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Fierce Q&A: CSC analyst on the need for hospitals to improve data use

Hospitals are increasingly using data to improve patient care. Take, for example, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center , which recently created a new startup called QI Healthcare to

FTC privacy proposal could serve as model for future HIPAA updates

Consumers must have an up-front option regarding the shared use of their personal information, the Federal Trade Commission argues in a report published this week. While the privacy framework

Tenn. HIE will use Humedica to analyze data from disparate EHRs

Holston Medical Group (HMG), a 150-provider practice in eastern Tennessee, has selected Humedica MinedShare, a business intelligence solution, to help it improve processes of care both in its own

Data mining tool helps researchers sift through radiology report images, text

While data mining has been a hot button issue of late, with some hospitals criticized for using information gathered from patient records to market to well-to-do patients , researchers in Germany

CSC consultant: Healthcare reform is driving technology growth

Among the top concerns of health IT professionals attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) annual conference in Las Vegas last week were data mining and analysis,

Mayo Clinc researchers close to securely mining info from all EMRs

Investigators with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., are close to completing a suite of computing tools that can be used to sort and identify digital health information from all types of

6 physician social networks at a glance: Sermo

Site: Sermo Created: 2005 CEO: Daniel Palestrant, MD Number of members: 127,000+ Target audience: All U.S. physicians About the network: Sermo likely is the most controversial of all of the networks

A patient-safety argument for EHR data mining

Did you know that combining a drug commonly prescribed to treat depression (Paxil) with another popular medication to lower cholesterol (Pravachol) could create a dangerous reaction by raising blood

Mining EMRs speeds up genetic research

Mining electronic health records (EHRs) produced by different companies for genetic studies on specific chronic conditions still can be far faster and cheaper than trying to recruit patients to

HHS too reliant on IT in fight against Medicare fraud

HHS program integrity director Peter Budetti is a man excited about the possibilities of anti-fraud software, data mining/screening and analytics. However, industry watchers and anti-fraud experts