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IT is a complex profession in and of itself, and health IT management even more so. While I'm not an IT recruiter, I'd wager that you wouldn't want anyone with less than a decade of hard-core Read more...

Managing releases of medical information (ROI) can be a major drain on a health organization. Nowhere is that more true than at Henry Ford Hospital and Health Network, which gets more than 42,000 ROI requests every year. To tame this problem, Henry Ford has re-engineered its entire process, using a new work flow management tool which controls access to both paper and electronic medical records. The new, affordable system has generated some remarkable benefits, including a 50 to 60 …

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While it's tempting to just say that security breaches happen, we at FierceHealthIT are beginning to be a bit knocked back by the volume of major health organization data losses taking place over the past six months. The latest came early last week, when the VA said that it had lost track of data on 1.8 million veterans and doctors. That includes billing information on about 1.3 million doctors nationwide, and Social Security numbers on about 535,000 individuals. The data, which …

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If you're a health IT leader, you already know that your work has a critical impact on how your organization operates. But did you know that the design of your health IT program can also have an impact on how the financial industry sees your institution? According to one expert, a director of Healthcare Ratings at Standard & Poor's in New York, credit rating agencies, banks, bond insurers and other financial institutions take a look at the soundness of a healthcare organization's IT …

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