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Balance key in picking keynote speakers
You don't get the star power of a former U.S. president, the leader of one of the country’s most respected hospitals, a world renowned cardiologist, the country’s health IT chief, and two highly charged and high-powered political debaters, by leaving things to chance. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Bill Clinton Eric Topol Farzad Mostashari James Carville Karen Malone Karl Rove Michael J. Fox Werner Thomas Source Type: news

EHRs help cut Medicaid costs, study says
Tracking Medicaid beneficiaries who frequently use emergency departments and adopting electronic tracking systems to exchange patient information is among one of the ways states can cut Medicaid costs, according to a new report by the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA). read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians Andy Sama Industry News Meaningful Use pain management the American College WA-ACEP Hospitals & IDNs Electronic Health Records Source Type: news

KLAS: CDS tools found lacking
Healthcare providers want to integrate clinical decision support (CDS) into their workflow, but they are finding that it’s not so easy, according to a report from research firm KLAS. While providers are expecting third-party vendors to keep pace with clinical evidence, many struggle to embed that content into their EMR and clinical workflow, the research shows. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Quality and Safety Source Type: news

AHRQ seeks nominees for workgroups
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is now taking nominations for two of its contracted workgroups focused on developing and improving quality indicators, according to a notice in Monday's Federal Register. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Quality and Safety Source Type: news

Social media for babies' sake
Most physicians view social media in the workplace with about as much enthusiasm as they'd welcome the bubonic plague. But a community health network in central Washington state is hoping a newly established, physician-managed platform will help them reach a population in dire need of their services. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only California central Washington Facebook Jock Putney Malcolm Butler Petaluma smartphone Smartphones WellFx Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news

Attendees will hear plenty from federal officials at HIMSS13
If someone were to ask you to list all the sessions at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition where a government official is speaking, the first thing you would have to ask is: do you have time to hear it? There are at least 25 sessions that do just that. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Bill Clinton Source Type: news

HIMSS Hotel Options
Still wondering where to stay in New Orleans? HIMSS has contracted with numerous hotels to provide discounted room rates for attendees and exhibitors for HIMSS13. All hotel reservations will be processed by onPeak. You can make reservations on-line or by calling (877) 517 3038, Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, EST. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only All hotel New Orleans Source Type: news

Visit New Orleans
The 2013 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition is designed to keep attendees busy and learning from dawn to dusk. But what about from dusk to dawn? Welcome to New Orleans! read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only New Orleans Source Type: news

EHRs Are Designed for Data Entry, Not Work Flow
Blog | January 28, 2013 | EHR, Health IT, OperationsBy Daniel Essin, MA, MDHealth IT can be improved by building applications with the goal of getting the real work done in the shortest possible time and with the least effort.
Source: Physicians Practice - January 28, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: keithmartin Source Type: news

If it's about HIE, ONC is listening
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has begun listening sessions to identify and understand the experience and barriers of organizations as they prepare to scale up health information exchange. Participants in the first listening session were concerned about confidence in the patient data policies among connecting networks, assuring patient identification, variations in technical exchange standards and the need for a framework for trust. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Farzad Mostashari Maryland Paul Wilder Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: news

McKesson's MED3OOO and Pioneer Medical Group Announce Strategic Partnership and Joint Venture
Partnership Will Provide Pioneer Medical Group with Enhanced Practice Management Services and Structure for Organizational Growth
Source: McKesson News - January 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Make sure patient portals go beyond meaningful use
Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage
Source: American Medical News - January 28, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news

‘Robodocs’? ‘Tricorders’? How telemedicine will shape the future of health
“Telemedicine is an idea that has been talked up for decades, but it looks as if it’s finally coming into its own. Thursday’s news that iRobot’s medical robot, which would let doctors talk to and monitor patients remotely, stoked interest across the web. But ‘robodocs’ are just one way telemedicine could keep healthcare costs down, [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 26, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Devices Robot Telemedicine Source Type: news

The Truth Behind “Free” EHRs
“Everyone loves free stuff. There’s just something so intoxicating about receiving a product or service without having to shell out your hard-earned dollars in return. Doctors aren’t immune to this sensation. This is one of the reasons several “free” ambulatory EHR platforms have become so popular with physician practices — particularly independent practitioners. However, for [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 26, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News vendors Source Type: news

mHealth technology shows modest benefits in developing countries
“Two recent studies published in the journal PLoS One indicate mHealth technology, or the delivery of health and healthcare intervention through mobile technologies, has shown only modest benefits in developing countries—the locations where it is seen as having the most potential for good. mHealth technology could supply services to millions, in places where person-to-person medical attention [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 26, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Benefits Developing Countries mHealth Source Type: news

