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By Mike Miliard | 12:05 pm | November 28, 2012
One week after unveiling its Patient Engagement Framework, the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) has launched an online tool meant to help health organizations track their progress on involving patients in their care.
By Diana Manos | 11:24 am | November 28, 2012
Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association said during a panel discussion that the corner telehealth was expected to turn "has come and gone," and the next year will some "very important people joining the telehealth bandwagon."
By Kaiser Health News | 09:41 am | November 28, 2012
More than 100 hospitals that were graded "C" in the first report moved up to an "A" in the second, while others received an "F."
By Erin McCann | 12:00 pm | November 27, 2012
Some 1,500 patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are being notified of a medical data breach involving a resident physician whose employment was terminated in 2010. The incident's validity, however, remains contentious and unclear, as it involves an earlier lawsuit against UAMS, filed by the physician who has cited allegations of gender discrimination.
By Benjamin Harris | 12:07 pm | November 26, 2012
From hurricanes to hackers, there's plenty that could go wrong when it comes to data security. With so much riding on unfettered and highly secure access to healthcare information of every kind -- from prescription information to scheduling to payroll -- keeping that data ironclad is more important than ever.
By Erin McCann | 09:47 am | November 21, 2012
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be hazardous to your company's health, business experts often warn. In the realm of health IT, this maxim is no less true.
By Mary Mosquera | 01:27 pm | November 19, 2012
Radiologists need to evaluate patients earlier and become critical part of care team in patient-centered medical homes and ACOs.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:26 am | November 19, 2012
Deadline delay for health insurance exchange decision may make federal/state partnership model more attractive to states.
By Chip Means | 01:04 am | November 19, 2012
Welcome to the revamped Healthcare IT News. We've given our website a top-to-bottom design upgrade, adding, altering and reorganizing many features along the way. Since we relaunched Healthcare IT News on the Drupal content management system in January 2009, we've learned a lot about the ways our readers use the site.
By Mary Mosquera | 12:14 pm | November 16, 2012
In a second delay in one week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has extended the deadline for one month for states to not only submit their blueprints for a state-based health insurance exchange, but also to decide if they plan to establish their own exchange.