Fierce EMR
Oct,09,2012
by: Dan Bowman
Electronic health record use in physician practices was linked to improved patient care, according to research published this month in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The study examined ambulatory practices in the Hudson Valley of New York with a median size of four physicians. Quality of care was found to be significantly improved in hemoglobin A1c testing for diabetics, breast cancer screenings, Chlamydia screenings and colorectal cancer screenings. The researchers looked at results for a total of 466 physicians and 74,618 unique patients. Forty-four percent of the physicians (204) had adopted EHRs, while 56 percent (262) continued to use paper records.
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Group’s Big Goal: Make HIE Plug-and-Play
Oct,11,2012
by: Joseph Goedert
A large coalition of providers, software vendors, health information exchanges, states and public agencies has launched a program to develop test standards to certify electronic health record and HIE products that use a standardized method for exchanging health information. The goal is plug-and-play HIE, with initial benefits expected to be seen within nine to 12 months. The initiative will expand work done by the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange, a program within the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT that brought together stakeholders to test a common set of specifications for information exchange
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Small, Remote Hospitals Turning to Telehealth To Cut Costs, Improve Care
Oct,09,2012
Small and remote hospitals increasingly are adopting telehealth technology to improve patient care and reduce costs, the New York Times reports. Peter Yellowlees -- director of the health informatics program at the University of California-Davis and a board member of the American Telemedicine Association -- said, "There has been a shift in belief that telemedicine can only be used for rural areas to a belief that it can be used anywhere," adding, "Now, you can buy a $100 webcam and do high-quality videoconferencing."
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CMS violated data breach notification requirements
Oct, 11, 2012
by: Julie Bird
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services failed to meet federal notification requirements when its Medicare patient database was breached, or offer much help to beneficiaries whose protected health information was compromised, an audit by the Department of Health & Human Services' Inspector General found. CMS had 14 breaches of protected health information (PHI) between Sept. 23, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2011, affecting 13,775 Medicare beneficiaries, according to the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The beneficiaries were notified, but CMS failed to meet several notification requirements detailed in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, OIG found.
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