July 16, 2014-Electronic health records ripe for theft

Provider Advisory Weekly Top Stories

1. EHR vendors to CMS: Issue final meaningful use rule already
2. 6 Ways to Take Advantage of the Delay in ICD-10 Compliance
3. Meadowlands Hospital plans to cut 102 jobs
4. IBC touts positve results from ACO payment model
5. Cellphones, iPads mean good medicine
6. Electronic health records ripe for theft
7. CEO of Hershey Medical Center leaving to take job with Aetna
8. SnapHealth Announces Shawn Fry as Chief Technology Architect
9. Atlantic Health System Receives ‘Most Wired’ Status for 5th Consecutive Year
10. Mercy Health Finds Value in Patient Portal

EHR makers asked the Office of the National Coordinator and the Centers forMedicare andMedicaid Services to post the meaningful use final rule as soon as they can. “We emphasize the priority of a quickly issued final rule in eliminatingwasted time and effort regarding 2014 work, and urge publication as soon as possible,”EHRA explained in a letter. “We note that, due to time constraints, we anticipate that many physicians and hospitals will make decisions based on the proposed rule, as seems to have been your… Government Health IT   (07/14)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

William McElmurry, Senior Vice President at SoftServ Inc. shares six ways you can utilize the one year delay in ICD-10 compliance to your advantage. Those who invested early on in ICD-10 implementation may feel a level of frustration with recently signed legislation delaying ICD-10 compliance one year to October 1, 2015, but it may be a blessing in disguise. All organizations required to implement ICD-10 can take advantage of the delay, viewing it as anopportunity to re-assess their organization’s implementation progress… Hit Consultant   (07/14)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

SECAUCUS — Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus plans to cut 102 jobs as its patient count plummets amid financial disarray. TheRecord newspaper reports newly appointed chief executive officer Tom Considine has written employees that the 230-bed for-profit hospital’s low patient count is down by more than 30 percent since May. The newspaper obtained a report on the Secaucus hospital prepared by an outside consultant. The consultant found Meadowlands operated without a budget in 2013… App.com   (07/10)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

Independence Blue Cross, the Philadelphia region’s largest health insurer, said Monday its accountable-care organization payment model is yielding tangible results. According to IBC, about 90 percent of region’s health care delivery systems are participating in the ACO payment model. Results from the first year include: Nearly 90 percent of the health systems lowered hospital readmission rates, with an average reduction of 16 percent; 100 percent of the health systems improved at least one hospital-acquired infection… Biz Journal   (07/14)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

At the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, doctors are just as likely to store iPads in their white coat pockets as stethoscopes. The center’s clinicians use mobile devices — tablets, smartphones and occasionally wearable computers such as Google Glass — toaccess electronic medical records, both at the patient’s bedside or in the operatingroom. Sometimes they use the devices to show patients their X-rays or other images. Though it is among the first to bring Google Glass into the… Great Falls Tribune   (07/14)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

America’s medical records systems are flirting with disaster, say the experts who monitor crime in cyberspace. Ahack that exposes the medical and financial records of hundreds of thousands of patients is coming, they say — it’s only a matter of when. As health data become increasinglydigital and the use of electronic health records booms, thieves see patient records in avulnerable health care system as attractive bait, according to experts interviewed by POLITICO. On the black market, a full identity profile… Politico   (07/13)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

Just two weeks after he announced plans to join Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth to create one giant health system, the CEO of Hershey announced he is leaving to take a post with Aetna. Dr. Harold L. Paz, who was slated to serve as CEO of the PinnacleHealth-Hershey system when it comes into being in about a year, will instead serve as executive vice president and chief medical officer of Aetna. At Aetna, according to a news release, Paz will lead clinical strategy and policy… Pennlive.com   (07/09)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

SnapHealth, http://www.snaphealth.com, the Company, seamlessly connects consumers with providers through our trusted gateway, effecting lower-price health care services. Willie Swisher, CEO of SnapHealth states, “I am very pleased to announce the continued build-out of our tremendousteam with the addition of Shawn, his credentials and insight into the healthcare sector are a powerful addition and testament to the strength of our business model.” Swisher continues, “The SnapHealthteam, with Fry now on board… Motoemag.com   (07/14)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

Atlantic Health System was again named one of Health Care’s Most Wired organizations for a fifth consecutive year according to the results of a survey released in the July 2014 issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association. “This recognition not only reflects the enormous amount of preparation Atlantic Health System has already made, but also its commitment to stay at the forefront as information technology becomes an even more important, integral part of the delivery… PR Web   (07/14)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

Mercy Health System in Portland, Maine, has been working to make its patient portal as user-friendly as possible, along with new features, as the organization prepares for a Stage 2 meaningful use reporting period in October. Giving real value to patients through the portal is necessary to meet the Stage 2 threshold of getting more than 5 percent of patients toaccess online their health information. Christopher Hall, M.D., CMIO at Mercy–part of Eastern Maine Healthcare System–used the portal himself recently to makeappointment… Health Data Management   (07/14)  Share: Forward | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIN

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