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Daniela Chueke | June 17, 2013 | 02:58 PM | Quality and Safety
Marcos Garcia, vice president of Cerner Brasil, spoke to E-Health Reporter during the Hospitalar 2013 Fair. More
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD | Diana Manos | June 17, 2013 | 11:19 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for healthcare IT, asserted today there would be no extension of the deadline for switching from the ICD-9 medical coding system to ICD-10. The deadline for conversion would remain Oct. 1, 2014, Mostashari said... More
REDDING, CA | Erin McCann | June 17, 2013 | 10:32 AM | Privacy and Security
Redding, Calif.-based Shasta Regional Medical Center, a Prime Healthcare Services hospital, has agreed to pay $275,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services to settle alleged HIPAA privacy rule violations. More
CHICAGO | Mike Miliard | June 17, 2013 | 10:30 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety, Workforce Management
The American Medical Association announced June 14 that it will donate $11 million to 11 U.S. medical schools as part of its Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative. More
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA | Bernie Monegain | June 17, 2013 | 10:12 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has released a new report, "Risk Managers' 10 Strategies for Health IT Success." Based on ECRI's research and interviews... More
Jeff Rowe | June 17, 2013 | 10:02 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
There's a commonly held perception that healthcare is a process in which doctors take care of patients. But increasingly healthcare stakeholders are figuring out that, at times, a more effective way to help patients get healthy is to show them how to... More
WASHINGTON | Diana Manos | June 14, 2013 | 10:28 AM | Mobile/Wireless, Quality and Safety, Policy and Legislation
In a June 13 safety communication, the Food and Drug Administration warned medical device manufacturers; hospitals; medical device user facilities; healthcare IT and procurements staff and biomedical engineers to put safeguards in place to reduce the risk of... More
WASHINGTON | Erin McCann | June 14, 2013 | 09:59 AM | Data Warehousing, Quality and Safety
Atul Gawande, MD, professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and staff writer at The New Yorker, offered a reflective presentation earlier this month at Health Datapalooza IV, taking the audience back through what the healthcare system used to look like,... More
WASHINGTON | Tom Sullivan | June 14, 2013 | 09:48 AM | Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Policy and Legislation
At the Government Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Washington this week, chief information officers from the Military Health System and the U.S. Navy offered candid discussion about the way they make their IT decisions -- most notably with regard to the... More
Anthony Brino | June 14, 2013 | 09:26 AM | Network Infrastructure, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
Whether or not they're expanding coverage eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, state Medicaid programs are subject to a fair amount of financial and policy flux these days. But one area that can offer some control and the opportunity to improve the... More
WASHINGTON | Mike Miliard | June 13, 2013 | 03:59 PM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety, Policy and Legislation
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD, has announced plans to step down in July, after four years as the nation's top voice for public health. More
PHILADELPHIA | Mike Miliard | June 13, 2013 | 10:49 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Mobile/Wireless
Most physicians feel that tablet computers such as the iPad are better suited for care delivery than smartphones, according to a new survey of nearly 1,400 doctors. That said, app usage found most favor on smartphones -- and docs feel there's much room... More