The Effectiveness of Mobile-Health Technology-Based Health Behaviour Change or Disease Management Interventions for Health Care Consumers: A Systematic Review
Background Mobile technologies could be a powerful media for providing individual level support to health care consumers. We conducted a systematic review to assess the effectiveness of mobile technology interventions delivered to health care consumers. Methods and Findings We searched for all controlled trials of mobile technology-based health interventions delivered to health care consumers using MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 26, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: Bibliography Journal Article Science Behaviour Disease Management Effectiveness mHealth Source Type: news

Agile Health adds Facebook integration to text message-based smoking cessation
Atlanta-based Agile Health, a B2B developer of mobile health interventions, announced a major upgrade to its Kick Buts smoking cessation program. Kick Buts is a text-messaging intervention based on software company HSA Global’s STOMP platform, which was shown in a 2011 randomized trial in the UK to double successful quit rates over a control group. [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Agile Health Cochrane Library GlaxoSmithKline HSA Global Kick Buts Magnus mobile health efficacy smoking cessation text messaging smoking cessation Text2Quit Source Type: news

Interoperability holds the key to EHR, mobile health success
“Have you seen all the pushback of late against the direction of the “meaningful use” EHR incentive program and EHRs in general? The year started with the publication of a RAND Corp. study in Health Affairs cautioning that health IT had fallen far short of its potential so far.” Article Neil Versel, mobihealthnews, 24 January 2013 Abstract (Kellerman 2013)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Connected Health Devices Interoperability Meaningful Use Source Type: news

Meaningful Use Stage 3 Concerns Abound
Blog | January 25, 2013 | Health IT, Meaningful UseBy Marisa TorrieriPhysician requirements, including a new requirement for patient-generated health information, called cumbersome by industry.
Source: Physicians Practice - January 25, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: marisatorrieri Source Type: news

Georgia to expand telemedicine statewide
In what's been billed as one of the largest telemedicine initiatives to-date, Georgia's public health commissioner announced Thursday her plans to launch telemedicine clinics in every public health center statewide if grant money permits, The Telegraph reports. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Brenda Fitzgerald Georgia Public Health telemedicine Network Infrastructure Telehealth Source Type: news

El Camino to tap data to boost LEAN ways
El Camino Hospital plans to add a new data warehouse as part of its broader initiative to implement LEAN process management and enhance organization-wide business intelligence. El Camino, with two campuses in Silicon Valley – Mountain View and Los Gatos – will deploy technology from Health Care DataWorks (HCD). The company’s KnowledgeEdge Enterprise Data Warehouse will aggregate data for access to information across multiple operational systems, including clinical, administrative and financial functions, officials say. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only business intelligence data warehouse El Camino El Camino Hospital HCD KnowledgeEdge Enterprise Data Warehouse Los Gatos Mountain View Data Warehousing Source Type: news

WEDI surveys industry on ICD-10 progress
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) announced Thursday that it is conducting its latest online ICD-10 industry progress survey. The survey has a closing date of Feb. 20. According to an alert emailed by WEDI officials, the short survey contains questions on the status of an organization’s current ICD-10 implementation and the impact of the one-year delay in the compliance date. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Electronic Data Interchange Industry News Claims Processing Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

iMedicor acquires iPenMD technology
iMedicor has announced its acquisition of San Antonio-based iPenMD, a Web-based electronic health record (EHR) app that puts digital pen technology to work in the clinical setting. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Antonio Fred Zolla iMedicor iPenMD San Antonio Electronic Health Records Vendors Health Information Exchange (HIE) Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news

HL7 sharpens focus on clinical quality
Standards group Health Level Seven International (HL7) has formed the Clinical Quality Information Work Group. HL7 plans to offer more education to providers and the new work group will offer leadership in the development of standards artifacts and educational content to all stakeholders involved in quality measurement efforts. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Charles Jaffe Health Level Seven International Meaningful Use The Clinical Quality Information Work Group Electronic Health Records Quality and Safety Source Type: news

Topol goes prime time with his message about smartphones, smart monitors
Digital health is ready for prime time. Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, chief academic officer of San Diego-based Scripps Health and one of GQ’s 2009 “Rock Stars of Science”, was featured Thursday night on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams, and he showed off a number of technologies familiar to readers of [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized AliveCor ECG digital health Dr Nancy Snyderman Dr. Eric Topol GE Healthcare Vscan mobile health NBC Rock Center Scripps Health Sotera Wireless ViSi Mobile wireless medicine Source Type: news

