Archives for September 2014
HealthCare.gov is given an overhaul23 Sep 2014
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is redesigning HealthCare.gov and says that 70 percent of consumers will be able to use... Continue Reading
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HIMSS: 25 years of health IT leadership infographic23 Sep 2014
During this week’s National Health IT Week, HIMSS released a report that summarizes the findings from 25 years of their... Continue Reading
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Epic ties mychart app to Apple healthkit23 Sep 2014
Hospital and physician software vendor Epic Systems Corp. is integrating Apple’s HealthKit into its EHR systems, which serve more than... Continue Reading
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3 Reasons why healthcare will favor Google over Apple23 Sep 2014
This is not a typical comparison of Apple’s AAPL +0.87% products or features compared to Google GOOGL -0.89%, but it is... Continue Reading
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Delivering health care by Drone23 Sep 2014
I once asked a clinical colleague to describe what it had been like working as a trainee with a world-famous... Continue Reading
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Flex-IT act aims to reduce meaningful use reporting in 201523 Sep 2014
If relief is not coming to eligible professionals and hospitals as a result of a recent final rule modifying meaningful... Continue Reading
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Most mHealth apps lack privacy policies23 Sep 2014
The majority of mobile health care (mHealth) apps do not have privacy policies, and those that do tend to publish... Continue Reading
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The promise and peril of electronic medical records23 Sep 2014
PETER PRONOVOST: There is a tension between having our personal medical records “in the cloud”—which has great potential to improve... Continue Reading
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Leominster hospital CEO refuses to meet with concerned nurses23 Sep 2014
The nurses at UMass Memorial/Health Alliance Leominster Hospital are both outraged and shocked about a lack of communication between themselves... Continue Reading
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Kaiser permanente among nation’s top 20 health plans23 Sep 2014
Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, which has five locations in Cobb County, was named by the National Committee for Quality Assurance... Continue Reading
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