February 7, 2012 David Raths
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has undertaken an effort to identify and analyze barriers to successfully achieving meaningful use.
February 6, 2012
Understanding VNA objectives aids in knowing how to apply industry standards
February 6, 2012 Mark Hagland
Juniper Research, a Hampshire, U.K.-based market research firm, last week announced the publication of a new report on mobile health (mHealth). According to Juniper’s highlight findings, the number of patients worldwide who will be able to take advantage of increasing smartphone processing power in order to have their conditions remotely monitored will rise to 3 million by 2016.
February 6, 2012 By David Raths
In January, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit against consulting firm Accretive Health Inc., which last summer lost an unencrypted laptop that contained medical data on 23,500 Minnesotans. The state wants Accretive to disclose to Minnesota patients the data that it has about them, where and how such data is stored, including but not limited to whether it has been sent overseas, and how such data is utilized.