Featured Report: Survey: Drug info is physicians’ top use for mobile

Survey: Drug info is physicians’ top use for mobile

MobiHealthNews July,30,2013 by:Aditi Pai A Wolters Kluwer survey of 300 practicing physicians found 55 percent use both smartphones and tablets in their daily practice and of those, 72 percent primarily use smartphones for accessing drug information. Read More

HIPAA Haggling with Business Associates

Healthcare Info Security Aug,02,2013 Marianne Kolbasuk McGee As Riverside Medical Center in Illinois prepares for HIPAA Omnibus Rule compliance, it's facing push-back from some business associates about new requirements, says Erik Devine, chief security officer. Like so many other covered entities across the country, the 370-bed hospital south of Chicago is busy making changes to its business associate agreements in compliance with HIPAA Omnibus. Listen to Podcast

Mobilizing Health Information Technology

iHealthBeat Aug,01,2013 by:Patricia Flatley Brennan We've all heard that electronic health record adoption has tripled since 2010, which is especially noteworthy considering that the field of health information technology is still in its relative infancy. But while EHRs are top of mind in most health IT discussions, they're only one facet of a rapidly growing and evolving industry. It's time to start expanding our health IT focus to encompass devices and applications that are much more accessible to patients, who are increasingly using smartphones and tablets to capture their health data. These data paint a more complete picture of their health and have significant potential to positively change our health care delivery system. 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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