Vendors news and information

HIPAA isn't just for healthcare providers anymore. The federal law that requires your doctor to protect your privacy soon will apply to other organizations that come in contact with patient data.
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We are all coming to grips with the reality that healthcare IT staffing and recruitment is a vexing problem. The executive team at Holy Spirit Health System—particularly the human resources vice president and chief financial officer—now tacitly accepts that I cannot fill vacancies and...
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Even with a year's grace period, many providers, payers and health information technology vendors are still running behind schedule for the massive conversion next year to ICD-10 codes.
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Novation, one of the largest group purchasing organizations in the U.S., formed a new company that will offer hospitals and other healthcare providers an online platform to negotiate tailored contracts for medical supplies.
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While Tuesday marks the effective date of a host of new federal privacy and security rules, including extending legal liability to business associates of healthcare providers and restoring a measure of patient control over disclosure of their records, compliance won't be required until six months...
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Dr. Carolyn Clancy defined AHRQ's role in its relationship with the ONC as “anticipatory troubleshooting.”
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Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Ochsner Health System, urged IT vendors to act more as their customers' partners.
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Chief information officers in healthcare are caught between their immediate concerns and the unknown challenges of future healthcare payment reforms, but without all the information they'll need to steer their course.
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The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the CMS have unveiled a new electronic health-record format for children's healthcare, which the agencies say will help EHR vendors to create customized modules for pediatric patients.
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