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- August 25, 2017
25 Aug'17
EHR adoption rates increased with passage of HITECH Act
After the passage of the HITECH Act in 2009, EHR adoption rates for eligible hospitals rose from 3.2% to 14.2% and EHR adoption rates for ineligible hospitals rose from just 0.1% to 3.3%, according ...
- August 17, 2017
17 Aug'17
U.S. GAO appoints new members to HIT Advisory Committee
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently appointed 15 new health IT experts to the also new Health Information Technology (HIT) Advisory Committee, a press release said. "The 21st ...
- August 10, 2017
10 Aug'17
Remaining McKesson EHR technology sold to Allscripts
McKesson Corp. departs the mainstream EHR business with the sale of its remaining EHR technology aspects to Allscripts, essentially leaving only four major hospital EHR vendors.
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- August 09, 2017
09 Aug'17
Delays for $1 million CHIME national patient ID challenge
A critic of CHIME'S $1 million patient ID challenge calls it a gimmick, but CIOs defend the project -- originally crowdsourced but now potentially funded by CHIME.
- August 04, 2017
04 Aug'17
President Trump and VA Secretary announce telehealth initiatives
President Trump and Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary, David Shulkin, M.D., announced telehealth initiatives that will help give access to healthcare for veterans across the country. Through new ...
- August 04, 2017
04 Aug'17
ECW False Claims Act violation a new area of healthcare fraud
As a wake-up call to other health IT vendors, the OIG's senior counsel airs a video in which he calls eClinicalWorks' False Claims Act violation a 'new area of healthcare fraud.'
- July 28, 2017
28 Jul'17
All of Us precision medicine research program names community partners
The National Institutes of Health has chosen four community partners to join its All of Us precision medicine research program, which seeks to gather data from at least one million people in the ...
- July 14, 2017
14 Jul'17
Public health implications of infosec are 'complex,' researchers say
In the wake of the recent WannaCry and Petya attacks that have hit healthcare organizations worldwide, a group of Boston researchers is urging the industry to consider the public health ...
- July 06, 2017
06 Jul'17
Patient engagement strategy heavily influences tech investment
Hospital IT professionals are welcoming patient engagement technology, based on the results of a purchasing intentions survey by TechTarget and CHIME.
- June 30, 2017
30 Jun'17
HHS to award $195 million for health IT use in opioid treatment
The Department of Health and Human Services will award $195 million to community health centers to expand substance abuse and mental health services that focus on awareness, prevention and opioid ...
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- June 16, 2017
16 Jun'17
Cybersecurity for healthcare a "public health concern," task force says
A federal task force identified six areas that can improve cybersecurity for healthcare, including more education and information sharing.
- June 08, 2017
08 Jun'17
The eClinicalWorks False Claims Act case: Implications for health IT
For some health IT experts, the eClinicalWorks' False Claims Act case is about the EHR vendor's lack of interoperability and the failure of meaningful use.
- May 19, 2017
19 May'17
WannaCry ransomware attack should push hospitals to gauge certain tech
The WannaCry ransomware attack affected hundreds of countries and hundreds of thousands of systems, including health systems. Experts discuss what healthcare orgs need to do.
- May 05, 2017
05 May'17
2016 healthcare data breaches surpass last year's record
Healthcare data breaches hit an all-time high in 2016, according to a report by Bitglass. However, the volume of leaked records caused by 2016 healthcare data breaches decreased from the previous ...
- May 04, 2017
04 May'17
Healthcare software developer jobs may be hit by Trump H-1B visa move
The Trump administration's proposed changes to the H-1B visa program for highly skilled foreign workers could force health IT vendors to pay higher salaries to software engineers.