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• HL7 chief Charles Jaffe talks FHIR

  In this Q&A, HL7 International CEO Charles Jaffe, M.D., says FHIR is moving quickly toward being a top interoperability standard.  Continue Reading

• Wearable technologies, cloud guide the future of healthcare

  The advancement of cloud, artificial intelligence and analytics will go a long way in determining the future of health IT.  Continue Reading

• ONC Annual Meeting turns from meaningful use to larger goals

  The ONC Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., will feature interoperability, population health, value-based care and other issues beyond meaningful use.  Continue Reading

• As HIPAA audits loom, most docs remain unprepared

  The HHS Office for Civil Rights will unleash HIPAA audits on some 550 healthcare groups and business associates. Experts give tips on how to survive.  Continue Reading

• HIPAA privacy laws more relevant than ever

  Healthcare providers that don't re-examine their level of HIPAA compliance could be caught off guard if they're subjected to a federal audit in 2015.  Continue Reading

• VNA systems market ramping up

  As meaningful use pushes image sharing to more providers and patients via Web portals, vendor neutral image sharing archives are gradually displacing older PACS.  Continue Reading

• Single health IT standard not feasible, says Doug Fridsma

  Doug Fridsma discusses the difficulties of uniting all providers under one health IT standard and talks about his move from ONC to AMIA.  Continue Reading

• Securing protected health information starts with HIPAA

  The term 'HIPAA' is discussed so often that it can be easy to lose track of what it was created to do. Learn exactly what HIPAA is and how to stay on the right side of it.  Continue Reading

• Solo doc's meaningful use attestation mostly pain-free

  Fueled by enthusiasm for technology, government-wary upstate New York family medicine doc becomes early stage 2 meaningful use attestation success story.  Continue Reading

• Nuance moves into medical image sharing

  Nuance Inc., after acquiring medical image sharing cloud Accelarad, is trying to marry the substantial customer bases of both companies.  Continue Reading

• Mobile EHR drchrono needs no desktop, server PCs

  Physicians looking to ditch their keyboards, laptops and servers have a meaningful use stage 2 certified mobile EHR that can be used on iPads in drchrono.  Continue Reading

• Who are the top EHR vendors in your state?

  Our interactive, color-coded map of the U.S. EHR vendor landscape ranks the top five companies, state by state, according to CMS meaningful use attestations.  Continue Reading

• Physical therapy mHealth app logs compliance

  A smartphone mHealth app drives patient engagement at home for physical therapy rehab patients, teaches exercises and logs compliance between visits.  Continue Reading

• Ransomware program fuels health data extortionists

  A harmful new hacker tool, ransomware, haunts healthcare CIOs. Learn what providers need to do to shore up health data security and HIPAA compliance.  Continue Reading

• SMS doesn't translate to secure messaging in healthcare

  Strict healthcare privacy rules make SMS messaging a tough sell to care providers. More secure messaging is needed to meet their expectations.  Continue Reading

• Clinical decision support tools still underused by clinicians

  A major challenge facing today's physicians is learning how to complement their wisdom and experience with clinical decision support technology.  Continue Reading

• Can you see me now? More providers make telemedicine investments

  Intermountain, Mercy make telemedicine investments as IT infrastructure. Plans encompass videoconferencing across many service lines, not one-offs.  Continue Reading

• Interoperable data in cancer registries key to improving treatment

  Greater interoperability between EHRs will help oncologists spend more time on treatment and less on managing their cancer registries.  Continue Reading

• Mobile devices, apps and the patient health management revolution

  Healthcare is in the midst of a mobile transformation, and recent research indicates there's no end in sight to mobile technology use in patient care.  Continue Reading

• Big data analytics make Lean methodologies leaner still

  Hospitals are on the right path, applying Lean and Six Sigma to reduce waste and errors. Big data analytics could improve the process even further.  Continue Reading

• Automated diagnostics: How supercomputers fit in radiology's future

  Imagine a supercomputer like Watson working in tandem with radiologists to deliver automated diagnostics. Our expert says it's already happening.  Continue Reading

• Meaningful use stage 2 driving PACS integration, imaging strategies

  It's not a meaningful use mandate, but radiology departments are preparing PACS integrations to move images to physician EHRs and patient portals.  Continue Reading

• Copy and paste functions in EHRs have worth beyond medical upcoding

  Use of the copy and paste functions in EHRs remains controversial, but it may not simply be a tool for medical upcoding.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Challenges, benefits of implementing single sign-on in hospitals

  Seconds add up to hours when Chilton Hospital reduces login times through single sign-on technology. Learn about its implementation in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• Pediatric care benefiting from the advantages of telemedicine

  Practitioners around the country explain how telemedicine technology has advantages that are improving pediatric care.  Continue Reading

• Audits mostly random, some chosen through red flags

  Need to know documentation to have on hand for a meaningful use audit and who's likely to be audited? Here's the latest from CMS's Elizabeth Holland.  Continue Reading

• Clinicians discuss pros and cons of point-of-care testing devices

  The growing use of point-of-care testing devices could improve the efficiency of medical tests, but some users worry about the quality of the devices.  Continue Reading

• Photoshop feature raises image integrity issues

  This reader feedback questions Photoshop’s role in radiology given integrity and quality issues.  Continue Reading