By William Hersh MD - The last few years have been challenging for the EHR. While the HITECH Act succeeded in transitioning the US healthcare system mostly away from paper, the resulting electronic systems created a number of new problems.
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By Sam Thomas - Many job seekers find it challenging to locate an industry which provides job security with a decent salary. Over the past few years, healthcare fields have grown in the United States and show no signs of slowing down.
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CMS has updated the “Explore Measures” section of the Quality Payment Program website for the 2018 performance period. It now includes 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measures and activities.
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By Matt Fisher - Questions often arise as to what terms need to be and should be included in a business associate agreement. The distinction between “need” and “should” is very important.
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By William Hyman - The New York State chapter of HiMSS met on June 13th in the unusual setting of a Broadway theater (which, like almost all Broadway theaters wasn’t actually on Broadway).
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Attend the next HIPAA Chat. Hear industry experts discuss HIPAA and HITECH Act Compliance, Security, Meaningful Use and Security Risk Analysis, and more.
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Virtual eLearning for eligible hospitals and eligible professional. Register today for these free webinars focusing on health IT adoption. Check back each week for new events.
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If you have not tuned in to our radio station yet, we invite you to REDISCOVER RADIO. Check out what's on this weekend and a sneak peek of what's new next week on The Tate Chronicles and 1st Talk Compliance.
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By Gerry Blass - Medical device cybersecurity has become significantly more important in the age of digital health. There are essential actions health systems must take to protect themselves – and their patients.
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By Art Gross - It comes as no surprise that the healthcare industry is a prime target for cybercriminals. Since it’s easy to recognize the potential profit in stealing Protected Health Information.
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By Mike Nelson - Healthcare cybersecurity is facing two problems – neither of which can be solved using better technology alone. In fact, these problems have more to do with economics than cybersecurity.
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Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments include athenahealth, Oska Wellness, Cantata Health, MobileSmith, Availity, HealthlinkNY, Timicoin/TimiHealth, AOTI Inc., and Sensus Healthcare.
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Eligible hospitals and CAHs may be exempt from Medicare penalties if they can show that demonstrating meaningful use would result in a significant hardship.
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By William A. Hyman - The FDA took two recent actions in the domain of CDS for radiological image interpretation. One was to permit the marketing under the De Novo program of software for the interpretation of fractures of the wrist.
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By Tracy Love - Improving stroke outcomes is all about recognizing stroke symptoms FAST and cutting the time between symptom onset and treatment.
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HHS OCR plans to propose rule amending HITECH Act for HIPAA Settlements. Learn why and get your questions answered on our June event. Register Here
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