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September 2014

3.7K at risk after Temple University breach (09/15/2014)

Privacy considerations of Apple’s Smartwatch (09/12/2014)

Server glitch exposed PHI of 7k patients for 3 years (09/12/2014)

Tips for vendor contracting for better info security (09/12/2014)

Analytics tops IT priorities for CIOs (09/12/2014)

Medical device security woes, opportunities (09/12/2014)

Spotlight on information security (09/12/2014)

Sandlot Solutions Raises $23.3 Million in Funding Led by Lemhi Ventures (09/11/2014)

Final rule scraps optional 2015 CEHRT Edition; revises 2014 Edition (09/11/2014)

Third Annual Healthcare Leadership Forum Expands to Include Multidisciplinary Evidence-Based Practice Across Healthcare (09/11/2014)

First-of-Kind Health and Human Services Survey Drives Home Sustainability Concerns (09/11/2014)

HIE Market by Setup Types (Public & Private), Vendors (Web Portal & Platform), Implementation Models (Centralized, Federated, & Hybrid), Application (Interfacing, Secure Messaging) - Global Trends & Forecast to 2018 (09/11/2014)

ChartSpan Achieves Patient Interoperability; Releases The First Interoperable Patient Healthcare App (09/11/2014)

CMS official fields questions on 2014 CEHRT flex rule (09/11/2014)

What keeps HIT security executives up at night (09/10/2014)

Following up on JASON report (09/10/2014)

Tackling latent risks in health IT security (09/10/2014)

Telemedicine association shares which states make the grade (09/10/2014)

Telemedicine in Clinical Trials Highlighted at Upcoming Conferences (09/10/2014)

Frost & Sullivan Commends eClinicalWorks CCMR®, a Comprehensive Analytical Platform for Population Health Management (09/10/2014)

PracticeMax Announces Acquisition of Optimum Medical Management (09/10/2014)

Halamka shares info security advice (09/10/2014)

Marx: Leadership cornerstone to health IT security (09/10/2014)

Aetna CISO on risk-based approach to info security (09/10/2014)

OIG audit finds La. over- and underpaid MU incentives (09/09/2014)

OCR official: No timeframe yet for audits, but expect more in-depth reviews (09/09/2014)

Recognizing Innovation (09/09/2014)

Fourth team enters bid for DoD EHR modernization contract (09/09/2014)

Healthcare cyberattacks increased 91% in one year (09/09/2014)

BCH CIO shares experience with Anonymous cyberattack (09/09/2014)

Study: Majority of patients ready for telehealth (09/08/2014)

Back to Basics (09/08/2014)

Mid-America Regional Council Expands Safety Net Clinic Health Information Exchange Initiative (09/08/2014)

Saving Time & Money with Asynchronous Virtual Visits (09/08/2014)

Bringing Home Health Into the Fold (09/08/2014)

Identity theft ring cited in AltaMed breach (09/08/2014)

Functionality Failure: More EHR Users Ready to Replace (09/08/2014)

HIEs: The Quest for Value (09/08/2014)

AMDIS Speakers Tackle Tough IT Challenges (09/08/2014)

The Challenges Keep Changing: Meaningful Use Roundtable (09/08/2014)

ICD-10 transition could create patient safety data issues (09/08/2014)

2014 Accelerator Awards (09/08/2014)

HHS: Healthcare.gov breach did not compromise personal data (09/08/2014)

DrFirst's EPCS Gold Approaching 700,000 Controlled Substance E-Prescriptions Issued (09/08/2014)

HITPC: More analysis of JASON data infrastructure report findings (09/08/2014)

Survey touts EHR benefits in communications, patient safety (09/05/2014)

FSMB moves one step closer to Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (09/05/2014)

27% of U.S. broadband households own a connected device (09/05/2014)

ANA: U.S. will need 1.1 million more R.N.s by 2022 to head off shortage (09/05/2014)

Delaware hospital’s bedside addiction intervention program gets White House officials’ attention (09/05/2014)

Most providers have no strategy for accountable care (09/05/2014)

Michigan merger of three not-for-profit healthcare systems finalized (09/05/2014)

CMS schedules three testing weeks for ICD-10 (09/05/2014)

CMS actuaries predict current slowdown in health care spending will not last (09/05/2014)

Isabel Healthcare to Exhibit at ENGAGE14, Greenway Health’s Annual Users Conference (09/05/2014)

The Data Quality Campaign Becomes National Cyber Security Awareness Month Champion (09/05/2014)

Is time on our side? (09/05/2014)

Best Doctors, Inc. Acquires Rise Health to Accelerate Expansion of Its Digital Health Solutions Focused on Helping People Get the Right Diagnosis and Treatment (09/04/2014)

Big Data & Analytics: Taking Pharma to the Next Generation (09/04/2014)

Google’s Megan Smith tapped as new U.S. CTO (09/04/2014)

EHR implementation boosts reimbursement, but patient visits decline (09/04/2014)

Medical device groups call on FDA to advance registries (09/04/2014)

HITPC subgroup begins work on ‘thorny’ HIE governance (09/04/2014)

HITPC: $25B doled out for MU; CEHRT flex to keep providers 'on track' (09/04/2014)

Study of Breakthrough Behavioral's Online Video Counseling Reveals Positive Outcomes (09/03/2014)

Facebook surveys of HPV vaccine uptake help pinpoint disparities (09/03/2014)

Ohio hospitals show cutting HAIs requires cultural shift (09/03/2014)

HHS bends on Meaningful Use Stage 2 (09/03/2014)

Highmark and UPMC saga draws to a close with publication of final transition plan (09/03/2014)

AHA seeks changes in House bill to reduce fraud, waste and abuse in Medicare (09/03/2014)

PwC Health Research Institute confirms that hospitals in Medicaid expansion states are faring vastly better (09/03/2014)

More physicians believe in greater transparency (09/03/2014)

Survey: Rising demand for infection control systems (09/03/2014)

Greenway Partners With Lightbeam to Bring Population Health and Data Solutions to Their Customers (09/03/2014)

CVS Caremark Announces Corporate Name Change to CVS Health to Reflect Broader Health Care Commitment (09/03/2014)

California breach impacts 6.5K (09/03/2014)

Join thought leaders at Healthcare Leadership Forum in Chicago (09/03/2014)

Memorial Hermann breach impacts 10K (09/03/2014)

Federal immigration offices deploy EHR system (09/02/2014)

Global Collaboration in Open Source EHRs and Mobile Health IT to be Focus at Annual Open Source Summit (09/02/2014)

Elsevier to Market Innovative Patient Data Collection Platform from Tonic Health (09/02/2014)

Consolidated Medical Bio-Analysis, Inc. Joins the Health Gorilla™, Inc. Online Marketplace Full Services Clinical Lab Leader Integrates with Marketplace (09/02/2014)

Mobile app designed to help parents of NICU-babies cope (09/02/2014)

Patient portal frustrations revealed (09/02/2014)

IT leaders share thoughts on MU flexibility rule (09/02/2014)

Redspin Releases IT Security Advisory for Healthcare CEOs (09/02/2014)

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