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Mergers and acquisitions this year have put an emphasis on IT integration and continuity of care, according to Mark Reibolt, CPA, managing partner and chief executive officer, Coker Capital Advisors, Alpharetta, Ga.
Workgroup asks for comment on NHIN governance and the level of authentication needed by participants.
An interdisciplinary partnership has led to the creation of a new center at Western Michigan University (WMU) aimed at bettering the uses of healthcare information technology.
One of the largest recent security breaches of personal health information (PHI), involving 280,000 individuals, is on the surface a "pretty low-risk scenario," says one privacy expert. But, he acknowledges, "these things are like an onion: the more layers you peel back, the stinkier it gets."
Electronic prescribing service provider to offer backbone and secure messaging services to enable NHIN Direct exchanges.
The New York Department of Health (DOH) and the public-private partnership New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) on Tuesday submitted a plan to ONC outlining a proposal to spend $129 million in state and federal funds to build and implement a statewide medical records network.
The U.S. needs to address the challenges of patient privacy and security in order to put healthcare IT to the best use, said ONC head David Blumenthal, MD, Monday at the Medical Group Management Association’s annual conference.
As the Badger State prepares to launch its health information exchange in 2011, Wisconsin officials have designated the Wisconsin State Health Information Network (WISHIN) as the exchange’s governing organization.
The use of social networking in healthcare is fostering greater online collaboration that can lead to improved health outcomes and drive down costs, according to a new report from the Healthcare Performance Management (HPM) Institute.
VA awards firm $91M contract for health information sharing among VA, DOD and private health care providers.