A new medical data breach has exposed personal health information (PHI) of more than 18,500 Anthem Medicare enrollees, due to an employee’s involvement in identity theft. Consulting firm LaunchPoint Ventures discovered the data breach on April 12 that an employee had emailed a file with information about Anthem companies' members to his personal email address on July 8, 2016. The file contained more than 18,500 Anthem Medicare members' Social Security and Medicare identification data. The
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Stratice Healthcare Joins athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ Program
Stratice Healthcare, a healthcare IT company providing electronic ordering solutions connecting physician practice offices and hospital systems with suppliers and providers of medical equipment, supplies and other patient care services has joined athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program.As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, the eOrdersPlus integrated application is now available to athenahealth’s growing network of 100,000 healthcare providers for connecting practices,
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TELUS Health Launches MedDialog for Physicians to Connect Through EMRs Across Canada
This week, TELUS Health announced the launch of MedDialog, a new national clinical solution that delivers doctor-to-doctor communication through electronic medical records (EMRs) for enhanced patient care across Canada. By eliminating the need for phone and fax communications, the solution technology will enable more efficient clinical practice and ensures that all communication history, such as referrals, specialist consultations, laboratory testing results and other patient information,
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Tennessee Medicaid Program Taps Edifecs to Align Its Payment Reform Solutions
Tennessee Medicaid Program (TennCare) has selected Edifecs to help align its payment model with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) national payment reform initiatives. TennCare provides healthcare for approximately 1.5 million Tennesseans, covering approximately 20 percent of the state’s population, 50 percent of the state’s births, and 50 percent of the state’s children.Edifecs’ Payment Reform and Value-Based Care solutions bring scalability to TennCare’s initiatives by
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HIMSS Appoints Harold “Hal” Wolf III as New President/Chief Executive Officer
HIMSS has announced the appointment of Harold “Hal” Wolf III as its new president and CEO, succeeding H. Stephen Lieber. Wolf has served HIMSS for four years: two as an advisor to the board and two additional years as a member of the board of directors, recently as vice chair. He serves as a board member and officer of the International Care Delivery Alliance. His role and accomplishments on the HIMSS board illustrates his abilities to lead HIMSS to new heights as CEO.“Hal Wolf brings to his
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CVS Health, Cleveland Clinic Expand Clinical Affiliation for Improve EHR Communication
CVS Health and Cleveland Clinic announced that they have expanded their eight-year clinical affiliation to enhance access to care for patients throughout Northeast Ohio and Florida, and improve quality, coordinated delivery of care and health outcomes for patients. As part of the expanded relationship, CVS Health has joined Cleveland Clinic's Quality Alliance, one of the largest clinically integrated networks of providers collaborating on quality measures that focus on chronic disease
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CHA & PatientPing Statewide Health Data-Sharing Initiative Improves Patient Care in Connecticut
Boston-based PatientPing and the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) announced their innovative statewide health data-sharing initiative that gives providers real-time information about where a patient is being treated. The statewide effort is improving patient care across the whole continuum of care—acute, ambulatory, and post-acute facilities—regardless of EMR, provider network, and even state, breaking down institutional barriers that have historically created silos between providers. The
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Southern Inyo Hospital Goes Live on Medsphere’s OpenVista Cloud EHR
Lone Pine, California, based Southern Inyo Hospital has announced that it is now live on Medsphere’s Open Cloud EHR. The critical access hospital serves as the primary source of care for recreationalists visiting numerous outdoor destinations in the area, including Mt. Whitney, Death Valley and the Alabama Hills National Recreation Area. Medsphere's OpenVista EHR is an acute and inpatient behavioral health-oriented portfolio of clinical products and services. On top of public domain computer
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Chilmark: New Prior Authorization Solutions Can Address Provider-Payer Friction
Prior Authorization is often viewed as the poster child for throwing the Quadruple Aim off balance with its pursuit of cost reduction at the expense of provider experience, but the latest research from Chilmark Research shows that new PA models and maturing PA technology solutions could benefit both providers and payers.Traditionally, primitive PA and its associated impacts account for the great divide in provider-payer relationships. The sheer volume of PA requirements is getting increasingly
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Surescripts Adds 14 Health Systems to National Record Locator Service
Health information network Surescripts continues to rapidly expand nationwide healthcare interoperability by adding 14 new health systems to its National Record Locator Service (NRLS), including Allegheny Health Network (Pennsylvania), The Institute for Family Health (New York), JPS Health Network (Texas), Metro Health-University of Michigan Health, St. Luke’s Health System (Idaho) and WakeMed Health & Hospitals (North Carolina).These are among the 28 health systems that now have easy access
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