August 2014

Public policy org calls for EHR interoperability to better measure device efficacy ()
Sen. Schumer calls for greater privacy measures for FitBit, health apps data ()
AHIMA launches global workforce group ()
UNC, Physicians Foundation tool reveal some shortages of specialists ()
DataMotion and Dell to Provide Direct Secure Messaging Services to Healthcare Customers Nationwide ()
Mobile app alerts trained CPR bystanders to cardiac emergencies ()
Boulder Medical Center Joins CORHIO Health Information Exchange, Enhancing Care Coordination For Area Patients ()
Medication Management Market Worth $1,624.9 Million by 2019 ()
ClearOne Chosen By Ideal TeleHealth To Provide Video And Web Collaboration For Integration Into Its eHealth Services ()
HITRUST, SMU launch security graduate certificate program ()
Forging a path to greater data exchange, interoperability ()
Telemedicine could yield $6B per year in savings ()
Researchers can detect risk of genetic disorders by scanning old family photographs ()
N.O. Beacon study puts relationships before technology ()
EHR implementation at N.Y. jails improves care ()
NCPDP Announces Call for Proposals for Its 2015 Annual Technology & Business Conference ()
CareCloud Partners with Iron Bridge Integration ()
Kansas HIE joins national eHealth Exchange ()
A push for interoperability ()
$16.3B VA reform bill signed into law ()
CMS, ONC release Quality Data Model 4.1 ()
Tablet-equipped health coaches reduce readmissions among at-risk Medicare patients ()
MinuteClinic Opens Its First Walk-in Medical Clinics in Nebraska ()
HITPC: More eligible providers attesting to MU Stage 2 ()
HITPC: Hospital health data exchange activity on rise ()
HITPC: Interoperability roadmap is ‘living document’ ()
Fraud at root of Va. data breach ()
Electronic reminders improve compliance with preadmission protocol ()
Aetna and NYUPN Clinically Integrated Network, LLC Announce Collaboration Serving 24,000 New Yorkers ()
Practice Fusion Acquires Ringadoc ()
Access My Records, Inc. Announces First "Auto-Create" Patient Portal Solution for HIEs and Hospitals Using the Direct Protocol ()
Cerner to acquire Siemens Health Services in $1.3B deal ()
Rival payers collaborate on Calif. HIE ()
Price transparency reinvented ()
OIG: ONC's EHR security oversight is weak ()
IPPS final rule fortifies quality reporting, penalties for readmissions ()
New wearable harnesses brain power ()
CMS offers four-pronged ICD-10 testing approach ()
TriHealth achieves EMRAM Stage 7 ()
HHS expands home visiting program ()
Low healthcare spending due to recession, not ACA, according to study ()
Interactive Workforce Model Will Bring Invaluable New Data and Insight to Physician Shortage Debate ()
PCORI awards $55M in new projects ()
AHIMA article aims to dispel top ICD-10 misconceptions ()
NY public health, HIE collaboration drives improvements ()
FEMA awards NYU Langone Medical Center $1.13 billion for Hurricane Sandy recovery ()
Oct. 1, 2015 date nailed down for ICD-10 ()
CHIME launches info security organization ()
Raising the stakes ()
UCSF Medical Center and John Muir Health to form joint care network ()
Sunshine act payments verification process may be even more cumbersome than you think ()
CMS finally pins down new official ICD-10 deadline ()
Community Health Systems Q2 results miss guidance by $90 million ()