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Experts discuss approaches to controlling access to healthcare records

 WASHINGTON – Identity management in healthcare was a hot topic at the Smart Card Alliance 9th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference held last week in Washington. Controlling access to healthcare records, particularly when it comes to consent, was an issue recognized by experts as requiring more innovation. New to this year’s conference was expanded coverage of the government’s efforts to improve and implement secure electronic medical records and [...]

 

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51 percent of Americans want to keep or expand health care law

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans want Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it, according to a new McClatchy Newspapers-Marist poll. The post-election survey showed that 51 percent of registered voters want to keep the law or change it to do more, while 44 percent want to change it to do [...]

 

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Health industry and feds join forces to launch EHR safety reporting system

The iHealth Alliance, a non-profit healthcare industry group announced the launch of an online service to report events that involve the patient safety risks associated with using electronic health records. EHRevent.org, a cooperative effort of industry and federal agencies, is a Web-based reporting system through which physicians and other healthcare providers can describe on a confidential basis patient safety risks and concerns involving the deployment of EHRs. EHRevent is modeled [...]

 

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Document security and EHR

What does this mean and how can you invest in this technology and keep your files secure? By Mary Ann Fitzhugh One of the most common questions chiropractors and patients alike have about electronic health records (EHR) is how records stay “safe.” The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was signed into law in February of last year to address the issues of adoption and meaningful [...]

 

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MGMA report: EHRs boost practices' financial performance

Medical practices that have implemented an electronic health record (EHR) system report better financial performance than those that have not, according to the Medical Group Management Association’s (MGMA’s) newly released Electronic Health Records Impacts on Revenue, Costs, and Staffing: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data. Practices that were not owned by a hospital or integrated delivery system (IDS) and that had an EHR reported $49,916 greater total medical revenue after [...]

 

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Software Allows Organizations to Amend Rule Sets

October 28, 2010 – A new medical appropriateness decision support solution will be on display at RSNA 2010. OrderRight 2.0, by MedCurrent, gives primary care and specialty physicians the information they need at the time of the radiologic test so the appropriate tests can be ordered. The product helps organizations improve patient care planning and treatment, reduces inappropriate utilization and mitigates costs. For radiologists, it helps practices optimize reimbursement, reduce [...]

 

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Hospitals Test Digital Pathology

GE Healthcare and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have started tests of new digital pathology technology they developed under a joint venture. The technology, called Omnyx, enables the digitizing of glass pathology slides without loss of optical quality, software to manage images and digital pathology workflow tools. An integrated digital pathology system would enable clinician sharing of images and related information with the click of a button, increasing collaboration and [...]