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Health Records Lost, Stolen, or Revealed Online
Despite the law to protect patients’ health information privacy, more than 400 large healthcare breaches and more than 50,000 smaller breaches have been reported since fall 2009, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Firm Focuses on Health Records Going Digital
The CEO of Atlanta-based Business Computer Applications discusses the need for EHR utilization in a Q & A with The Atlanta Journal Constitution. |
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HIE Guide Named HIMSS Book of the Year
HIMSS has named The Health Information Exchange Formation Guide: The Authoritative Guide for Planning and Forming an HIE in Your State, Region, or Community its 2011 Book of the Year.
The book and its coauthors, health information consultants Laura Kolkman, RN, MS, FHIMSS, and Bob Brown of Mosaica Partners, a health information exchange (HIE) consulting firm, were honored at the HIMSS Awards Banquet during the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition.
“Each year, the HIMSS Book of the Year award recognizes a book that offers outstanding practical guidance and/or strategic insight for healthcare information and management systems professionals,” says Fran Perveiler, vice president of communications for HIMSS.
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Identifying Patients in HIEs
The ability to exchange health information is wonderful, but it defeats the purpose if it’s incorrect data. Read more »
The Ins and Outs of Observation Status
Correctly distinguishing between inpatient and outpatient status can save hospitals from lost revenue and compliance headaches. Read more »
Operation Data Rescue
Through “knowledge discovery,” the meaning lying within infinite reservoirs of data can be recognized and put to good use. Read more »
Care Interrupted
Business continuity and disaster recovery plans are invaluable resources should a healthcare organization suffer a data loss. Read more » |
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App Tackles Dictation, Transcription
The iMedDictate app from software developer Spectrum Software eliminates the need to connect to a computer to send dictation to transcriptionists, allowing users to conveniently and immediately send their work along no matter where they are and get it back with a faster turnaround. iMedDictate’s features include autofilling forms with account synchronization; appending, inserting, or overwriting recordings; and STAT and CC options. iMedDictate is available for free for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Learn more »
Pen-X
Pens at a nurses’ station in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and other facilities are often used dozens of times per day by healthcare professionals. To combat the spread of bacteria such as MRSA, staph, and Clostridium difficile, Pen-X offers a no-tip tabletop or wall-mounted pen sanitizer. Simply dipping a pen into the Pen-X solution quickly sanitizes it, killing 99.9% of germs. It dries in seconds and doesn’t affect a pen’s writing ability. Learn more »
PerfectServe Clinician App
PerfectServe, a platform for intelligent clinical communication services, now has full versions of its mobile app for iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android smartphone devices. The app enables physicians to easily and securely contact any colleague, call patients without divulging personal information, manage on-call schedules on the fly, change call routing to different devices based on situation (such as going into surgery), and keep track of and easily respond to all their inbound and outbound communications. Physicians can use PerfectServe to customize their entire communications process according to their practice workflow and individual contact preferences. PerfectServe ensures each call, text, voice, or e-mail message or page is sent to the right physician at the right time. It was developed to address the communication breakdowns that can occur when nurses and clinicians need to connect with on-call physicians. Learn more »
The Medical Letter Mobile Apps
 The Medical Letter, a source of unbiased prescription drug information and facts, has launched its mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Android. The apps contain both The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics and Treatment Guidelines From The Medical Letter—newsletters appraising new prescription drugs and reviewing previously approved drugs—along with handy drug and disease indexes and a search for fast reference. This gives subscribers quick, easy access to their subscriptions for reliable and timely drug information on their preferred mobile device. Learn more » |
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