Mike Miliard
Two major hospital groups, concerned about the financial impact that would be imposed on them under House Republicans' proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act, have said they can't support the bill in its current form.
The deal will expand HealthcareSource's staffing footprint to some 3,300 clients, including more than half of U.S. hospitals, officials say.
The HCI Group, which works with major providers on end-to-end implementation of electronic health record systems, offering support for Epic, Cerner and others, will be acquired by Tech Mahindra in a $110 million deal.
Mercy Technology Services, the IT arm of the Catholic health system, is partnering with Tahoe Forest Health System to deploy an Epic electronic health record system at its locations in California and Nevada.
The rollout expands on Epic's initial deployment at CVS MinuteClinics, and will enable better care coordination for rare and complex conditions.
The streamlined assessment framework aims to help physician practices and others better manage HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity preparedness.
Winners of ONC's Move Health Data Forward Phase 2 challenge show viable new approaches to informati…
The winning teams put strategies such as open APIs to work enabling secure and straightforward movement of patient data.
The engine provides an automated scored assessment that enables IT to understand how network changes may impact compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards.
In an appearance with former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Boehner says he's skeptical about the prospect of repeal-and-replace, because Republicans "will never, ever agree what the bill should be."
Electronic Health Records
The technology's implications for interoperability, privacy, claims processing and more are intriguing. But many challenges must be addressed before wider applications become possible.