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Security, regulatory challenges persist for medical devices
No single entity, healthcare delivery organization, manufacturer or technology company can mitigate all the risks that security threats pose to healthcare data, according to Dale Nordenberg, M.D., executive director of the Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium.
Why healthcare is slow to go mobile
With the quick advancement of remote access technologies showing no end in sight, it's time for healthcare organizations to get on board the mobile technology train or risk getting run over, iHealthBeat reported.
ED computer simulations don't focus enough on physician relationships
In a study published online this week in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making , researchers set out to present an alternative simulation approach, where physicians and their delegates in the ED are "modeled as pseudo-agents in a discrete event simulation." They then compared the new model with a traditional approach, which focuses more on patients than providers.
Doc EHR use differs based on uncertainty of management perceptions
Physician perceptions of uncertainty--and the role of information technology in managing that uncertainty--heavily factor into their use electronic health record systems, according to research published online this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association .
3 social media faux pas and how to avoid them
Social media is everywhere. This column itself, if readers see its value, will potentially find its way to some of you via LinkedIn , Twitter , Facebook or Google+ . As this medium grows ever-more...
Deloitte's Harry Greenspun: As data goes digital, CIO security challenges grow
Deloitte Center for Health Solutions technology specialist Harry Greenspun wants to let healthcare CIOs know they're about to have their hands full, yet again; as they gather more data, he says, they must secure it, as well.
Online pharmacist care helps hypertensives sustain lower BP
Web-based pharmacist care is an effective method for helping hypertensive patients to sustain low blood pressure, according to research published online this week in JAMA Internal Medicine .
CCHIT: Interoperability breakthrough near
The healthcare industry is on the verge of a breakthrough in interoperability as "plug and play" capability becomes more than a dream, according to a whitepaper published by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT).
WEDI brings together state collaborative organizations on ICD-10
By all accounts, a majority of organizations are behind schedule in implementing ICD-10 and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is doing something about that. The group this week launched a new initiative to bring together state collaborative organizations to help reduce the time and cost for implementation, as well as to bring greater efficiencies to the process.
Experts: Physician-led ACOs may save more money
Not only do physician-led ACOs slightly outnumber their hospital-based counterparts, but they also may be superior at saving money, according to presenters at an ACO summit hosted by America's Health Insurance Plans.
