Archives for April 2014
If Doctors Don’t Like Electronic Medical Records, Should We Care?15 Apr 2014
Dr. David Blumenthal, who now is head of the Commonwealth Fund, has been a friend since we both were teenagers.... Continue Reading
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White Plains Hospital Names Susan Fox As CEO15 Apr 2014
White Plains Hospital’s board of directors has announced that Susan Fox will become president and chief executive officer upon Jon... Continue Reading
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Kaiser Permanente Suffers Fourth Privacy Breach In 5 Years15 Apr 2014
Malware had been on Kaiser’s server for two years DataBreachToday reports Kaiser Permanente’s recent discovery of malware on a server... Continue Reading
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Enrollment in NY health exchange soars08 Apr 2014
ALBANY — More than 908,500 residents have fully enrolled in New York’s health-care exchange and more than 1.2 million residents... Continue Reading
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HHS Releases HIPAA Compliance Assessment Tool08 Apr 2014
According to HealthIT.gov, “ONC, in collaboration with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the HHS Office of the... Continue Reading
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Topeka Hospital to Collaborate with Mayo Clinic08 Apr 2014
Topeka’s Stormont-Vail HealthCare has become the first health system in Kansas to partner with the Mayo Clinic Care Network. The... Continue Reading
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Accountable Care Organizations are the key to better care08 Apr 2014
On March 26, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services presented more detail on plans to implement Accountable... Continue Reading
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The human side of health care08 Apr 2014
Artists Kelly Sherman (left) and Halsey Burgund unroll panels that are part of their audio-visual-Internet project on patient interactions with... Continue Reading
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Bridgewater hospital a prison failing its patients08 Apr 2014
Joshua K. Messier died at Bridgewater State Hospital in 2009 while being placed in restraints. His death, which never should... Continue Reading
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Fourth HIPAA breach for Kaiser08 Apr 2014
Some 5,100 patients treated at Kaiser Permanente were sent HIPAA breach notification letters Friday after a KP research computer was... Continue Reading
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