September 24, 2012 David Raths
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule's publication has been held up several times already, leaving healthcare attorneys and compliance specialists to speculate about the cause of the delay. Speaking at the Washington, D.C., Health Privacy Summit meeting in June, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., said the final HIPAA Omnibus Rule would be released by the end of the summer.
September 17, 2012 David Raths
Health plans are embracing accountable care as a strategic business initiative, according to IDC Health Insights, while providers are looking at it as an externally driven reform initiative.
September 10, 2012 David Raths
An announcement in late June by four of Iowa’s leading healthcare organizations signals a trend we are likely to see much more of in the near future: competitors cooperating on care coordination and quality measurement platforms, which requires a greater level of collaboration among CIOs.
September 4, 2012 David Raths
Other state-level HIE organizations have struggled with sustainability. Now it's Kansas' turn.
September 2, 2012 David Raths
Medication optimization, enhanced patient education and early follow-up and care coordination have been shown to lower readmission rates. Now it's up to hospitals to make improvements.
August 24, 2012 David Raths
CMS followed Health IT Policy Committee in stressing the importance of making health information readily available to patients after a visit.
August 6, 2012 David Raths
What do you do when 1 percent of a city's population makes up 30 percent of hospital costs? And 13 percent of patients account for 80 percent of the costs? If you're Jeffrey Brenner, M.D., a physician working in one of the poorest cities in the country, Camden, N.J., you attack the problem head on. And hospital data gathered in a health information exchange is at the heart of the effort.
July 24, 2012 David Raths
Ninety-eight percent of Denmark's general practitioners and all pharmacies and hospitals use a national health data network, as do 74 percent of specialists, according to a recent Accenture study. A national e-health portal acts as a single access point to healthcare services for both citizens and health professionals.
July 12, 2012 David Raths
States seek to avoid "over-architected" HIE approach that tries to do too much for too many with not enough money and time.
June 27, 2012 David Raths
provider organizations, to understand not only the basis for their general support of the meaningful use effort but also the areas Many healthcare providers state their support for the concepts, but add that their EHR vendors won’t be able to implement them in the timeline suggested.
