July 2014

Why mHealth has stalled ()
Ambient Clinical Analytics Technology Takes Home First Place for the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management in Health Case Competition ()
Elsevier Clinical Solutions Introduces Free Clinical Documentation Improvement Reference App for Apple and Android Phones and Tablets ()
iPatientCare Introduces Patient Centric Apps for iPhone and iPad, Addition to its mHealth Solutions ()
Medicare diagnostic labs seek exemption from EHR penalties ()
Study: Text messaging helps curb young adult binge drinking ()
HHS launches new initiative to help states reform Medicaid payment and delivery systems ()
AHA and hospitals seek summary judgment in claim denial appeals backlog case ()
CVS and IBM commit $1.5M to promote innovation in community health centers ()
Community Health Systems to acquire bankrupt Natchez, Mississippi, hospital ()
U.S. News & World Report releases hospital rankings ()
EHR analysis gets better results than clinical trials ()
Inefficient communication costs average U.S. hospital $1.75M ()
$100M HHS ‘innovative collaboration’ to advance Medicaid reform ()
Patient-generated data in comparative effective research will enhance quality of care ()
Survey: EHR adoption, implementation ranked most pressing IT problems ()
Orgs launch pathology clinical informatics program ()
DataMotion Selected by Michigan Health Information Network to Provide Direct Secure Messaging Services ()
ICD-10 guidance calls for dual coding during transition ()
CMS tool helps hospitals translate impact of MU proposed rule ()
GAO: DoD, VA integrated EHR plans insufficient ()
Calif. breach reveals Social Security numbers of 18K physicians ()
Worries that hospitals will use EHRs to upcode may be overblown, new study finds ()
New York provider consortium takes aim at Medicaid costs, and state grant money ()
Detroit Medical Center wins +$9 million HHS Innovation Award to test putting primary care adjacent to ED ()
Bobby Grajewski: Healthcare leaders, help your people become innovators ()
New government funding tackles primary care shortage ()
Advances on several fronts ()
Tufts Medical Center Automates Anesthesia Record with Plexus Information Systems' AIMS ()
NextGen Healthcare and HMC/CAH Consolidated, Inc. Expand Relationship ()
HITPC: ACO recommendations focus on claims data, better tools, information sharing ()
HITPC: Recommendations for HIT safety center debated, approved ()
HITPC: Subgroup offers recommendations for expanding, strengthening health IT workforce ()
No link between hospital EHR use and upcoding for higher reimbursement ()
Six powerful Congressmen push CMS for more ICD-10 implementation information ()
Proposed MPFS seeks to boost payments to primary care ()
June jobs report reflects shift to outpatient care ()
CMS releases proposed 2015 hospital OPPS and ASC rates ()
CAHs report challenges, progress with health IT ()
CMS quality changes signal continued interest in comparing hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical centers ()
Mass. grant initiative supports health IT ()
$100M in ACA funding to support new health centers ()
Are penalties the answer? ()
HITPC: Larger hospitals, physician practices most likely to attest to MU Stage 2 ()
MediSafe Expands into Wearables During Google’s I/O Developer Conference; Releases 1st Medication Management App for Android Wear Smartwatches ()
Over 40% of U.S. Pharmacies Now Able to Accept Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances ()
HITPC: Stakeholders identify MU Stage 2 challenges, solutions ()
HITPC: CIOs share insight on MU Stage 2 attestation ()
No shortage of public comments on FDASIA draft report ()
HITPC realigns workgroups ()
HITPC approves MU Stage 3 quality measure recommendations ()
iPatientCare Updates miGlass - the First Wearable EHR App for the Google Glass, Adds Innovative Functionalities and Addresses Emerging Demands of Health Care Providers ()
Michigan HIEs merge to serve 5M patients ()
CMS proposal requires chronic care providers to use 2014 CEHRT ()
Report: CPOE market poised for growth ()
NSA intercepted data, including medical records, from U.S. citizens ()
AHRQ showcases Medicaid innovations supporting medical homes ()
ONC challenge looks to leverage health IT to curb hypertension ()
WEDI Announces Meaningful Use Webinar Series in Collaboration with the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services ()
ONC updates testing program for EHRs ()
HIMSS Analytics Database made available for research ()
$162M plan to update VA's VistA ()
80% of smartphone users want care alerts ()
More telehealth services proposed for Medicare ()
ATA offers recommendations to insurance commissioners group ()
Wolters Kluwer Health and Logical Images Partner to Offer VisualDx Diagnosis Support Tool to Lexicomp Customers ()
iPatientCare Partner, TransFirst, to Bring Efficiency and Automation to Patient Payment Process ()
Jocelyn Samuels tapped as new OCR director ()
AHIMA: Poor documentation risky to patient health ()
AAMI, ECRI report pinpoints HIT safety concerns ()
Philips and Salesforce.com Announce a Strategic Alliance to Deliver Cloud-Based Healthcare Information Technology ()
Bill introduced in House and Senate to further quality reporting in post-acute care ()
Meaningful Use hardship exemption deadline passes without extension ()
Massachusetts judge puts brake on Partners' deal with state ()
Study finds Stage 2 EHRs not ready for data sharing ()
Major health record hack awaits ()
Study: Majority of hospitals do not engage in HIE ()
HHS grants support healthcare disaster readiness ()
Taking a Break ()
Brightree and MacPractice join CommonWell Health Alliance ()
MGMA: Provider pay more closely linked to quality, patient satisfaction ()
Expect ‘explosive’ growth in digital health investments ()
New Study Finds That Using Smart Bed Technology® Solution Dramatically Reduces Pressure Ulcers in Long-Term Care Residents ()
US Trade & Commerce Research Institute Selects Telemedicine Industry Leader for Award ()
NextGen Healthcare and Mirth Launch Enterprise Interoperability Platform ()