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A CMIO predicts a blackout period, followed by stages of stability, before the real changes even kick in come October 2015. That's right: 2015.
Wouldn't it be advantageous to determine what opportunities ICD-10 will present and what risks can be mitigated today?
"Rural is not a smaller version of urban," said Tom Morris, associate administrator for rural health policy at Health Resources and Services Administration, speaking Sunday at the pre-conference symposium, "Health IT and Rural Healthcare: Embracing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges."
At its all-member meeting on Sunday, the EHR Association recognized 17 health IT companies that have adopted the EHR Developer Code of Conduct. The Code was developed by the association and introduced in June 2013.
Who's responsible when a medical device breaks down or is hacked -- the manufacturer who made it or the healthcare provider who's using it?
Due to the three-staged structure of the meaningful use timeline, eligible providers and hospitals have tended to approach the process in a literal, rigid way. But there's a change afoot, which some may call MU 2.0.
In the midst of historic legislation and innovations in technology, concerns about secured patient information remain a top-of-mind concern for patients, providers, vendors and healthcare enterprise executives here at HIMSS14.
Healthcare organizations have BI on their radar screen but a combination of factors has slowed the pace of adoption. That could leave their bottom line open to financial hits.
The findings of a new HIMSS healthcare security report have been released, and the data may surprise you.
Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va., has identified 8,500 patients at risk for developing heart failure in a pilot project designed to lead to early intervention. The pilot was completed in collaboration with IBM and Epic, using predictive modeling of data in Carilion's Epic EMR.