January 2013

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  EHRs aren't ready for quality reporting, undermining reform efforts

  Currently available electronic health record systems are not capable of accurately capturing and reporting clinical quality data, according to a new comment letter from the College of Healthcare ...  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  HIPAA enforcement: Can Google be liable as a business associate?

  What do attorneys and compliance experts have to do between now – just weeks after the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released the new HIPAA enforcement rule – and the time enforcement actually ...  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  ONC explains shifting approach to national health information network

  The ONC's approach to building a national health information network changed over the past year. ONC chief explains why.  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  Quiz: Wireless networks in health care

  In this quiz, test your knowledge of implementation challenges, HIPAA regulations and mobile device usage associated with wireless networks in health care.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Compliance with meaningful use regulations for specialists is attainable

  Meaningful use for specialists can be difficult. But for radiologists, with some creative technology development and training, attesting is possible.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Meaningful use guidelines for specialists: Stickier than for primary care

  Meaningful use for specialists can be difficult. But referring primary care physicians will demand data interoperability; avoiding it isn't an option.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Robots in health care: FDA approves monitoring device

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the “first autonomous navigation remote presence robot” for use in hospitals. The robot was jointly created by iRobot Corp. and InTouch Health. The ...  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Create high-value data in digital health care: MHealth Summit 2012

  Experts gather at a SearchHealthIT panel session during mHealth Summit 2012 to discuss the evolving digital health care world.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Health care social media needs rules, says mHealth Summit 2012 expert

  An expert from mHealth Summit 2012 discusses the rise of health care social media use and organizations' response to patient and staff expectations.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  App development forces health IT industry to rethink mHealth strategy

  At the mHealth Summit 2012, panelists discuss the application development lifecycle's effect on mobile devices in the health IT industry.  Continue Reading

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  AAMI and FDA jointly issue device interoperability breakdown

  In their report “Medical Device Interoperability: A Safer Path Forward,” the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) garner ...  Continue Reading

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Healthcare Experience Design show plans patient engagement strategies

  Listen to this podcast on patient engagement strategies with Healthcare Experience Design conference organizer Amy Cueva.  Continue Reading

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  Health care providers have few secure file sharing sites

  Medical professionals need ways to share files with one another. The problem is that popular file sharing sites like Dropbox and email don't measure up to health care provider's security and HIPAA ...  Continue Reading

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  CES gadgets promote data mining in health care, consumer analysis

  Health IT leaders might not have come away from CES with much, but vendors are getting creative with personal data mining in health care.  Continue Reading

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  HIPAA omnibus rule's comment responses shed light on rulemaking

  As first reported in our story on the HIPAA omnibus rule earlier this week, if patients ask to have their health data sent via unencrypted email, it's not the health care provider's fault if that ...  Continue Reading

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  New breach notification rules demand documentation

  Changes to the breach notification rule in the HIPAA omnibus set a high bar. Covered entities with inadequate records could face enforcement actions.  Continue Reading

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Security pros have mixed reactions to updated HIPAA regulations

  The newly updated HIPAA regulations bring certainty to many areas of privacy and security, but could make life hard for compliance officers.  Continue Reading

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Sharing patient data poses business, tech issues for radiology

  Sharing patient data might be mandated by meaningful use, but specialists fear business and technical repercussions.  Continue Reading

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Doctors offer critical opinion of online physician review

  Only 12% of physicians believe websites where patients can review doctors are useful and should be made more available to patients, according to a study by the American College of Physician ...  Continue Reading

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Support encryption of sensitive health data across locations

  Health organizations can support encryption by controlling the location of sensitive data.  Continue Reading