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NewsAHIMA to providers: Don't put brakes on ICD-10
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) warned healthcare providers not to slow down their transition to the ICD-10 diagnostic code set, despite the American Medical Read more...
Hospital use of data breach insurance increases as incidents multiply
With all of the health data breaches reported recently, it's not surprising that more and healthcare providers have been purchasing data breach insurance, aka cyber insurance or network security Read more...
Civil Rights data access proposal unrealistic, expensive, CHIME says
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has asked the federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to reconsider its proposal for requiring that healthcare providers and insurers Read more...
Digital certificates would give federal access to private providers
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is seeking input into its deliberations about how to enable healthcare providers and other healthcare entities to obtain digital Read more...
Satisfaction with computed radiography aside, some providers are going digital
Most healthcare providers who use computed radiography feel that their CR systems meet their needs, according to a new KLAS report. However, there is a discernible movement away from computed Read more...
Still no consensus on patient use of Internet for health information
"I think patients are savvy enough to realize everything they read on the Internet is not the gospel and they should take it with a grain of salt," Charlotte, N.C., internist Dr. Marshall Silverman Read more...
Focus on patients need when choosing an HIE strategy for 'meaningful use'
In what may as well be part of "Meaningful Use 101" curriculum for physicians, American Medical News this week examines a key but potentially problematic element of the federal standards required to Read more...
HHS sets rules for PHRs, plans and providers to notify consumers of privacy breaches
What used to be a state-by-state matter--in which a patchwork of laws offered some limited protection when their health data was breached--now has become a national standard. HHS has issued new Read more...
The mobile technology revolution
Despite all of the privacy concerns, mobile healthcare still appears to be the wave of the future. Smartphones and PDAs are being used more and more by physician's offices for everything from Read more...
HITRUST releases proposed security framework
In recent times, we've been telling you about new requirements for health IT security, including a new requirement from the FTC that since healthcare providers are creditors, they need to have Read more...
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