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6 keys to successful mobile medical apps
For mobile health--specifically mobile medical apps--to be successful in a patient care setting, six principles must be taken into consideration, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers Managing Director
CMS, Meaningful Use Stage 2 steal the show at HIMSS 2012
No doubt that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) stole the show with their announcement of the proposed requirements
Special Edition: News roundup from an upbeat and social HIMSS 2012
No, you're not seeing double. We're publishing two issues of FierceHealthIT today, including this special edition that highlights some of the news, interviews, and commentary from the 2012 Health
Q&A: WellPoint's Watson project gains momentum
IBM has always intended Watson--the natural language processor best known for beating out its puny human competitors on the game show Jeopardy!--to do more than answer trivia questions. And the
Tips for leaving a social media 'digital footprint'
As more providers continue to join the ranks of social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Google+, they must be sure to pay extra attention to establishing their digital footprint, according to
Public health reporting for Meaningful Use may depend on HIEs
With public health measures receiving a higher profile in Meaningful Use Stage 2, government agencies are struggling to connect healthcare providers online to public health agencies at the state and
HIMSS conference abounds in 'can-do' optimism
Enthusiasm went viral this year at the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). About 37,000 people attended the conference--up from 31,500 last
Deloitte's Harry Greenspun: Larger practice docs 'disconnected' from IT drivers
A new study from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions unveiled this week concluded that only one-fourth of physicians are on track to meet Stage 1 of Meaningful Use. In an interview with
Hospital CIOs say stay the course with ICD-10
When CMS said it wouldn't extend the deadline for healthcare organizations to convert to the ICD-10 coding system--only to cave to pressure at the last minute and announce a delay for "certain
Positive reaction to MU Stage 2 aside, hard work and challenges ahead
Attendees at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference in Las Vegas greeted the announcement today of the proposed rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use and electronic
