August 2015

The Camden Group Launches Mobile App for Healthcare Providers to Get Lean by Tracking Workflows and EMR Efficiency ()
Lost recording device affects 7,600 Ohio families ()
MU payments top $31B ()
CMS names ICD-10 ombudsman ()
3 U.S. healthcare companies ranked among the world’s top innovators ()
81% of provider organizations have faced cyberattack in past 24 months ()
Project simplifies EHR data collection for a learning health system ()
New Texas law allows for MD compensation for school telehealth visits ()
Electronic triggers yield speedier cancer diagnosis ()
Medicare ACOs slow to earn saving bonuses ()
Report outlines Beacon Communities' HIT use ()
Georgia Partnership for Telehealth Announces Grant Recipients for the 2015 Rural School-Based Telehealth Center Initiative ()
Report finds no dominator in EHR market ()
Employees disciplined, some fired, for snooping in records ()
Phynd Technologies, Inc. Signs Six New Health Systems to Growing Client Family ()
Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative seeks submissions to further vision ()
High patient satisfaction with CVS' telehealth pilot ()
Unconscious biases are common in healthcare ()
Accenture, Duke launch analytics research partnership ()
Wachter: Transparency is 'inexpensive and effective tool' ()
Buffalo UltraSound JOINS HEALTHeLINK ()
Report: 45% of Americans have had records compromised ()
Three exciting new initiatives ()
Compensation structure for docs in ACOs similar to non-ACO physicians ()
Intel, OHSU partner to battle cancer in a more personalized, efficient way ()
Allscripts Partners With CoverMyMeds to Help Patients Fill Prescriptions Faster ()
Survey finds Allscripts top-ranked EHR, satisfaction increasing ()
WellDoc, Samsung and Ontario Telemedicine Network Announce Innovative Program to Help Ontarians Manage Type 2 Diabetes and Improve Health & Fitness ()
Care Management Technologies Announces New Client: Alliance Behavioral Healthcare ()
Allscripts Ambulatory/Alternate Site Solutions Ranked No. 1 by Black Book Rankings ()
Merge Healthcare Named a Leading Vendor in KLAS 2015 Midterm Performance Review ()
Mayo to open genomic hub to accelerate consumer adoption ()
Digital health center opening in Denver ()
PCORnet to be used for more efficient research on obesity ()
AHA issues ICD-10 countdown checklist ()
Glitch sends letters to the wrong people ()
NLP market to jump to $2.67B by 2020 ()
Ill. provider cleared in class-action lawsuit from breach ()
More than half of community hospitals dissatisfied with EHR ()
Guide aims to help improve security of mobile devices ()
Half of health IT startups doomed to fail ()
Medicare’s 3-day hospital stay better off waived: analysis ()
White House ups budget for cybersecurity efforts ()
CMS expands bundled payment initiative ()
This week's 3 privacy & security developments ()
QM task force focuses on decision support, MU ()
Google announces diabetes sensors as first healthcare initiative ()
Most providers skeptical of interoperability roadmap goals ()
The Innovation Institute Announces Deloitte as Sponsor and Collaborator for its Innovation Lab in Newport Beach ()
Rumor confirmed: GE sells its healthcare-lending biz to Capital One for $9B ()
Information exchange activity increasing, according to AHA/ONC survey ()
HITPC approves recommendations that drive better understanding of big data's privacy issues ()
Endless possibilities for the digital infrastructure's data dividend ()
Nuance’s Karen Holzberger: Fostering innovation through collaboration ()
Beyond the Buzzwords ()
U.S. Coast Guard Uses InterSystems HealthShare as Interoperability Platform for Integrated Health Information System (IHiS) ()
SPHA becomes CMS-approved CAHPS for PQRS survey vendor and PQRS registry reporting vendor ()
Study finds high discrepancy between pharmacy claims and med lists ()
94M records stolen so far this year ()
Meta-analysis finds texting works for medication adherence ()
ACEP work group details ways to improve HIE ()
Bill exempts ASCs from MU requirements ()
MIE faces class-action lawsuit after cyberattack ()
AHA implores feds to put Anthem-Cigna through the wringer ()
Transparency in clinical trials proving effective at advancing science rather than careers ()
Dell Services Named Founding Health Care IT Partner for The Innovation Institute ()
The week in health IT: 6 significant developments ()
FDA contracts for Precision Medicine platform ()
What are Medscape’s top 10 places to practice medicine—and why are the choices controversial? ()
FDA issues alert for infusion pump ()
Report predicts $34B telemedicine market by 2020 ()
HHS issues guide of HIPAA basics ()
Model Medicare/Medicaid coordination program losing lots of money in Massachusetts ()
iTHRIVE Challenge to address 2020 Roadmap concerns ()
1,100 VA paper records accidentally tossed in dumpster ()
Health IT IPOs on the upswing ()
76% of hospitals face readmissions penalties ()
UPMC First in Pennsylvania to Share Ratings that Patients Give to its Doctors, Other Providers ()
Hologic’s revenues, earnings increase in 3rd quarter ()
UCLA professor discusses cost transparency issues in healthcare ()
IPPS final rule requires electronic quality measure reporting ()
CVS, IBM partner to bring Watson to healthcare ()
NJ HIE receives $2.9M ONC grant ()
Latest WEDI ICD-10 survey finds physician practices struggling ()
A wish list for improving clinical documentation ()