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NJ flunks Medicaid data security audit

A new audit has concluded that New Jersey has not put adequate security measures in place to protect sensitive Medicaid program data. The review, conducted by the New Jersey Office of the State Read more...

Coalition wants e-prescribing included in Medicare reform

A coalition of 44 healthcare industry organizations have come together to ask Congress to to include e-prescribing mandates in Medicare reform legislation. The members want legislators to adopt the Read more...

Maryland hospitals partner on eICU

Hoping to ease a looming shortage of emergency department physicians, a group of Maryland hospitals are setting up a Delaware based eICU to oversee critical care overnight. The hospitals will become Read more...

Study: Remote monitoring improves heart failure outcomes

A new study has concluded that remote monitoring can improve the condition of some heart failure patients, and may also reduce hospital readmissions. The pilot study, which included 150 patients Read more...

Case study: MI system slashes errors with online ordering

The University of Michigan is reporting that its new online order entry system has proven to be quite a success. The system, which it implemented in its University Hospital and Cardiovascular Center, Read more...
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SPOTLIGHT: WellPoint offers cellphone-accessible provider directory

Wondering if your patients will benefit from mobile services? Maybe you'll want to follow WellPoint's lead. The insurer has rolled out a new provider directory for its beneficiaries designed Read more...

ALSO NOTED: First also noted headline; second headline; and much more...

> It looks like information on some 6,000 patients at the University of California San Francisco was accessible via the Internet for more than three months last year. Read more...

U of Miami loses data on 2.1 million patients

While they contend that the data is unreadable--and therefore poses no risks--officials with the University of Miami School of Medicine have gone public with the news that someone stole back-up Read more...