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Veterans Affairs and New Mexico health agency beneficiaries are latest victims of data breaches caused by a missing unsecured laptop.
New York State's two federally designated healthcare IT regional extension centers (RECs) kicked off their work in the Big Apple Thursday amid a little hoopla and some serious talk about electronic medical records, education sessions and vendor demonstrations of how the technology works.
Kaiser Permanente is crediting healthcare information technology and care coordination as helping more than 40 percent of very high-risk patients reach national cholesterol guidelines - a feat that past studies indicate is difficult to achieve.
Two days of discussion about the influence of technology on healthcare have produced at least one hard truth: Having the latest and best toys doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to be successful.
The Affordable Care Act offers effective new technology and sophisticated data analysis for reducing healthcare fraud that will build on programs that helped Medicare and Medicaid recover billions of dollars in 2009, according to the government's annual Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) report.
The American Telemedicine Association’s 15th Annual International Meeting and Exposition opens in San Antonio, Texas, May 16 with more than 3,000 attendees and 300 exhibitors expected.
Intelimedix has launched Tru:Beacon, a technology-based solution that precisely identifies opportunities to save medical costs without lowering quality of care.
Health care providers and plans can anticipate tougher enforcement and higher fines for HIPAA violations, OCR officials say.
The White House has begun developing a strategy for securing online transactions and stemming identity fraud that pays particular heed to the importance of building a trusted arena for electronic healthcare transactions.
The government’s initiative for meaningful use of electronic health records has fueled the demand for discrete, structured and actionable clinical data.