adoption problematic for some physicians (05/15/2013)

Is interoperability trickling down? (05/15/2013)

ELNs, Data Analytics, Knowledge Management: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities (05/15/2013)

CMS: $1B available in second round of Health Care Innovation Awards (05/15/2013)

Video: Physicians sing ‘Ode to EMRs’ (05/15/2013)

Teen builds DNA analyzer in bedroom, wins UK young engineer of 2013 award (05/15/2013)

Study: Initial expectations of iPad use fell short of reality (05/15/2013)

Report examines impact of EHRs on physician-patient encounter (05/14/2013)

CMS timeline details quality reporting alignment expectations (05/14/2013)

McKesson Announces Nationwide Expansion of its Million Dollar EHR Software Give-Away Program, McKesson Gives Back (05/14/2013)

EHNAC to Host Industry Forum for Health Information Service Providers focusing on Direct Protocol, Meaningful Use Stage 2 (05/14/2013)

NCQA names first batch of newly certified PCMH content experts (05/14/2013)

Health IT Accelerator Launching at University City Science Center (05/14/2013)

Health IT Summit: Focus on end game to get most out of EHRs (05/14/2013)

ONC: Progress outlines barriers for HIE governance (05/14/2013)

Report: Outdated IT costs healthcare industry $8.3 billion (05/13/2013)

Unsecured email cause of Memphis breach (05/13/2013)

EMR and HIE Use Increases Among U.S. Doctors, Accenture Annual Survey Finds (05/13/2013)

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