Wirehead Technology
Jan,09,2013
by: Howard Lee
Chicago's Weiss Memorial Hospital played host to the first Health and Wellness Wednesday Meeting sponsored by Business Partners of Uptown Chamber of Commerce. the event "Understanding EHR was aimed at helping private practice doctors and small clinics understand the changes in healthcare laws and how they can use Healthcare IT providers to create and EHR network to help them meet HIPPA and HITEC regulations. Featured speakers for the seminar were Howard Lee CIO of Wirehead Technology and Hunt Russell co. founder and SVP of Business Development of 7 Medical. They talked about what healthcare providers should know about the new healthcare regulations and the applications that are available to help them meet HIPPA and HITEC regulations.
Understanding EHR Presentations
for more information on how wirehead Technology or 7 Medical can help your Healthcare IT needs visit our website at Wirehead Technology Healthcare Services
This Week's Healthcare News
iHealthBeat
Report: Mobile Device Security Among Top Health Care Issues Jan,10,2013
by:Staff
Mobile device security is among the top 10 issues facing the health care industry this year, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, FierceHealthcare reports (Cheung-Larivee, FierceHealthcare, 1/9).The report is based on research from PwC's Health Research Institute, as well as a poll of 1,000 U.S. consumers (PwC release, 1/9).
Mobile Device Security
According to the report, only 46% of hospitals have a security strategy in place to regulate the use of mobile devices (FierceHealthcare, 1/9).
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HealthDataManagement
Smart Health Care Strategy Hidden in ‘Cliff’ Deal
Jan,09,2013
by:Peter Orszag
One little-noted provision I was encouraged to see tucked in last week’s fiscal-cliff legislation is Section 601(b): an incentive for doctors to expand their use of something called clinical data registries. These registries collect information on patient characteristics, patterns of care and outcomes that can be crucial to evaluating what medical techniques and strategies work and which ones don’t. Unfortunately, registries are not as widespread as they should be -- and the ones that exist often are limited to particular types of care. Data from insurance-claim forms, in contrast, are easier to obtain and more comprehensive across episodes of care. However, these reveal only which tests and procedures were performed, and tell very little about how the patient fared.
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Healthcare Info Security
How to Keep Mobile Health Data Secure
Jan,10, 2013
by: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Kathryn Marchesini, a privacy adviser at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, outlines the three most important steps healthcare organizations should take to avoid breaches of information on mobile devices. The key steps, she says are to make extensive use of encryption; create, implement and document reasonable security and privacy policies; and train staff on those policies.
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Small Business Healthcare Consortium
Hello Small Business Owners,
I am writing to you because our changing health care system will have a profound effect on all of us. Now that the election is over and the Supreme Court has ruled, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not going away. It will not be repealed and it is up to us to make sure it will work for small businesses and individuals as it was intended to do. That’s why I joined the Campaign for Better Health Care’s newly created Small Business Health Care Consortium (SBHCC).
Follow this link to register for:
January 15th: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=ecg0qj9s21aq
January 16th: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=m2wt2unotbju
Many key components of the ACA are national in nature. For instance, small businesses currently providing health insurance to their employees could be eligible for a 35% tax credit. And, while employers with fewer than 50 full time employees are not required to provide health insurance, their employees can take advantage of the ACA’s benefits. Other components will be implemented at the State level and these decisions will either enhance small businesses or provide another hurdle. One important component is that all states must implement a health insurance exchange (marketplace). These exchanges will include a rate review process with defined, easy to understand plans to consider and review side-by-side. As small business owners we share many of the same, serious business challenges. It is my hope that you and your small business peers do want to learn more about the ACA. Let’s take this opportunity to act collectively to get control of health insurance costs and improve access to coverage.
The opportunity to create positive change is now. It is about fairness and choices for small businesses. Please register:January 15th, 11am CST:
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=ecg0qj9s21aq
January 16th, 3:30pm CST:
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=m2wt2unotbju
And, do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or ideas. Reach me at 312-286-8416 email wireheadtec@gmail.com or Wirehead Technology Healthcare IT Serives at www.wireheadtec.com/Home.html Find a listing of our SBHCC Steering Committee members at: www.cbhconline.org/smallbusiness .
Sincerely,Howard Lee CIO
Wirehead Technology
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