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By Ali Gorman, R.N. for Action News 6, Philadelphia, PA PHILADELPHIA – April 2, 2013 (WPVI) — If you have visited any medical center in the past 15 years, you have probably heard of the HIPAA privacy law. One local father is now urging lawmakers to change it. He says it is too strict in…
Written by Bob Herman for Becker’s Hospital Review Hospitals that rely disproportionately on Medicare patients for revenue may find themselves in a tougher bind over the next several years, as sequestration has started siphoning 2 percent of all Medicare funds. Moody’s Investors Service recently released a report, indicating that sequestration will worsen the “already challenging…
By Avery Comarow for U.S. News Where can you go to find one list that names the “best cars”? The answer, of course, is obvious. There isn’t one. What does “best” mean — best for short commutes or for interstate cruising? Best for a 16-year-old who just got her license or for a middle-aged male…
Healthcare ‘Wall of Shame’ Shows Devices Are Unprotected By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee for GovInfo Security Incidents involving the loss or theft of unencrypted computing devices continue to dominate the federal tally of major health data breaches, despite the bad publicity these cases have been getting since regulators began tracking incidents in late 2009. Nine of…
By Kyle Murphy, PhD for EHR Intelligence Few dispute the value of the knowledge comprising physician notes. The problem for healthcare organizations and providers is being able to extract meaningful and useful data from that unstructured free text for the purposes of care coordination, coding, and reporting — to name a few. And it’s about…
From Truven Health Analytics, 100 Top Hospitals The 100 Top Hospitals® study uses objective research and independent public data to recognize the best U.S. hospitals. Hospitals do not apply and winners do not pay to market this honor. Our annual study is unique in that it evaluates hospitals on measures of overall organization performance, including…
By Quarles & Brady LLP – Jennifer L. Rathburn, Kevin J. Eldridge and Jennifer J. Hennessy for Lexology As we have annoyingly reminded you in previous publications, on January 17, 2013 the moment much anticipated by the health care industry finally arrived: The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil…
KLAS report shows concerns about preparedness By Bernie Monegain, Editor, HealthcareIT News While preparation for ICD-10 intensifies, questions surrounding EMR vendor readiness and ICD-10-related technologies are surfacing. In the KLAS report, “ICD-10 Perception 2012: Can Technology Relieve Readiness Issues?,” the second report of a two-part series, KLAS discusses how leading providers around the country are…
By Patrick Ouellette for HealthIT Security Based on the Redspin Breach Report 2012 that was released today, health data breaches were reduced marginally in 2012, but when the new HIPAA omnibus rule is factored into the equation, the company advised healthcare providers to stay on the offensive when it comes to breach prevention. Redspin, an…
Critics question credibility of federal panel charged with investigating By Fred Schulte for The Center for Public Integrity The Obama administration is forging ahead with a multi-billion dollar plan to shift from paper to electronic medical records, despite continuing concerns the program may be prompting some doctors and hospitals to improperly bill higher fees to…