Importance of log management and analysis in in HIT security in healthcare organizations interview with Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director at Kroll Recently Kroll Inc. has written several articles about the importance of understanding logs as a critical component of investigation security breaches. Acquiring and analyzing logs are critical with incident response and it is highly recommended that healthcare organizations address log management in a proactive manner. HIT Consultant spoke
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Video:Dr. Farzad Mostashari Keynote Speech at HIMSS 2012
Great video of Dr. Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, gives a keynote speech at HIMSS 2012 in Las Vegas, NV.
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Infographic:The 20 Most Popular EMR Solutions
Infographic of the 20 most popular EMR solutions created by Capterra, Inc. Very interesting infographic that was created by Capterra solutions from examining the EMR software companies listed in their EMR Software Directory. From there, Capterra narrowed down the list by looking at web data for each of the vendors, including Alexa rankings, Compete traffic, and Google searches. While none of these are perfect indicators of popularity (particularly for B2B websites), the data gave them a way of
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Seniors are Losing Billions of Dollars Buried in Unused Benefits from Medicare and Other Agencies
Guest post by Peggy Gavan According to a report released by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), millions of low-income older adults are missing out on over $20 billion in free and low-cost support that could help pay for health care, prescriptions, food, and utilities. The main reason why seniors are not taking advantage of these resources? They simply don’t know the money is there for them. In response to this disconnect, the
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HIT Interoperability with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst Pt. 3
Final part of this podcast series with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst. Part 3 key highlights include: Future of the HIT industry mHealth Remote physician patient access LISTEN NOW USING THE PLAYER BELOW OR CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PODCAST This podcast is also available at our iTunes store to listen/download Don't have iTunes, click HERE to listen and download previous podcasts About Cameron Deemer: As President of DrFirst, Mr.
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Changes Bring Big Differences to Record Release
Guest post by Steve Emery, Director of Product Management at HealthPort The Meaningful Use Stage 2 Notice of Proposed Rule Making is out and it would bring sweeping changes to how hospitals and eligible professionals release records and other information to patients. Essentially, CMS is dropping three Stage 1 reporting criteria and replacing them with a core requirement for patient online access to medical records. CMS’s goal is to move the release of information (ROI) process from labor
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Video:HIT Cloud Model Discussion with Intel Corp. at HIMSS12
HIT Consultant meet with Chris Gough, Healthcare Solution Architect at Intel Corporation during HIMSS12 where he discusses the types of cloud models and how it relates within each specific type of healthcare organization. He also discusses his thoughts on a "community cloud" model specifically for healthcare organizations that is a bridge between private cloud and the traditional data center footprint. [bitsontherun J79GqBjV]
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HIT Interoperability with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst Pt. 2
In this second part interview podcast, HIT Consultant speaks with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst provides an overview of their several offerings as part of their integrated HIT platform. This is part 2 of a 3 part podcast series with Cameron Deemer. Part 2 Key highlights include: Medication Reconciliation overview Patient Innovations overview EPCS Gold 2.0 Overview Partnership with EHR Advisor Interoperability vs. Fragmentation in the HIT Industry LISTEN NOW USING
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HIMSS 2012 in Retrospect – From Patient Engagement to Big Data. Viva Las Vegas or Tumbling Dice?
The following is a guest post from Jane Sarasohn-Kahn's Health Populi blog reflecting her thoughts on last week's HIMSS12: The record attendance at HIMSS12, in terms of both attendees (numbering some 38,000) and exhibitors, illustrated just how hot health information technology has become in the 20 years since I first began attending this meeting — when it was only a few thousand hospital computer geeks and materials managers picking up pocket protectors and calculators
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The Proposed Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use NPRM Now Available
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Stage 2 meaningful use was posted to the Office of the Federal Register today. The proposed rule outlines the next stage of meaningful use for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, which are administered by CMS. CMS has developed a fact sheet to give providers an overview of the rule and how Stage 2 expands upon Stage 1 of meaningful use. The fact sheet can be found on the EHR Incentive Programs website
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