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5 patient-centered social media risks
These days, it's common get news via Twitter and connect with others via Facebook. But as the use of social media reaches new heights, so do the risks associated with it. This is especially true when it comes to patients. Chris Apgar and Christine Arevalo outline five patient-centered social media risks.
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Demand exceeds supply for some health IT jobs
A recent brief from eHealth Initiative asserts that more health IT job opportunities are available than qualified people to fill them -- especially on the health data exchange front.
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Full coverage of Election 2012
The national debate around healthcare has intensified in the 2012 elections. Healthcare IT News is deciphering the political doublespeak and asking the questions our readers find most pertinent – about politicians, healthcare policies and delivery system reform at the federal, state, and local levels.
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10 most outlandish kinds of ICD-10 codes
We asked our readers, tweeters and LinkedIn users to weigh in on some of the most ridiculous codes they know of. They spotlighted 10 of the most outlandish types of ICD-10 codes.
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Mostashari expects big year ahead for data exchange
Health information exchange will ramp up significantly in 2012 because the necessary elements of interoperability will be in place, ONC chief Farzad Mostashari, told the Health IT Policy Committee at a meeting Feb. 1.
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5 keys to discovering hidden data security risks
The threat posed to patient privacy by misused IT isn't anything new, and neither is all the "how to" coverage emphasizing the importance of protecting your organization from breaches. But sometimes that's easier said than done. Earl Reber, executive director at eProtex, suggests five basic keys to discovering hidden data security risks.
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February 14, 2012
IrriMax® Corporation awarded supplier agreement with Premier Healthcare Alliance for IrriSept®
February 14, 2012
DR Systems’ eHR receives complete ambulatory meaningful use certification
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Nihon Kohden America completes successful testing of HL7
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Industry News February 01
Reactions to the CMS Care Innovations Summit
Attendees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Care Innovations Summit discuss their takeaways from the event, which drew more than 1,000 attendees in person and 1,500 online viewers.
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Industry News February 02
10 minutes with Farzad Mostashari, MD
Farzad Mostashari, MD, talks with Healthcare IT News Editor Bernie Monegain about meaningful use, the progress toward a digital healthcare system, his disappointments (they're hard to find, he says, but he does find "a glimmer" of one) and what keeps him up at night.
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Q&A: What's the downside of an ICD-10 delay?
With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services signaling a potential delay for ICD-10 implementation -- and the AMA cheering that prospect -- one physician says the move could adversely impact health reform. MORE
Premier, Clinical Architecture to help put data to better use
Premier healthcare alliance has partnered with Carmel, Ind.-based Clinical Architecture in an effort to normalize disparate healthcare data and help care providers better understand and use health information. MORE
CMS promise on ICD-10 stirs the pot
When acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner said Feb. 14 that CMS would take another look at the timeline for converting from the ICD-9 billing code set to ICD-10, she unleashed a barrage of response across the healthcare industry. MORE
Technology helps government recoup $4B in Medicare, Medicaid fraud
The efforts to curtail healthcare fraud have returned $4.1 billion to U.S. taxpayers in 2011, says a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice. The fraud-fighting techniques employed by the government are largely supported by new information technology. MORE
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February 15, 2012
John Halamka

The Perfect EHR

The bottom line from every product I've used and everyone I've spoken with is that there is no current "perfect" EHR. We're still very early in the EHR maturity lifecycle. MORE
February 14, 2012
Tom Sullivan

Is Tavenner trying to delay ICD-10?

The fight over ICD-10 continued on Tuesday as CMS acting administrator Marilyn Tavenner said at an AMA meeting that CMS wants to reexamine the pace of implementing ICD-10. MORE
February 13, 2012
Jennifer Dennard

Providers are on the Prowl for Secure Texting

One part of our population that isn’t taking advantage of texting to the degree that they should be is physicians, which strikes me as terribly behind the times. MORE
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