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July 2015

CMS paying 6,000-plus doctors bearing ‘credentials’ from defunct medical schools—but it’s not as bad as it looks (07/31/2015)

Missing flash drive impacts 1,000 Ohio patients (07/31/2015)

AMA, CHIME support new bill to extend MU timeframe (07/31/2015)

Big win for Cerner (07/31/2015)

First Hospital in Florida to pilot Wireless Patient Monitoring for Enhanced Patient Care and Safety (07/30/2015)

Cerner wins the DoD EHR modernization contract (07/29/2015)

Consumers clamoring for apps, wearables but they are concerned about data security (07/29/2015)

HHS awards $38M in HIT grants (07/29/2015)

PCDC Launches Primary Care Innovation Network (07/29/2015)

Minnesota data analytics IDs potential savings (07/28/2015)

CMS, AMA issue ICD-10 flexibility guidance (07/28/2015)

Data breach impacts 5,300 payer members (07/28/2015)

Emphasizing aspects of IT interoperability, bipartisan brain trust looks to build on ‘Cures’ momentum (07/28/2015)

Cerner Recognized by KLAS for Growth in Population Health Management (07/27/2015)

Catholic Health Initiatives Selects Cerner ITWorks to Help Improve Service Delivery (07/27/2015)

Navigating FDA regulations of medical software (07/27/2015)

Use technology to prepare for healthcare's coming shift to value (07/27/2015)

Conference shows progress of telehealth (07/27/2015)

Detailed guide available to help providers ward off data breaches (07/24/2015)

ACC, DirectTrust, Allscripts testify on information blocking (07/24/2015)

Data breach bill stalls (07/24/2015)

And then there were three? The Anthem-Cigna handshake has happened (07/24/2015)

HIE study shows reductions in test duplication (07/24/2015)

Senate HELP Committee ready to pause MU (07/23/2015)

Technology making its mark (07/23/2015)

Developing an imaging strategy for Cleveland Clinic (07/23/2015)

Focus on meeting a need, simplicity for technology success (07/23/2015)

Start using technology to cut wasted time, energy around procedures (07/23/2015)

PCORI approves $142M to expand PCORnet (07/23/2015)

Pulse Complete EHR is Ready for ICD-10 (07/22/2015)

athenahealth Launches Free Secure Text Messaging Service for Providers and Care Teams (07/22/2015)

dunnhumby Brings Customer Science to the Healthcare Industry to Improve Patient Experiences and Loyalty (07/22/2015)

If skeptical on telemedicine, 'don't give in to the fearmongering' (07/22/2015)

Kvedar: Connected health turning 'business models upside down' (07/22/2015)

Survey says CISOs should get the blame, but no power (07/22/2015)

A closer look at parade confetti reveals medical records (07/21/2015)

New care model allows more end-of-life care choice for Medicare beneficiaries (07/21/2015)

AHIMA, IHE partner on an interoperability standards roadmap (07/21/2015)

AMA urges physicians to 'Break the Red Tape' (07/21/2015)

UMass Memorial Health Care Partners With Zipnosis to Launch a New Game-Changing Virtual Care Service (07/20/2015)

Global patient monitoring market worth more than $31B (07/20/2015)

ONC offers plan for HIT safety center (07/20/2015)

UCLA Health cyberattack could impact 4.5M (07/20/2015)

Laying the groundwork (07/17/2015)

AUVA Selects Cerner's Electronic Health Record (07/16/2015)

Latest ICD-10 bill calls for six months of dual coding (07/16/2015)

Tavenner to lead largest health insurance industry association (07/16/2015)

Philips launches AgingWell Hub (07/15/2015)

Barnabas, Robert Wood Johnson to merge (07/15/2015)

AMA hosting town hall on physicians' EHR frustrations (07/15/2015)

AHRQ report studies impact of health IT on practice workflow (07/15/2015)

TriCore Partners with Sunquest to Enhance Data Analytics for Population Health Management (07/15/2015)

DITTA Calls For Immediate Inclusion Of ‘Technologies’ In United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (07/15/2015)

AHRQ to focus on CDS learning network (07/15/2015)

Proposed rule lays out EHR, e-data sharing plans for nursing homes, long-term care (07/15/2015)

Study finds online symptom sites only correct half the time (07/14/2015)

MeHI offers grants for information exchange (07/14/2015)

AHA report offers interoperability steps for providers, vendors, government (07/14/2015)

NextGen Healthcare and Massachusetts Health Information HIway (Mass HIway) Connect to Ensure Secure Exchange of Patient Information (07/13/2015)

Nuance Joins athenahealth’s “More Disruption Please” Marketplace (07/13/2015)

Mass. hospital fined for unsecure internet use (07/13/2015)

Slavitt nominated for CMS chief role (07/13/2015)

Slavitt nominated for CMS chief role (07/13/2015)

Most practices have yet to see EHR ROI (07/13/2015)

House passes 21st Century Cures Act (07/10/2015)

Confirmation battle looms as Obama taps Slavitt for CMS post (07/10/2015)

Finally moving forward (07/10/2015)

Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions Announces New Mobile Health Assessment (07/09/2015)

State of Minnesota Selects 3M Data Analytics to Drive Health Care Improvement (07/09/2015)

Did Medicare just restart the ‘death panels’ debates? (07/09/2015)

VA studies to tap into Million Veteran database (07/09/2015)

Fingerhut out as Cleveland Clinic Innovations ED (07/09/2015)

JAMA publishes inaccurate study on data breaches (07/08/2015)

Diabetic registries for MU results in better care (07/08/2015)

Cleveland Clinic hosting hackathon on making data useful (07/08/2015)

ICD-10 Charts Releases Revolutionary Free Solution for Complete ICD-10 Preparation (07/08/2015)

DataMotion Introduces New API Program for Healthcare Enabling Developers and Integrators to Capitalize on Booming EHR Interoperability and Encryption Markets (07/08/2015)

ICD-10 end-to-end testing week yields very good results (07/08/2015)

Gift to Icahn to establish precision wellness center (07/08/2015)

Arkansas overpays MU incentives by $1.2M (07/07/2015)

Pa. grants to help provider connect to HIEs (07/07/2015)

Emdeon buying Altegra Health for $910M (07/07/2015)

CMS to try value-based home health (07/07/2015)

Privacy and security workgroup offers draft recommendations (07/07/2015)

Cerner, University of Missouri extend relationship for more care innovation (07/07/2015)

Orlando Health breach impacts 3,200 (07/07/2015)

Brookings fellow offers proposal to save MU (07/06/2015)

ONC considering more options for certification program (07/06/2015)

Aetna-Humana merger: Will 3 health insurance giants soon dominate from coast to coast? (07/06/2015)

AMA working with CMS to ready providers for ICD-10 (07/06/2015)

Aetna to acquire Humana in $37B deal (07/06/2015)

CHIME battling for national patient identifier (07/06/2015)

UChicago, Aetna form oncology medical home (07/06/2015)

ProVation MD Tapped by Olympus as Recommended EndoWorks Replacement (07/02/2015)

Majority find cybersecurity a growing concern (07/01/2015)

Full 2014 data posted by CMS' Open Payments (07/01/2015)

Congress asks for task force on financial barriers to interoperability (07/01/2015)

Workgroup offers recommendations for more holistic health (07/01/2015)

Quest, HealthTaps partner for virtual diagnostic testing (07/01/2015)

Greenway creates Interop U (07/01/2015)

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