Many EHR and health IT vendors have eliminated obstacles to participation, and most have made connection to the network plug-and-play, a new report says. Powered by WPeMatico
In working with MediBloc, MGH is said to be interested in the ledger technology’s suitability for storage and exchange of patient data, supplementing its EHR. Powered by WPeMatico
The top award from HIMSS was given for the community health center’s efforts surrounding health IT and screening for colorectal cancer. Powered by WPeMatico
17 of New Zealand’s district health boards (DHBs) are hosting some of their clinical and non-clinical data offsite using cloud services. The author asked all 20 DHBs what cloud services they are currently leveraging, their future plans and the barriers they see to cloud adoption. Powered by WPeMatico
The 22-year-old privacy law should be updated for a mobile tech-centric and data-driven world, the information management and medical informatics groups said. Powered by WPeMatico
Staff immediately noticed the impact of the systems. They receive significantly fewer mailed checks, which has reduced the time spent to process payments. They also send fewer statements. Powered by WPeMatico
Their automated identity proofing process helps providers to adhere to looming government-mandated EPCS verification standards, enabling them to approve or deny prescriptions remotely. Powered by WPeMatico
The primer will include a Blockchain 101, use case discovery framework and a look at considerations for the digital distributed ledger technology. Powered by WPeMatico
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has unveiled a plain language checklist to help first responders provide services to individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities during emergency response and recovery efforts. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, at least 350 languages are spoken across ...
Advanced Care Hospitalists PL (ACH) has agreed to pay $500,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a substantial corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. ACH provides contracted ...
