News
HARTFORD, CT | Mike Miliard | June 5, 2013 | 11:06 AM | Claims Processing, Mobile/Wireless, Quality and Safety
Aetna will include The Leapfrog Group's Hospital Safety Scores in its DocFind online hospital directory to help patients make better decisions about their care. More
BOSTON | Bernie Monegain | June 5, 2013 | 10:51 AM | Workforce Management
A new report from Burning Glass Technologies shows that the health informatics sector continues to produce jobs. Since 2007, postings for health informatics jobs have increased 10 times faster than healthcare jobs overall, according to Burning Glass. More
RICHMOND, VA | Erin McCann | June 5, 2013 | 10:39 AM | Electronic Health Records, Privacy and Security
The seven-hospital Bon Secours Health System in Virginia recently announced that some 5,000 former patients had their protected health information compromised following an electronic health records data breach. More
Jeff Rowe | June 5, 2013 | 10:39 AM | Mobile/Wireless, Quality and Safety, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
Remember when doctors made house calls? It's probably safe not to expect the return of those days any time soon, but some healthcare stakeholders are saying the time has come for providers to take a more active role in their patients' healthcare. More
WASHINGTON | Bernie Monegain | June 5, 2013 | 10:01 AM | Data Warehousing, Mobile/Wireless
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched a competition among technology developers to improve consumer understanding and use of data that compare hospital prices. Winners of the RWJF Hospital Price Transparency Challenge will share $120,000 in prize... More
WASHINGTON | Diana Manos | June 4, 2013 | 04:29 PM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records
Adoption of basic electronic health records increased from nearly 34 percent in early 2011 to 44 percent by March 2012, according to a new study. Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal, MD, says that despite the... More
WASHINGTON | Diana Manos | June 4, 2013 | 10:57 AM | Policy and Legislation
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), say that despite a recent federal ruling affirming that Medicare data should be available to the public and federal efforts to make some data publicly available, much more still needs to be done to... More
MADISON, WI | Mike Miliard | June 4, 2013 | 10:45 AM | Network Infrastructure, Quality and Safety, RTLS
The Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to radio frequency identification technology to track the safety and efficiency of the nation's blood supply. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison RFID Lab, who have been working on the... More
OAKLAND, CA | Bernie Monegain | June 4, 2013 | 10:07 AM | Mobile/Wireless
Kaiser Permanente will launch June 5 its first application interface program, Interchange by Kaiser Permanente. The secure program enables collaboration between Kaiser Permanente and application developers to improve healthcare and health-related experiences... More
WASHINGTON | Erin McCann | June 4, 2013 | 09:00 AM | Mobile/Wireless
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday three finalists for a cancer survivor support application challenge. Each team was awarded $5,000 by the Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and will compete for $... More
Tom Sullivan | June 3, 2013 | 11:09 AM | Meaningful Use
Mark Savage, director of health information technology policy and programs with the National Partnership, takes the consumer's standpoint in EHR adoption and use -- meaning he is a supporter of strengthening, rather than delaying, the meaningful use... More
WASHINGTON | Bernie Monegain | June 3, 2013 | 11:01 AM | Meaningful Use, Data Warehousing, Policy and Legislation
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday announced the release of new outpatient procedure cost data and new opportunities for researchers and developers. Sebelius made the announcement Monday at the start of Health Datapalooza IV, the... More
