February 2014

Top Electronic Health Records Vendors Rated by Client Satisfaction, Black Book Rankings Announce 2014 EHR Leaders for Small, Rural and Critical Access Hospitals ()
WEDI offers breach notification guidance ()
BCBS of Michigan Adds Five Hospital Systems to New Reimbursement Model ()
Leading Rural Hospital Provider Weathering 2-Midnight Change ()
U.K. hospitals unprepared for EHR implementation costs ()
AHRQ funding new HIT safety research ()
Seven organizations join Optum Labs collaborative ()
NIST releases cybersecurity framework ()
New FDA rule requires electronic reporting of adverse events ()
NASA technology put to work for lung cancer detection ()
MU, ICD-10 in the headlines again ()
Optimizing Effective Cancer Care at NIH ()
House panel ready to study MU abuse ()
Wearables set to spike ()
WEDI Offers Complimentary ICD-10 Compliance Training Through Webinar Series ()
AMA: ICD-10 costs ‘dramatically’ higher than estimates ()
Government, organizations working on interoperability ()
Bloomberg News: Administration's Studies of New Payment Systems Employ Faulty Data Analysis ()
Alliance seeks policy reform around telehealth, remote monitoring ()
Healthcare sector accounts for 43 percent of recorded breaches ()
Bill targets ‘overregulation’ in health IT industry ()
NIH program targets mHealth research ()
Survey reveals widespread dissatisfaction with EHR systems ()
New York Times Asks If Saving Money on Health Care Hurts Economy ()
5 Things the SGR Bill Does Besides Fix Doc Pay ()
Health Care Employment Anemic as Sequestration Cuts Continue ()
Pharmacy chains, associations join Blue Button initiative ()
HomeTown Health & the National School of Applied Telehealth Partner with the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth to Provide TeleHealth Certifications ()
HCI-DC 2014: Advancing big data ()
HCI-DC 2014: Cancer, big data and interoperability ()
HCI-DC 2014: Standards and interoperability ()
Indictment: Health exec falsely collected $800k in incentive payments ()
CMS to build public health agency and registry readiness database ()
HITPC: 5 elements of ONC's interoperability strategy ()
HCI-DC 2014: Government as facilitator of consensus standards ()
HCI-DC 2014: Executives share urgency for interoperability ()
CMS extends EHR attestation deadline by one month ()
HCI-DC 2014: Interoperability struggles on the ground ()
This week in health IT: Focus on federal mandates ()
Hands-Free Data Interaction Tool Gives Healthcare Providers New Solution to Prevent Surgical Errors ()
Electronic Medical Records Market to Grow Significantly by 2017, Allowing Greater Profitability and Efficiency in the Healthcare Industry, says GlobalData ()
HITPC: MU workgroup previews Stage 3 recommendations ()
CMS Resets Clock on 2-Midnight Rule ()
MGMA: Practices not ready for ICD-10; CMS must take action ()
MU incentives top $19B ()
OIG: HRSA-funded health center networks struggle with data sharing MU objectives ()
Early Medicare ACO Results Mixed ()
ONC puts call out for new HITPC, standards committee members ()
Press Ganey’s Quality PerformerSM Hospital eMeasures Solution Certified to Support Meaningful Use Stage 2 Clinical Quality eMeasures Reporting for Hospitals ()
American Well® Finds Video is Key to Telehealth Diagnosis ()
Redspin Reports on the "State of Healthcare IT Security" ()
Pronoia Health and AEGIS.net, Inc. Launch Open Library of Health Information Exchange (OLHIE) ()
OIG Work Plan targets security, integrity of EHRs, medical devices ()
Health Affairs: State and licensure policies impact telehealth adoption ()
DoD launching data mining effort targeting cancer ()
Shaq to become healthcare thought leader? ()
VA, Kaiser partner to improve data sharing ()
ICD-11 delayed by two years ()
Panel: HIT policies need better linkage to medication adherence ()
HHS Gives Patients Direct Access to Lab Results ()
21 Hospitals Enter Phase 2 in Bundled Prospective Payment Bet ()
Report: Security incidents cost U.S. hospitals over $1.6B annually ()
Final rule improves patient access to lab results ()
Cost reduction top priority for hospital innovation ()
New Study Casts Doubt on High-Price Hospitals' Value ()
Walgreens turns to big data analytics to improve care ()
iPatientCare EHR and Integrated Practice Management Announces ICD-10 Readiness ()
Medorizon Offers EMR for 3 Months While ICD-10 is Implemented ()
Leading Big Data Healthcare Analytics Company GNS Healthcare Secures Funding to Support Major Market Expansion ()