Antibiotic Resistance Now A Serious Threat, Warns Top Doctor
Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England, warns that within the next 20 years, people having simple operations may die because there will be no antibiotics left that can deal effectively with routine infections. She says antibiotic resistance is now so serious a threat to public health it should be added to the government's list of civil emergencies. Speaking to MPs on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, Dame Sally says she will be highlighting the threat in her report on infectious diseases which comes out in March...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news

Antibiotic Resistance Now A Civil Emergency Says UK Top Doc
Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England, warns that within the next 20 years, people having simple operations may die because there will be no antibiotics left that can deal effectively with routine infections. She says antibiotic resistance is now so serious a threat to public health it should be added to the government's list of civil emergencies. Speaking to MPs on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, Dame Sally says she will be highlighting the threat in her report on infectious diseases which comes out in March...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

Dr. Marcus Neubauer joins McKesson Specialty Health as Medical Director, Oncology Services
Source: McKesson News - January 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

FCC to Host Call on New Programs to Support Rural Health IT
AHA News Now article reports that the Federal Communications Commission and the Health Resources and Services Administration will hold a Jan. 30 conference call on funding available through the Healthcare Connect Fund and Skilled Nursing Facility Pilot Program, established last month to help rural providers improve broadband capacity and leverage the full potential of electronic health records and other health information technology.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - January 25, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules; Final Rule
The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing this final rule to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to strengthen the privacy and security protection for individuals' health information; modify the rule for Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information under the HITECH Act to address public comment received on the interim final rule; modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to strengthen the privacy protections for genetic...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - January 25, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

5 steps to prep for an OCR audit
This is going to be a big year on many health IT fronts: ICD-10, meaningful use, BYOD polices, the list goes on. It is also going to be the year where the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) plans to step up their compliance audits of hospitals in a crackdown on personal healthcare information (PHI) breaches. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Benjamin Harris Tags: Online Only EHNAC Every hospital Lee Barrett OCR Source Type: news

States Ramping Up Medicaid IT Efforts
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- States are streamlining their Medicaid enrollment processes so they can meet new information technology requirements imposed by the Affordable Care Act, a report showed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 24, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Interoperability holds the key to EHR, mobile health success
“Have you seen all the pushback of late against the direction of the “meaningful use” EHR incentive program and EHRs in general? The year started with the publication of a RAND Corp. study in Health Affairs cautioning that health IT had fallen far short of its potential so far. Notably, EHR design and implementation problems, a [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Devices Interoperability mHealth Source Type: news

Internal integration woes seen in EHRs
“When it comes to interoperability of healthcare information technology systems, much of the focus has been on data standards and health information exchanges to promote the external swapping of information between one provider armed with an electronic health-record system and another. But the lack of interoperability within systems is also a problem when it comes to [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Alert/Reminder Decision Support integration vendors Source Type: news

Electronic Health Records Performance Lags Behind Potential
“Major programs designed to reduce costs and improve healthcare through the automation of medical records have fallen short of the potential to do either, according to a recent Rand Corp. report. The effort to convert paper health documents to electronic form got a huge boost from the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Benefits Costs Interoperability Meaningful Use Source Type: news

Cigna, BodyMedia partner to study diabetes prevention
One thread MobiHealthNews has been following since 2010 is the changing role of the payer in digital health. The buzz at the mHealth Summit suggested that 2013 could be a big year for payers taking on more proactive, preventative measures to reduce their own costs and improve the health of their clients. Health insurer and self-styled [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Audax Health BodyMedia BodyMedia FIT Armband Cigna Diabetes diabetes management diabetes prevention payers role of the payer Source Type: news

New app monitors heart rate, respiration
There’s a new app that can help caregivers and clinicians monitor the heart rate and respiratory activity of a patient; it’s called SecuraFone, powered by Hermosa Beach, Calif.-based SecuraTrac. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Android California Chris Holbert FDA Hermosa Beach Industry News iPhone mobile devices smart phone Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Mobile/Wireless Telehealth Source Type: news

FDA gives OK to first telemedicine robot
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) clearance to RP-VITA, developed jointly by iRobot Corp and InTouch Health. It's touted as the first autonomous navigation remote presence robot to get the nod from the FDA. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only California Food and Drug Administration Goleta InTouch Health iRobot Corp. telemedicine Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Mobile/Wireless Quality and Safety Telehealth Source Type: news

