November 2014

HIMSS names Davies Award winners ()
IDC’s predictions for 2015 ()
$100k stolen from Franciscan Health ()
OIG report finds incorrect MU payments in Mass. ()
AMC Health Partners with Icahn School of Medicine on Televideo-Enabled Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial ()
Independent Health Foundation and Teladoc Join Efforts to Provide Medical Relief for All Western New Yorkers During Winter Storm Emergency ()
Commercial Telematics Market to Grow at 18.0% CAGR Until 2020: Transparency Market Research ()
Strategies for physician-led ACOs ()
Health IT executives talk big data ()
Carolinas HealthCare uses analytics to prepare for future ()
Quality, safety focus no longer an option ()
Thwarting cyber threats and attacks ()
Strong HIT adoption makes practices less likely to add new patients ()
CMS extends MU attestation deadline ()
Azalea Health Honored as "Emerging Company of the Year" at Health IT Leadership Summit ()
Florida Blue and Miami Children's Hospital Unveil HealthSpot Innovative Telehealth Technology ()
Health IT Leadership and Innovation Showcased in Georgia, TAG Informs ()
Seizing opportunities in big data ()
A call for healthcare systems engineering ()
Burwell calls for transparency following enrollment data error ()
ONC, USDA boost rural telehealth funding by $8.6M ()
Private oncologists forced to sell, close their practices ()
Bill would exempt regulation of EHRs, CDS ()
Predictions lead to better prevention ()
Boston hospital settles HIPAA violations for $100,000 ()
HealthSouth Corp. to buy EHHI for $750M ()
Bill would exempt regulation of EHRs, CDS ()
Grants aim to improve rural telehealth capabilities ()
Obama sued by House Republicans over ACA ()
Healthcare should embrace imitation, not innovation ()
Differences in how hospitals charge payers impact price variations ()
Obama’s order does not extend ACA coverage to undocumented immigrants ()
DOJ recovers $2.3B in false claims ()
Nation's first chief data officer shares CMS data strategies ()
Mattison on big data: Great potential but risks exist ()
IT in the courts ()
Carnegie Mellon study links EMR use to 30% reduction in Rx errors ()
Realizing digital healthcare’s promise ()
Emdeon to acquire Change Healthcare for $135M ()
Aprima Joins CommonWell Health Alliance ()
Major Hospital System Begins Sharing Clinical Data with Behavioral Health Leader to Integrate Care Delivery ()
CareCloud Becomes A Member of CommonWell Health Alliance ()
Physician shortage cutting into the bottom lines at hospitals ()
Study: Behavioral health management can reduce costs, improve health ()
CHE Trinity Health changes name to Trinity Health ()
CMS launches new data and analytics office ()
HHS proposal would expand clinical trial data disclosure requirements ()
CMS establishes new data office ()
OIG: IT a top challenge for HHS in FY2015 ()
Expanded exchange efforts ()
AHRQ guide focuses on state health collaborations ()
AHRQ guide presents steps for designing primary care interventions ()
Truman Medical Centers earns HIMSS Enterprise Davis Award ()
Convenient Care Association and Wolters Kluwer Health Host Retail Clinic Roundtable ()
Held-up physician results in Boston data breach ()
CVS Health opening digital innovation lab in Boston ()
New coalition hopes for no further ICD-10 delays ()
Indiana court upholds $1.44M HIPAA verdict against Walgreens ()
NY regional HIEs to merge ()
Fla.-based Community Health Centers receives HIMSS Davies Award ()
Target, Kaiser Permanente partner on new clinics ()
HealthCare.gov attracts steady traffic on first live weekday ()
Experts explore data quality in cancer care ()
Partners HealthCare and EMC unveil Partners Data Lake ()
Former Texas hospital chain CFO convicted of MU fraud ()
Ebola-infected surgeon dies in Omaha ()
iCare Announces Partnership with ZirMed ()
Partners, EMC collaborate on data and analytics platform ()
Strategic partnership between IWG, HIMSS and IHE focuses on EHR-HIE connectivity ()
Texas CFO convicted of MU fraud ()
FTC queries Apple on consumer data privacy practices ()
Cost of small physician office ICD-10 conversion overestimated ()
ONC issues plan for quality improvement ()
Joint Commission names 1,224 top hospitals for quality performance ()
A guide for healthcare organizations to harness big data ()
No clear answer to patient no-show struggle ()
Exchanges filled with high-deductible plans ()
Cerner’s $4.46B new campus expected to generate 16,000 jobs ()
eHI roadmap focuses on private sector to drive care delivery transformation ()
IOM report calls for more data elements in EHRs ()
Cerner breaks ground on new campus, promises 16,000 jobs ()
More concerns, more breaches ()
CHIME recognizes Intermountain, VMware for BYOD program ()
4.7% of hospitals, 24% of providers fail post-payment audits ()
Data can pinpoint which nurses improve care, patient outcomes ()
Interoperability roadmap draft recommendations mark good start ()
Orion Health Opens Development Center in Scottsdale, Arizona ()
Hackers affect 60K state insurance plan members ()
UnitedHealth restructures management team ()
AMA to CMS: Eliminate Meaningful Use penalties ()
Woman taken to out-of-network hospital now faces bankruptcy ()
Early praise for Healthcare.gov ()
Under CMS experiment, ACOs can recruit seniors into network ()
Malware puts patient data at N.C. dermatology center at risk ()
Georgia and South Carolina HIEs now linked ()
Analysis of EMR data can pin down cases of undiagnosed diabetes ()
ONC launches Market R&D Pilot Challenge ()
Xerox and HealthSpot to Expand Telehealth Access in the US ()
Geisinger harnesses standards to connect app to multiple EHRs ()
OCR guidance addresses patient privacy during emergencies ()