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Mobile, cloud-based security top concerns for government healthcare organizations
At first glance, the new Booz Allen Hamilton survey of government health IT security readiness is pretty positive. A full 56 percent of respondents--IT directors and program managers with the U.S.
Study: Urgency, organization lacking for providers in ICD-10 transition
Providers need to put more of an emphasis on planning and organization when it comes to large implementation efforts such as ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010, researchers from Georgetown University and the
VA awards $12 billion for infotech work, including health IT
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hoping to upgrade and "transform" its information systems through a series of 14 recently awarded contracts worth $12 billion. Among the recipients are
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
NIST awards EHR testing contract, ONC seeks to re-identify HIPAA data
As work continues to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is looking for a contractor to re-attach
Report: HHS must lead medical identity theft fight
Medical identity theft poses a serious challenge for providers, who are increasingly finding that both outsiders and employees may steal patients' financial and insurance information. However, a new
DOD, VA move to SOA architecture to build interoperable systems
After struggling for years to bring their clinical databases together, the Department of Defense and the Veterans Affairs department have decided to move their EMR systems over to a service-oriented
HHS awards contract for medical identity fraud study
HHS's Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded a $450,000 conract to Booz Allen Hamilton to scope out the size of the medical identity theft problem in the