Legislation drafted for mHealth security
A Georgia Congressman has released draft legislation that would regulate how the developers of mobile applications – including mHealth apps – collect personal data. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Federal Trade Commission Georgia Hank Johnson mobile devices Privacy and Security Source Type: news

Electronic Prescribing And Electronic Health Records Exceptions To The Stark Law
“The electronic prescribing and electronic health records (“EHR”) exceptions to the federal physician self-referral law known as the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn) were first published in the Federal Register in 2006, yet they remain important considerations for compensation arrangements subject to the harsh provisions of the Stark law. These exceptions may prove helpful [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Compliance e-prescribing Legal Referral Source Type: news

Misfit’s Shine raised $846K on Indiegogo; new product expected this fall
Last year Misfit Wearables’ activity monitoring device Shine met its goal of raising $100,000 on Indiegogo in less than 10 hours after launching on the crowdfunding site. Last week Misfit’s two month campaign came to close with about $846,000 raised from almost 8,000 people from 64 countries and all 50 states. All told, the company now [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized Bluetooth CES digital health crowdfunding digital health devices fitness devices Indiegogo Kickstarter Misfit Wearables The Lean Startup Source Type: news

Interoperability holds the key to EHR, mobile health success
Have you seen all the pushback of late against the direction of the “meaningful use” EHR incentive program and EHRs in general? The year started with the publication of a RAND Corp. study in Health Affairs cautioning that health IT had fallen far short of its potential so far. Notably, EHR design and implementation problems, a [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized AAMI American Hospital Association American Medical Association Continua Health Alliance FDA HIMSS Meaningful Use Stage 3 RAND Corp. Siemens Healthcare Source Type: news

Healthcare lawyer probes HIPAA rule
The omnibus HIPAA Privacy and Security final rule HHS released on Jan. 17 answered some questions, provided necessary guidance in certain areas — but some of the thorniest issues, data breach notification among those, are still cryptic enough that lawyers and privacy officers will still face difficult judgment calls every time a laptop is lost or stolen. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Tom Sullivan Tags: Online Only Bob Belfort Stanford Electronic Health Records ICD-10 Privacy and Security Source Type: news

FDA clears Welch Allyn’s iPhone-enabled opthalmoscope
An iPhone app and peripheral device that allows doctors to use the iPhone camera to take photographs of the interior surface of the eye has received 510(K) FDA clearance. The iExaminer System from Welch Allyn will build on the company’s existing PanOptic Opthalmascope, a device that lets a physician see into the back of a patient’s [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized eyecare FDA 510(k) iExaminer medical device peripherals MIT Media Lab mobile health regulation NETRA opthalmascope Welch Allyn Source Type: news

IOM urges VA to tailor veterans' care
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs tailor treatment of veterans with chronic multisymptom illness to the needs of each patient, take a team approach to care, and employ the VA’s electronic health record to prompt caregivers to ask the right questions. Destination HIMSS13 News read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Huntington The Institute of Medicine treatment of veterans with chronic multisymptom illness U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news

The HIT Scam
“Last week John Goodman posted a brief blurb about the latest problems with Health Information Technology (HIT). The issue deserves a little more attention because it is an abject lesson of how health policy always fails these days. The articles from the New York Times and the RAND Corporation indicate that HIT has not lived up [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Costs Health Information Technology Incentives Source Type: news

McKesson Medical-Surgical Launches Infection Prevention Web Resource Portal for Healthcare Providers
Source: McKesson News - January 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

100Plus beta launch pairs little actions with big data
After a year of development and “app experiments,” 100Plus, a startup backed by, among others, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel’s Founder Fund and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, is debuting in public beta. The app combines little actions with big data to motivate users to lead generally healthier, more active lifestyles. “There’s quite a lot of literature that [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized 100Plus 100Proof CDC Jawbone UP Misfit Wearables Outside Practice Fusion Practice Fusion EHR RunKeeper Source Type: news

In-home health monitoring to leap six-fold by 2017
The number of patients monitored at home by healthcare providers is expected to grow from 308,000 today to 1.8 million in 2017.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Patient Safety and the Ethics of EMR Implementation
“The implementation of the electronic medical record (EMR) in American medicine gained a powerful foothold in medical care with the passage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) in 2009. With the passage of this act came the promise of improved efficiencies, safety and ultimately reduced cost delivery for health care. Also, some $18 [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Consent Ethics Implementation Patient Safety Source Type: news