Applying stronger checks on transaction management and constricting loopholes within healthcare practice can improve revenue for medical practitioners. In the modern day and age, the healthcare sector of the United States is facing a number of dilemmas, owing to a number of loopholes in the healthcare processing and transaction system. Cash flow is become increasingly […]
“First do no harm” is a sacred reminder to doctors that their first priority is to keep their patients in good health. But part of keeping patients in good health is giving them tools that can help them improve their own care. As the Affordable Care Act increases the number of insured patients, new health […]
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
This week, Connecticut joined at least nine other states (DE, KY, ME, MN, MO, NC, TN, UT, WV — see cases cited in the opinion, linked to below) in recognizing that, while HIPAA does not create a private right of action for violation of privacy, it does constitute a standard against which the actions of […]
Health information exchanges are poised to redefine how providers and payers interact with one another and show great potential in improving patient care by utilizing a torrent of new data. That same torrent is also causing challenges in HIT infrastructure and HIPPA compliance. Those were just a few of the key takeaways at California-based Redwood […]
Data access, quantity, and quality drive innovation in clinical research, both for studies across whole populations and for personalized medicine that focuses on an individual’s disease, diagnosis, and response to treatment. New technologies such as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for whole genomes and high-resolution slide imaging are creating terabytes of data that were considered too […]
With all the new technology flooding the healthcare system, it’s crucial to be able to use and understand it all. One of the speakers at CONVERGE, Kenyon Crowley will explain how he is helping providers get up to speed with the latest in health IT. At the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS), […]
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
As the deadline for meaningful use approaches, doctors are rushing to adopt the program to take advantage of government incentives. However, as we speak to doctors, we realize that many of them are confused about the program, which makes it difficult for them to earn maximum incentives. The confusion surrounds the requirements, incentives, penalties, exemptions […]
Follow MedCity News on TWITTER, LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE+ for even more content on innovation in healthcare. The bring your own device trend shows no signs of going away, no matter how much hospital IT departments might wish that it would. In an interview with MedCity News, the chief information security officer at Temple University […]
Athenahealth eventually will come out with an inpatient electronic health record, but for now, the Watertown, Mass.-based health IT vendor is content with bringing a clinical integration and communication engine into hospitals. At last month’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, Fla., Athenahealth introduced AthenaCoordinator Enterprise, which the company described as […]
It’s been more than 10 months since Google released an application provider interface for its Google Glass wearable device, and though Glass effectively remains in beta, healthcare apps are starting to pop up. Pristine co-founder and CEO Kyle Samani says the company is actually generating revenue from its Glass offerings. In October, the University of […]
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Now that CES is over, HIMSS14 is the next big event on the horizon. Entrepreneurs and big healthcare companies have started sending interview requests and I’m sure everyone from Illinois to Maine can’t wait to escape the polar vortex for the sunshine of Orlando. Anyone who has been knows how huge the event is. HIMSS […]
HIMSS put forward its take on why health IT products, particularly electronic medical records, shouldn’t be considered a medical device. The group published a letter this week in response to a query from the Department of Health and Human Services as the government hones health IT policy with an eye to patient safety. The move […]
The ACA’s rocky rollout may have lost a critical opportunity to enroll consumers when they have cash in their pockets. Beginning in November, many families begin to redirect their spending towards holiday purchases. Cash-strapped families simply won’t be able to find extra money to pay new insurance premiums during the holiday period. Thus, the glitches […]
Look out, wellness entrepreneurs. Selling your patient engagement solution to doctors and employers just got a lot more challenging. Verizon announced the Converged Health Management platform today. This white-label solution covers the entire process of patient engagement. It can collect data from wireless medical devices and send it securely to the cloud. Algorithms look for […]
There is nothing official yet, but a few early comments on the health insurance exchanges show both good and bad news: lots of people are trying to sign up, but the system -- at least the federal one - is not working well (as many predicted).