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Patient privacy concerns loom large as providers shift to the cloud
The cloud is all the rage today, and healthcare providers are storing personal health information (PHI) on remote servers for an increasing variety of purposes. In a commentary on iHealthBeat,
Straube: Shift in thinking needed for policymakers to embrace m-health
Telehealth and health information technology are two of the biggest areas ripe for change given their importance to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. Barry Straube, the center's
Microsoft's Ballmer: Focus on the patient for long-term gains
It's not exactly a secret that various technology companies stand to profit handsomely from the estimated $20 billion infusion of federal dollars into electronic medical records. In jockeying for
Healthcare may help IT industry reverse job losses
The IT industry has been reeling, having cut a net 175,000 jobs in 2009, or about 13.2 percent of all announced U.S. job cuts across all industries last year. The decline is more than 12 percent
SRSsoft boss says specialists aren't sold on meaningful use
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act makes it clear that providers will have to demonstrate "meaningful use" of certified EMRs to earn Medicare bonuses of up to $44,000 or extra Medicaid
McKesson CIO: Health reform impossible without better information
Expanding access to care and holding down insurance costs are nice, but, as we've been saying for months, there can't be real healthcare reform in America without addressing the problems of
Survey: Hospitals will struggle to meet 'meaningful use'
All the pundits, vendors and interest groups have weighed in on the Dec. 30 proposal for "meaningful use" of EMRs, but what do the people who actually have to demonstrate meaningful use to earn
Brailer 'pretty impressed' with proposal on meaningful use
Former national health IT coordinator Dr. David Brailer is "pretty impressed" with the proposed criteria for meaningful use of EMRs that HHS officials published Dec. 30. According to Brailer, who now
ONC to outsource HIT program assessment and management
While HHS was releasing its proposed "meaningful use" rules to much fanfare and many people had already checked out for the year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
HHS hints at possible 'meaningful use' changes
With the first full week of 2010 now behind us, it's becoming clear that the proposed "meaningful use" regulations published Dec. 30 indeed merely represent a proposal, and that the final rules
