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Medicare Legislation Provides Incentives for ePrescribing
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | The Medicare program could save as much as $156 million over the next five years from error avoidance and efficiency gains from a newly authorized electronic prescribing incentive program, federal officials say.
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CMS Director Friedman Discusses MITA Progress
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Bringing Medicaid into the digital age isn’t easy agrees CMS’ Rick Friedman. As the federal government teams with the states to incorporate health IT into Medicaid programs, “the biggest challenge is not the silicon but the carbon; that is to say, it’s the people, not the technology,” says Friedman.
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Health Information Exchanges Push Forward
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | John Loonsk, director of the ONC’s Office of Interoperability and Standards, speaks with Digital HealthCare & Productivity about laying the groundwork to advance the National Health Information Network.
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Identity-Based Network Security Meets Health-IT Challenges
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Sean Convery, CTO at idEngines and an expert in secure network design, says identity management technologies are one solution to HIPAA mandates for data protection.
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Federal Privacy Framework Announced for Health-IT
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is developing a framework for healthcare organizations to follow in protecting the confidentiality, privacy, and security of individual health information.
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Debate Persists Over What’s the Right Safeguard Strategy
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Recent laptop thefts from Fallon Community Health Plan in Worcester, Mass., and from Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey have focused attention anew on the issue of data security in health care.
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Brailer Venture Plans Major Announcements in February
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Former national health-IT coordinator David Brailer stepped down from his influential government post two years ago, but remains a force for progress, thanks to his new role as health care investor.
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MIT Hosts Roundtable on Biomedical Innovation
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | At a roundtable hosted by the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation last Wednesday, a panel of experts championed the cause of innovation in health care.
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Racing to Meet the NPI Deadline
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | As the final deadline for the National Provider Identifier (NPI) program looms on the horizon, many providers are still struggling with arduous tasks like updating physician practice management systems and contacting clearinghouses in preparation for the switch.
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Google, Microsoft May Pose Threats to Patient Privacy
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | The entry of corporate behemoths like Google and Microsoft into the health information industry could have fundamental impacts on patient privacy, as well as on clinical research, according to an April 17 article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Streamlined, Self-Service Access to Biology and Chemistry Data
Part One: Taming Technology Chaos A Vision of eClinical’s Future
Laboratory Management for Clinical and Research NGS Labs
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