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February 09, 2010

KLAS questions vendor claims on HIEs

Vendors may suggest that many successful health information exchanges have been built with their technology, but the reality is different, according to a new report from KLAS.

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Industry News February 04
William Spooner, Senior VP and CIO of Sharp Healthcare
In this podcast, Editor Bernie Monegain speaks with William Spooner, senior VP and CIO of Sharp Healthcare, based in San Diego. Spooner will receive the 2009 John E. Gall CIO of the Year Award at the annual HIMSS conference in Atlanta on March 2.
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Healthcare Stimulus Exchange Conference: Len Bowes, Intermountain Healthcare
Len Bowes of Intermountain Healthcare speaks about how his organization has been affected by ARRA's 'meaningful use' criteria.
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    Winter Health IT Summit
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February 09, 2010
Christiana Care Health System seeks HIPAA compliance with email encryption
February 09, 2010
Orlando Health deploys partners with MedeAnalytics for clinical, financial risk compliance
February 09, 2010
Cook Children's Health Care System launches enterprise solutions
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Sankaran maps government's promotion of healthcare IT
Speaking in Boston Tuesday at the Healthcare Stimulus Exchange Roadshow, Vish Sankaran, director for the Federal Health Architecture Program, outlined his vision for the government's role in promoting broader healthcare IT adoption via the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). MORE
North Carolina group offers help with ARRA
Leaders at the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) announced Tuesday they have published a free business associate agreement to help providers comply with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). MORE
New Hampshire hospital pulls its data together
Concord Hospital, a regional medical center and one of the busiest acute care hospitals in New Hampshire, will roll out a new platform to streamline data integration. MORE
SunCrest Healthcare contracts with Philips for telehealth monitors
Philips Telehealth Solutions has been chosen to provide telehealth monitors to SunCrest Healthcare, a Madison, Tenn.-based provider of home health, companion care, and therapy. MORE
Canada launches fight against chronic disease
UCI's new telemedicine training facility opens
Text messages used to reach expectant, new moms
FCC to promote mobile health apps
Blumenthal: EHRs will become 'an absolute requisite' for docs
Vendor Notebook - Capsule releases low acuity application for device connectivity
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February 08, 2010 David Kibbe

EHR redux

It's time to revive the discussion of electronic health record software in light of the new federal regulations that define criteria for meaningful use and also set criteria for the EHR technologies that must be implemented by doctors and hospitals in order for them to become, and be paid for being, "meaningful users of certified EHR technology." MORE
February 04, 2010 Chris Thorman

Updates on meaningful use, certified EHR technology and the stimulus bill

In this table, we've combined the meaningful use objectives for both eligible professionals and hospitals for the Stage 1 adoption year, the required EHR technology criteria to accomplish those objectives and what criteria the government will use to measure meaningful use. MORE
February 04, 2010 John Moore

IBM strengthens healthcare play, picks up Initiate

On Feb. 3, IBM announced that it will acquire leading healthcare Master Data Management vendor Initiate for an undisclosed sum. The healthcare IT sector is white hot right now, so it is likely IBM paid a pretty penny for Initiate. MORE
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  • Business Associate Agreements
    Jack Ander

    A business associate agreement may not by the safe harbor needed by either the covered entity or business associate agreement.

    Rebecca Herold, CIPP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, FLMI, a renowned privacy and information security expert states in her February article Business associate security and privacyprograms:HIPAA and HITECH in Compliance Today "It is more important than ever for CEs to take proactive measures to ensure BAs establish and maintain effective and appropriate information security and privacy policies and other supporting actions. Simply depending upon a security questionnaire answered once a year (or even less often), with no validation that the information provided is even accurate, is not effective. CEs must take a more proactive approach to ensuring BAs have effective and compliant programs in place"

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