Almost 20 years after HIPAA was enacted, the healthcare industry is facing unprecedented risk to patient privacy and security- and that risk is only going to get worse. To take control, providers need to to take action now and manage security and compliance risk as they manage clinical and financial risk. To effectively balance the need for extended care teams to have rapid access to complete patient information, healthcare organizations must have a holistic security strategy.
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European Providers Rank EHRs Top Investment Priority in 2015
EHRs are the first area where European healthcare providers are planning to invest during 2015 and beyond, according to a new survey from IDC Health Insights. The survey found 66% of survey respondents are planning to invest more in new solutions (especially non-hospital providers), either replacing the current solution or implementing it for the first time. The study describes European healthcare providers' investment trends on enterprise solutions and healthcare-specific solutions. It also
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TigerText Enables Box Users To Send PHI Docs Securely Via Text
TigerText, a provider of secure, real-time messaging for the enterprise, today announced today it has been named a Box Assured App. The Box Assured Apps Program assesses the enterprise-readiness of apps in Box’s ecosystem, ensuring the apps have met a series of critical industry security and privacy requirements.
In addition to being introduced as a Box Assured App for meeting critical security and privacy requirements, TigerText now enables Box customers to easily and securely share
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ONC Awards $300k to 6 Digital Health Projects
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the winners of the inaugural ONC Market R&D Pilot Challenge. The ONC Market R&D Pilot Challenge breaks down the barriers between promising start ups and health care stakeholders by helping early-stage digital health companies connect with health care organizations that would host pilot programs. The innovative technologies developed by these companies are integral to improving consumer engagement
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Wearable Fitness Leader Fitbit Files for IPO
On Thursday, wearable fitness tracking company Fitbit Inc. announced it has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), according to SEC filing. The company is looking to raise $100 million and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol FIT. In March, the fitness tracking company valued itself at roughly $1.2 billion. Fitbit's platform features six wearable connected health and fitness trackers that automatically track users’ daily steps, calories burned, distance
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Sherpaa Raises $2.25M to Expand Employer Telehealth Visits
NYC-based digital healthcare company, Sherpaa, has raised $2.25 million, bringing the company’s totally funding to $8 million. Investors for this round are O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Softbank and Draper and Associates.
Co-founded by Dr. Jay Parkinson MD, MPH in 2012, New York-based, Sherpaa is a health service that HR executives can provide on top of insurance plans. It allows employees to have access to physicians 24/7 through phone or asynchronous text communication as well as insurance
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IBM Watson Health, Epic, Mayo Clinic to Apply Cognitive Insights to EHRs
IBM Watson Health is collaborating with Epic and Mayo Clinic to advance patient health by applying the cognitive computing capabilities of Watson to EHRs. As Watson's capabilities are applied to EHRs, patients and providers benefit from more rapid and thorough analysis of the medical factors that could impact an individual's health and wellness.
Epic Integration with Watson Details
For Epic, interoperability with Watson will enable these institutions to apply the cognitive capabilities of
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Cleveland Clinic to Publish Its Algorithms to Improve Patient Outcomes
Today, Cleveland Clinic announced it will join other prominent health institutions in publishing their extensive portfolio of algorithms in the Apervita Market, empowering health enterprises everywhere to improve patient outcomes. Utilizing Apervita’s secure self-service health analytics platform, healthcare enterprises can leverage Cleveland Clinic’s robust portfolio of health analytics to improve patient care.
How It Works
Through decades of research, Cleveland Clinic has developed a robust
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Revenue Cycle: 6 Key Strategies for Medical A/R Management
Even though the overall U.S. economy is improving, let’s face it – the healthcare reimbursement system remains brutal. Many medical groups continue to struggle, looking for relief from the mounting pressures on their profitability. Declining reimbursements (60%); rising costs (50%); requirements from the Affordable Care Act (49%); and the transition to ICD-10 (43%) top the list of financial challenges that more than 5,000 physicians reported in the Practice Profitability
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Imprivata Acquires Biometric Patient ID Provider HT Systems
Boston-based health IT security company Imprivata announced today it has acquired HT Systems, the market leading provider of palm-vein based biometric patient identification systems, to enter into the emerging patient identification market, which Imprivata estimates to be approximately $2.0 billion globally. The acquisition of HT Systems and its PatientSecure® biometric patient identification technology supports Imprivata’s long-term vision to be the leading provider of
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