LEXINGTON, Mass.-- Imprivata®, a leading global provider of healthcare IT security solutions, today announced the availability of a new report from HIMSS Analytics that outlines the data access and workflow efficiency challenges Canadian hospitals face as they continue to implement electronic health record (EHR) systems. Titled “Streamlining Workflows and Access to Patient Data in Canadian Hospitals,” the study, commissioned by Imprivata, specifies how EHR adoption can impact workflow efficiency and data access, and identifies single sign-on (SSO) technology as one of the solutions to streamline access to clinical systems and patient information. Imprivata is available to discuss the findings of this study and to demonstrate the features and benefits of Imprivata OneSign® in booth #108 during e-Health 2013 Conference (May 26-29, 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

A five-stage Accountable Care Maturity Model from IDC Health Insights is designed to help healthcare organizations gauge where they are in the process and make strategic decisions about business and IT initiatives.

The House Appropriations Committee approved an initial $73.3 billion fiscal year 2014 military and veterans appropriations bill that contains $344 million to “jumpstart” a single, integrated Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR system (iEHR).

It was another busy week in the health IT arena but, I think the biggest news is the fact that Marilyn Tavenner was finally confirmed as head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This marks the first time CMS has an official leader since 2006.

Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed May 15 as the first permanent administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) since 2006.

“Population health management, a model designed to maximize the health and minimize the cost of caring for a defined population, requires clinical analytics to improve the quality of care and reduce avoidable hospital admissions,” according to a new report released by the Institute of Health Technology Transformation. "Analytics: The Nervous System of IT-Enabled Healthcare" covers how accountable care organizations (ACOs) will need good understanding of their costs in order to manage financial risk, how they can improve upon data collection and how to optimize analytics.

While the American Hospital Association (AHA) expressed support for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) proposed three-year extension for regulatory protections allowing hospitals to donate health IT to eligible physicians, it asked OIG to take it a step further and make such protections permanent.

LONDON, May 15, 2013 -- Pharma IQ is pleased to announce the release of a brand new infographic summary of the results from an industry survey conducted earlier this year.