February 12, 2013 Joe Marion
blog
A lot is being written on Interoperability lately. Achieving it depends not only on vendor cooperation but also on facility insistence.
February 6, 2013 David Raths
blog
With legislative activity burgeoning at the state level and a comprehensive bill introduced in the last session of Congress, telehealth advocates believe they have momentum to push for inclusion.
February 5, 2013 David Raths
blog
Analysts, attorneys and regulators weigh in on the impact of changes regarding privacy, breach notification, and business associate agreements
February 4, 2013 David Raths
blog
The growth in the rate of prescriptions written electronically is a huge success story. But at the Jan. 29 joint hearing of the federal HIT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee, attendees were reminded that sending structured lab data is a bigger challenge, in part due to the highly fragmented nature of the laboratory market.
January 26, 2013 David Raths
blog
Developing workable, scalable and realistic financial sustainability models for HIEs remains a challenge that must be addressed
January 18, 2013 David Raths
blog
In its HIPAA final rue, HHS chose to drop the harm standard that a breach does not occur unless the disclosure poses "a significant risk of financial, reputational, or other harm to an individual." Instead, a breach notification is necessary in all situations except those in which the provider demonstrates that there is a low probability that the protected health information has been compromised.
January 17, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
According to the analytics arm of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), HIMSS Analytics, the number of hospitals adopting EHRs has increased steadily over the past year. The number of hospitals that have reached Stage 5 and 6 of HIMSS Analytics’ Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) has increased by more than 80 percent over the five most recent quarters for which data is available.
January 14, 2013 David Raths
blog
One word sums up what winning a second term means to Obama administration government technology initiatives: continuity.
January 5, 2013 David Raths
blog
Stage 2 of meaningful use raises the bar in terms of how and when hospitals and physician groups must make patient data available.
January 2, 2013 David Raths
blog
Last year I looked back through the news stories and blog items I’d written in 2011 and pulled out a few favorite quotes that seemed provocative or intriguing. I decided to do the same thing this year, because I think these quotes also provide something of a snapshot of where we are in the evolution of healthcare IT. Without further ado, then, here are my 10 favorite quotes from the stories I wrote in 2012.
December 21, 2012 Gabriel Perna
blog
What an exciting year we had in health IT. It was my first complete one at Healthcare Informatics and I think I picked a good one. There was big-time policy news, a record-breaking HIMSS conference, and a plethora of interesting health IT leaders and cutting-edge projects, all helping push this industry into a new direction where quality is the standard. Looking back at the year that was, I think five moments stand out for me personally.
