June 2015

Md. breach affects 1,000 patients ()
Xerox Medicaid Management Information System Receives Federal Certification ()
Allscripts Takes $200M Equity Position in NantHealth and Expands Strategic Alliance to Enhance Precision Genomic Medicine at Point of Care ()
WSJ offers advice to patients on their health information ()
Canada launches ambitious research portal ()
Louisiana council to take HIT direct to consumers ()
Global telehealth to hit $6.5B by 2020 ()
FDA seeks to conduct demo project on EHR-data capture systems ()
Rules change to allow first-time hospitals to attest to MU this summer ()
FDA issues draft guidance on UDI ()
Tablets, portal apps don't increase patient understanding ()
HIMSS survey on Direct identifies use, challenges ()
Healtheway rebrands, expands mission ()
Employee convicted of stealing, selling patient info ()
Patients want online access to health info ()
Coalition supports the latest 21st Century Cures Act iteration ()
Stability or calm before next fight? ()
Change is happening ()
Security pro: Mobile is top risk in 2015 ()
Cureatr raises $13M to expand national network of Care Transition Notifications™ to meet demand for real-time patient information ()
American Telemedicine Association Accredits Two New Organizations for Online Patient Consultations ()
AHIMA launches fight against ICD-10 grace period ()
HHS announces employee innovation awards ()
CommonWell adds four more members ()
3M Introduces the 3M Health System Performance Suite ()
HealthAlliance patient satisfaction soars after using CipherHealth tool for nurses ()
KLAS usability report puts athenahealth on top ()
Nuance Partnership Helps Healthcare Organizations Discover Revenue and Prepare for Value-Based Payments with Advanced Practice Clinical Documentation Improvement ()
State medical societies on ICD-10: 'Looming disaster' ()
OpenLegacy Announces New eSuite Integration Platform and Secured Web Gateway ()
Summit Imaging Launches Industry’s First Rapid Response Mobile Application ()
EHR vendors commit to optometry data registry ()
HHS launches GIS-based tool for health disaster readiness ()
Uptick in broadband households with connected health devices ()
DCC awarded $24M MU data contract ()
12,500 affected by Montefiore breach ()
WEDI issues primer for cybersecurity ()
Use of HIEs has changed ()
LG CNS Introduces Smart, Efficient Population Health Management With the LG CNS Care Cloud ()
Zynx Health Partners with McKesson to Optimize Order Set Deployment ()
COCIR and HIMSS strengthen their cooperation ()
2016 budget increases NIH funding, eliminates AHRQ ()
CHIME co-founder Correll to retire ()
Most providers have yet to conduct ICD-10 testing ()
Employee snoop cause of Calif. breach affecting 5K ()
Leavitt Partners, Brookings merge to create new ACO collaborative ()
Hospital CFO gets 23-month sentence for MU fraud ()
Smaller stories have big impact ()
eRx projected to reach $888M by 2019 ()
CVS Health opens digital innovation lab ()
CMS home care demo saves more than $25 million ()
Boston area hospitals launch portal for global data research ()
McGraw heading to HHS OCR ()
Hill-Rom to acquire Welch Allyn in $2B transaction ()
Latest Senate HELP Committee hearing focuses on physician dissatisfaction with EHRs ()
HIMSS expands to gaming community ()
EHR triggers can aid in follow-up care for lung cancer ()
Contractor's stolen laptop impacts 18K patients ()
EHRs require EXTREME--use cases for interoperability ()
Vocera Clinical Workflow Engine Improves Clinical Integrations and Reduces Costs ()
U.S. Treasury Awards PCDC $55MM in New Markets Tax Credits ()
Mostashari's company raises $30M in funding ()
Consumer groups push back on CMS' proposed relaxation of MU requirements ()
CHIME's comments to Senate Chronic Care Working Group focus on care coordination, telehealth ()
AHRQ to fund Centers of Excellence for putting best practice to work ()
Health app users, care professionals both see quality of life benefits ()
New EHR interface expected to boost VA, DoD interoperability ()
NIH accepts plan to make national library 'epicenter for biomedical data science' ()
ATA offers priorities for broadband in healthcare delivery ()
Coalition sees negative consequences in ICD-10 grace period ()
EHR vendor suffers cyberattack ()
Most not familiar with telemedicine but interested ()
EHR system buyers are most likely replacing ()
Intel-GE partnership to study telehealth in senior living care ()
Lots of talk but little action ()
Grants awarded to projects geared to low-income community health improvement ()
Senate HELP Committee again addresses EHR interoperability ()
UMass Lowell opens business incubator ()
Indiana records found in dumpster ()
MU has led to digital divide ()
Dayton area hospitals join forces to launch startup ()
Geneia Joy of Medicine Challenge Grand Prize Winner Announced ()
SOS for Patient Safety Initiative Launches to Eliminate 200,000 Preventable Patient Deaths in the US and Millions Worldwide ()
New ICD-10 bill would provide two-year grace period ()
Legislators pair cybersecurity bill with defense act ()
Updated OIG Work Plan focuses on EHRs and ACOs, interoperability ()
Study finds variation among vendors' EHR usability ()
Geisinger has FHIR in its sandbox ()
Press Ganey launches seal for data integrity ()
Surescripts, eClinical Works partner on prior auths ()
Zoeticx Expands into Asian-Pacific Healthcare Channel, Looks to Ride 150 Billion ASEAN Growth Wave ()
Dell Services Receives MEDITECH READY Certification and “Best Practice” Classification for Management Administration ()
HDL, Inc. releases myHDL Physician App for Apple Watch ()
New AMA policy calls for med students getting hands-on EHR training ()
CMS chief data officer awarded as data liberator ()
CMS issues final rule for shared savings program ()
Most nurses use smartphones on the job ()
Mostashari launches online petition for patient data access ()
Bill would expand MU to behavioral health, substance abuse providers ()
Digital health to save $100B over next four years ()