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4 things to know about the new National Coordinator Dr. Vindell Washington15 Aug 2016
Vindell Washington, MD, was named the next National Coordinator of Health IT Thursday as the former National Coordinator, Karen DeSalvo,... Continue Reading
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Health IT now costs $32,000 per doctor, annually15 Aug 2016
A new survey has revealed that the move to digitization is running over $32,000 per doctor per year. “Physician-owned multispecialty... Continue Reading
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Advocate Health Care Pays Largest HIPAA Penalty to Date15 Aug 2016
Advocate Health Care Network, the largest fully integrated health care system in Illinois, has agreed to pay $5.55 million for... Continue Reading
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Why You Spend Two Hours To See Your Doctor For 8 Minutes15 Aug 2016
Have you ever wondered whether your eight minutes of face time with your doctor is worth the one or two... Continue Reading
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Cambia invests $5M in price transparency company MDSave15 Aug 2016
MDSave, a Nashville, Tennessee-based healthcare transparency company, secured a $5 million investment from Cambia Health, a holding company that owns... Continue Reading
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9 in 10 large employers will offer telehealth next year15 Aug 2016
According to a new report from the National Business Group on Health, nine in 10 large employers, in states where... Continue Reading
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Can hospitals survive the ransomware threat?08 Aug 2016
Computer networks at hospitals are vulnerable gateways to valuable and hyper-sensitive patient data. Hackers recognising this weakness are stepping up... Continue Reading
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IBM’s Supercomputer helps doctors to fight cancer08 Aug 2016
A 37-year-old Indian software engineer was recently diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer which was spreading fast in... Continue Reading
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Marin electronic medical record system hacked, ransom paid08 Aug 2016
Marin Medical Practices Concepts, a Novato company that provides medical billing and electronic medical records services to many Marin physicians,... Continue Reading
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Four tenets of a successful telehealth program implementation08 Aug 2016
Whether in rural Alaska or in an urban city, a telehealth program has the ability to add value to the... Continue Reading
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