Featured Report: Study: Popular Mobile Health Apps Pose Consumer Privacy Risks

Study: Popular Mobile Health Apps Pose Consumer Privacy Risks

iHealthBeat July,18,2013 Staff Many of the most popular paid and no-cost mobile health and fitness applications carry "considerable privacy risks for users," according to a study released this week by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, FierceMobileHealthcare reports (Slabodkin, FierceMobile Healthcare, 7/16). Study Details For the study, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse evaluated 20 of the top paid health and fitness apps and 23 of the most popular no-cost wellness apps in Google Play and Apple's App Store (Heussner, GigaOM, 7/16). The researchers examined the apps from both a consumer and technical perspective to determine privacy risks based on data collected, stored and transmitted. Read Report

Reality check: Even "Most Wired" hospitals still struggle with interoperability, patient engagement

Med City News July,18,2013 by:Deanna Pogorelc The most connected hospitals in the U.S. have made great strides in securing data and using it at the point of care but, as a whole, still have many hurdles to jump when it comes to interoperability and patient engagement. Hospitals and Health Networks' annual Most Wired list, released today, showed off some of the most tech-savvy hospitals in the U.S. but also revealed some humbling truths about where the industry is with technology adoption. Read More

Two hospital CIOs share what to expect during a meaningful use audit

Two hospital CIOs share what to expect during a meaningful use audit

Search Health IT July,18,2013 by: Ed Burns It starts with an innocuous-looking email. The message states that your hospital has been chosen for a meaningful use audit. What follows is a weeks-long process that at various points ranges from the "ridiculous" to the "sublime," according to a pair of hospital CIOs whose organizations have been audited Read More

EHR Incentive Program Healthcare Professionals Did You Know? Non-hospital-based physicians and other eligible professionals can obtain incentive payments of as much as $44,000 under Medicare or $63,750 under Medicaid. Under both Medicare and Medicaid, eligible hospitals may receive millions of dollars for implementing and meaningfully using certified EHR technology. About two-thirds (65 percent) of hospitals and 32 percent of office-based physicians plan to enroll in meaningful use programs by the end of 2012 in order to receive the maximum incentives, according to survey results announced Thursday morning. Fewer federal dollars will be available to hospitals and doctors that wait to adopt EHR technology, and failure to meaningfully use EHRs starting in 2015 will result in Medicare penalties. Watch this video about how to register for the EHR Incentive program. EHR Incentive Program Registration Do you need help with HIPAA and HITECH? Then download and Read our HIPAA Guide for for Doctors and Small Clinics that contains HIPAA security regulations and check lists that you can use to start your EMR network.

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