December 2014

HHS awards $36.3M to reward, expand quality at health centers ()
CMS reports rising Stage 2 attestations; CHIME says it’s not enough ()
The International Rescue Committee Expands Fight against Ebola; Pioneers Ebola Care with Robust Electronic Medical Records ()
Walgreens Expands Telehealth Platform to Offer Virtual Doctor Visits Through MDLIVE via Walgreens Mobile App ()
Outcomes Based Healthcare and Big Data Partnership Secure Grant for a £1m Project to Use Big Data to Predict Complications of Diabetes ()
Welch Allyn acquires HealthInterlink ()
Phone call with pharmacists before physician visit improves care ()
Blackberry, NantHealth unveil cancer genome browser ()
Becker's Hospital Review names 50 most powerful people in healthcare ()
Federal Health IT Strategic Plan unveiled ()
Blackberry, Nanthealth launch cancer genome browser ()
Medical billing provider settles with FTC for duping customers ()
It's time for patient safety 2.0 ()
$400K settlement reached in Kansas City medical records case ()
NJ hospital opens digital health store ()
Federal HIT strategic plan published ()
Patient engagement: It's 'past time' to get ready ()
Apps, privacy top PwC's list of top healthcare concerns for 2015 ()
Legislation would limit regulation of low-risk health IT ()
Modernizing Medicine Honored with Innovation Award from the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) ()
Lilly, Anthem, Inc. and HealthCore Create Research Collaboration to Improve Health Outcomes ()
Qualcomm announces collaboration with vitaphone e-health solutions to power high-tech, high-touch telehealth and remote monitoring services ()
New Argonaut Project is collaborative effort to drive FHIR standard ()
ONC data brief reveals role of HIE, MU on EHR adoption ()
Collaboration around patient safety ()
To save healthcare costs, Arizona county considers not hiring smokers ()
Federal contractors finding work in healthcare, not war ()
$400K settlement reached in Mo. medical records case ()
Consumers take on larger share of healthcare costs ()
Ebola price tag: $8.5K-$50K per day ()
Risk management standards for health IT ()
Blackburn: Regulatory environment should not discourage innovation ()
Health IT victory ()
Jon White named ONC acting deputy national coordinator ()
Opposing sides continue ICD-10 debate ()
Frist, DeSalvo on healthcare's future ()
Elsevier Foundation Announces its 2015 Grant Recipients ()
Behavioral Health Software Market Worth $1.5 Billion by 2019 ()
U.S. healthcare spending at historic lows ()
Utah org. launches smartphone project to link mental health and primary care ()
Organizations achieve EMRAM Stage 7 ()
Wellpoint officially changes name to Anthem ()
Humana and HealthCare Partners Nevada Launch Accountable Care Agreement in Nevada ()
Hearings scheduled to consider single-payer healthcare in N.Y. ()
U.S. healthcare spending growth slowest since 1960 ()
NorthStar Realty acquires Griffin-American for $4B ()
Competing for patients with amenities ()
McKesson's Hammergren talks interoperability, innovation ()
Third-party error leaves data of 25K accessible online ()
New partnership to more effectively commercialize devices, care innovations ()
New report calls for interoperability infrastructure ()
DataMotion Sets Pace for HISPs by Achieving Certificate and Registration Authority Accreditation from EHNAC-DirectTrust.org ()
National Rural Accountable Care Consortium Announces New Financial Partners to Support 2016 ACOs ()
University of Chicago to launch Genomic Data Commons ()
Most hospitals use at least one social media platform ()
Hospitals committed 17% fewer medical errors, saving 50K lives ()
More research needed on impact of HIEs ()
University of Michigan center to focus on chronic disease ()
Proposed rule for ACOs includes new model, timeframe ()
Legislators introduce framework for medical innovation legislation ()
Elsevier To Unveil New Amirsys Diagnostic Decision Support and Education Solutions at RSNA 2014 ()
Frost & Sullivan Recognises ClearDATA with the 2014 North American Healthcare Cloud Leadership Award ()
Foundation Medicine and Flatiron Health Collaborate to Develop First-in-Class Data Platform to Accelerate Precision Medicine for Cancer ()
Jury still out on HIEs ()
HealthCare.gov’s small business insurance marketplace goes live ()
Alarm hazards top the ECRI Institute’s list of technology concerns ()
Parallels between healthcare and global warming ()
Barriers evident in global public health data sharing ()
AHA comments on cybersecurity: Responsibility lies with device manufacturers ()
CMS to issue draft ACO regulations ()
Study: Electronic checklists can reduce unnecessary antibiotic use ()
Former hospital employee snooped on 692 patients ()
Alarm hazards top ECRI Institute's annual technology concerns for 2015 ()
Editas Medicine Licenses Genome Editing Technology from Broad Institute and Harvard University ()
National Decision Support Company Content Delivery Platform Exceeds 200,000 Monthly Decision Support Transactions ()
Entrada Honored as a 2014 NEXT Award Winner ()
Collaborative analytics effort helps Advocate bend cost curve ()
Penn Medicine uses predictive analytics to reduce sepsis mortality ()