Meaningful Use audits could recover $33M in EHR incentives, according to data from the HHS published in a recent Health Security Solutions infographic below. Although the precise reason for failure is not included in the dataset, there is reason to believe from strong anecdotal evidence that failure to conduct an adequate risk analysis is the most common reason entities fail their MU audits.
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Infographic: The Rise of HIPAA Violations
Infographic created by TrueVault illustrates the rise of HIPAA violations providing a picture of the regulatory landscape along with the type of complaints, breaches and fines that occur due to HIPAA violations.
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Infographic- Nurses’ Digital and Social Habits at Work
83 percent of nurses perceive that their organization's policy allows patient care staff access to public web sites, including social media, to access general health information that will help them with patient conditions, according to a recent survey from Wolters Kluwer Health.
The findings reveal that 65 percent of nurses are using mobile devices for professional purposes at work at least 30 minutes per day, while 20 percent use them for two hours or more. Also notable, these same results
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Infographic: Apple HealthKit vs. Google Fit
Infographic created by True Vault, a HIPAA compliant database as a service provider illustrates how Apple HealthKit stacks up against Google's Fit digital health platform from a developer's perspective. It also highlights Samsung's SAMI (Samsung Architecture Multimodal Interaction) ecosystem and their new sensor-filled watch "Simband."
Know the difference between HIPAA compliant hosting and building a HIPAA compliant app, and download True Vault's Developer’s Guide to HIPAA Compliance.
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Infographic: ICD-10 Could Help Track Ebola Outbreak
As the Ebola outbreak heightens after a Dallas nurse was diagnosed with the virus after caring for Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan before he died at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital reveals a brewing public health concern. Currently, there is no specific ICD-9 code for Ebola and is classified as 078.89, Other specified diseases due to viruses. The lack of specificity in patient data limits the U.S.'s ability to immediately track and respond to the Ebola outbreak from a public health
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The Average Health IT Salary is $89,879 in 2014
The average health IT salary is $89,879.43 with 30 percent also receiving an average bonus of $31,100.52, according to the new 2014 Health IT Salary report conducted by HeathITJobs.com. Project managers pulled in the highest salaries with an average of $111,648.73 last year.
The survey was sent out to over 8,000 health IT professionals and collected 697 responses during July and August of 2014. The infographic shown below illustrates the entire survey findings:
HealthITJobs.com is an
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Wearable Fitness Trackers Adoption Trends (Infographic)
Wearable fitness trackers have created an unprecedented opportunity for the healthcare community to collect valuable data that could greatly impact patient care and health insurance premiums. Still, adoption rates for such devices remain low in the U.S. adult population.
While the use of health and fitness tracking devices has more than doubled in the last two years, a new nationwide survey conducted by TechnologyAdvice shows that only 25.1 percent of adults are currently using either a
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Infographic: Why Healthcare Is Moving to the Cloud
According to recent research, nearly one-third of health care sector decision-makers are already using cloud-based applications*, and according to CDW’s 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, a majority of health care organizations utilizing the cloud say it has reduced their IT costs by an average of 20 percent annually.
Last fall, the new HIPAA rules went into effect, and the four-tier violation schedule increased minimum and maximum fines. Any health care entity found to be in willful neglect
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HIMSS: 25 Years of Health IT Leadership Infographic
During this week's National Health IT Week, HIMSS released a report that summarizes the findings from 25 years of their annual Health IT Leadership survey. The report includes responses from over 12,700 hospital and health system leaders from 1990-2014. History tends to repeat itself and the report reveals that historical concerns still ring true today including:
- 1991- 75% say their institution’s financial health is helped by computers
- 1994 - 14% predict that digital patient
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Infographic: Rise of the Digital Patient
The digital patient is here. From pre-screening potential doctors to viewing their treatment information and tracking their fitness/health data, the digital patient is increasingly embracing mobile health to improve their well-being. Check out the latest infographic from CDW Healthcare to learn about the right of the digital patient.
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