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The New England Telehealth Consortium has awarded a four-year contract worth more than $16 million to FairPoint Communications to provide carrier ethernet services to more than 400 healthcare sites in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
A report issued Nov. 29 by the Office of the Inspector General calling for more oversight of the meaningful use program has been mostly well-received by stakeholders. Doctors, however, are concerned about the burden of pre-payment audits.
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) might not entirely spill the meaningful use apple cart, but it certainly isn't going to make things any easier.
PhysBizTech Editor Frank Irving discusses the benefits and challenges of cloud computing for small physician practices with CDW's Jon Karl.
One week after unveiling its Patient Engagement Framework, the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) has launched an online tool meant to help health organizations track their progress on involving patients in their care.
Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association said during a panel discussion that the corner telehealth was expected to turn "has come and gone," and the next year will some "very important people joining the telehealth bandwagon."
More than 100 hospitals that were graded "C" in the first report moved up to an "A" in the second, while others received an "F."
Some 1,500 patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are being notified of a medical data breach involving a resident physician whose employment was terminated in 2010. The incident's validity, however, remains contentious and unclear, as it involves an earlier lawsuit against UAMS, filed by the physician who has cited allegations of gender discrimination.
From hurricanes to hackers, there's plenty that could go wrong when it comes to data security. With so much riding on unfettered and highly secure access to healthcare information of every kind -- from prescription information to scheduling to payroll -- keeping that data ironclad is more important than ever.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be hazardous to your company's health, business experts often warn. In the realm of health IT, this maxim is no less true.