sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/doc-security1_19.png
July 28, 2011
Given the significant financial and reputational costs that result from security breaches, healthcare providers must understand the importance of expanding and enhancing employee data security training before a breach event occurs, said Brian Lapidus, COO of the Fraud Solutions division of Kroll, a New York City-based risk mitigation company.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/mobile_doc_tbn_3.jpg
July 28, 2011
EMR and mobile medical app companies have little to fear concerning the guidelines put out by the FDA, according to healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/claims_tbn_2.jpg
July 21, 2011
Verizon, alongside Northrop Grumman and WellPoint subsidiary National Government Services, has helped develop a technology for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that improves detection and prevention of fraud and waste.
July 21, 2011
To help healthcare providers of all specialties, their staff and the public to master the intricacies of EHR Alameda Services, a dynamic Health Information Technology (HIT) organization specializes in workforce development and intense Electronic Health Record (EHR) training, today announced the launch and availability of its first e-learning segment that will serve as a powerful Web-based EHR training tool.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/money_hit_tbn_21.jpg
July 12, 2011
A report from the PricewaterhouseCoopers US Health Research Institute, finds that policies offered by state health insurance exchanges could be worth nearly $60 billion by 2014 – and grow to nearly $200 billion by 2019. Consumers, meanwhile, will enjoy "purchasing power that will make health insurers want to work harder to win their business and loyalty."
July 05, 2011
“There has never been a better time to be innovating in health and wellness,” Steve Krein, CEO of the just-launched StartUp Health, said last month.
July 05, 2011
Physicians started to cautiously enter the social media space beginning around 2005 – most blogging anonymously – but today doctors are beginning to embrace the technology as a way to make a difference in patient education.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/lena_tbn.jpg
July 05, 2011
As the need for certified electronic health record specialists grows, it is important that healthcare organizations are able to recognize whether potential candidates are EHR-ready, says one consultant.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/facebook-256x256_0.png
June 29, 2011
A study released this week shows that 68 percent of Facebook users have never shared – and never plan to share – personal health information on the social networking site.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/doc_at_computer2_tbn_13.jpg
June 29, 2011
The New York-based startup touts its online database of more than 5,000 doctors to publish and analyze health and wellness information, and is now creating a similar resource for healthcare entrepreneurs.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/imaging_2_tbn_5.jpg
June 20, 2011
eHealth Global Technologies (eHGT) announced that, in partnership with Axolotl, it has enabled the HealtheConnections RHIO of Central New York to incorporate access to diagnostic-quality medical images.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/aneesh_chopra_tbn_0.jpg
June 09, 2011
At the close of the Health Data Initiative Forum held on Thursday, Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra announced StartUp Health, a strategic initiative designed to improve access to capital, education and resources for health and wellness entrepreneurs.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/sebelius2_12.png
June 09, 2011
Forty-five new and updated health applications that harness the power of open data from HHS and other sources are being presented Thursday at the 2nd Annual Health Data Initiative Forum in New York.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/market_thumb.jpg
June 09, 2011
The booming healthcare market, which is expected to account for nearly one-fifth of U.S. GDP by 2019, is driving a surge of activity from companies looking to mine opportunities for growth, differentiation and jobs, just as a new generation of tech-savvy consumers is creating a new market for digital and interactive health, according to PwC's Health Research Institute.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/money_health_tbn_7.jpg
June 07, 2011
Thomson Reuters plans to sell off its healthcare division, the company announced Monday.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/brian_lapidus_tbn.jpg
June 07, 2011
A recent study shows that third party mistakes account for 39 percent of data breaches – which is why one security expert says it's so important that healthcare organizations take a good look at who they hire to handle personal health information.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/james_l_madara_md_tbn.jpg
June 02, 2011
James L. Madara, MD, former CEO at the University of Chicago Medical Center, will take the helm at the American Medical Association beginning July 1.
June 02, 2011
To help health care organizations and their business partners address evolving federal requirements for health data security and privacy, Verizon is enhancing two of its security programs.
June 01, 2011
Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ: MDSO), a leading global provider of SaaS-based clinical development solutions, today announced the election of Lee Shapiro to its board of directors. Shapiro is president of Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX), the leading global provider of electronic health records and other technologies essential to creating a Connected Community of Health.
sites/default/files/news_thumbnails/davies-award-logo_tbn_1.png
May 31, 2011
Leveraging efficiencies of the electronic health record, four independent physician practices have earned the position of finalist for the 2011 HIMSS Ambulatory Care Davies Award of Excellence.
