Health Blawg

JANUARY 30, 2018

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. We are awash in data. But we can’t access data when and where we need it. We are awash in dollars. But untold billions are lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Apple recently announced its foray into the personal health record market. Its initial offering is limited to a handful of health care systems, and the data collected and placed in the palms of our hands is PHR data, not full EHR data, as some outlets had reported, but the rollout has

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

It’s February 1st, which marks the first of 28 days of American Heart Month – a time to get real, embrace, learn about, and engage with heart health. Heart disease kills 610,000 people in the U.S. every year, equal to 1 in 4 deaths in America. It’s the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. Knowing your blood pressure is an important step for managing the risks of heart disease.

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The Health Law Firm

JANUARY 30, 2018

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 12, 2017, five North Broward Health District executives were hit with criminal charges. A state attorney is alleging violations of Florida’s open government laws for supposedly holding secret meetings at which they decided to terminate the former interim chief executive.

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Redox

JANUARY 24, 2018

Last year was a discouraging one for healthcare data security, and this year seems to be off to a rocky start as well. With attacks becoming more commonplace and damaging—and with medical information more valuable than ever—healthcare organizations are beginning to put a greater and much-needed focus on protecting patient data. . According to a survey by KPMG, 47 percent of healthcare providers and health plans said they had faced security-related HIPAA violations or cyber-attacks that compromis

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 22, 2018

Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS has a communications problem. Together with the Joint Commission, CMS issued joint guidance on the use of SMS messaging for clinical communications just over a year ago. Last month, the Health Care Compliance Association published a story stating that CMS had sent emails to two different hospitals stating that text messaging (including secure messaging services) is verboten.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 30, 2018

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. We are awash in data. But we can’t access data when and where we need it. We are awash in dollars. But untold billions are lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Apple recently announced its foray into the personal health record market. Its initial offering is limited to a handful of health care systems, and the data collected and placed in the palms of our hands is PHR data, not full EHR data, as some outlets had reported, but the rollout has

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 30, 2018

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. We are awash in data. But we can’t access data when and where we need it. We are awash in dollars. But untold billions are lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Apple recently announced its foray into the personal health record market. Its initial offering is limited to a handful of health care systems, and the data collected and placed in the palms of our hands is PHR data, not full EHR data, as some outlets had reported, but the rollout has

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 30, 2018

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. We are awash in data. But we can’t access data when and where we need it. We are awash in dollars. But untold billions are lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Apple recently announced its foray into the personal health record market. Its initial offering is limited to a handful of health care systems, and the data collected and placed in the palms of our hands is PHR data, not full EHR data, as some outlets had reported, but the rollout has

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 30, 2018

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. We are awash in data. But we can’t access data when and where we need it. We are awash in dollars. But untold billions are lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Apple recently announced its foray into the personal health record market. Its initial offering is limited to a handful of health care systems, and the data collected and placed in the palms of our hands is PHR data, not full EHR data, as some outlets had reported, but the rollout has

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 30, 2018

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. We are awash in data. But we can’t access data when and where we need it. We are awash in dollars. But untold billions are lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Apple recently announced its foray into the personal health record market. Its initial offering is limited to a handful of health care systems, and the data collected and placed in the palms of our hands is PHR data, not full EHR data, as some outlets had reported, but the rollout has

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 30, 2018

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. We are awash in data. But we can’t access data when and where we need it. We are awash in dollars. But untold billions are lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Apple recently announced its foray into the personal health record market. Its initial offering is limited to a handful of health care systems, and the data collected and placed in the palms of our hands is PHR data, not full EHR data, as some outlets had reported, but the rollout has

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 22, 2018

Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 22, 2018

Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 22, 2018

Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 22, 2018

Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 22, 2018

Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 22, 2018

Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS has a communications problem. Together with the Joint Commission, CMS issued joint guidance on the use of SMS messaging for clinical communications just over a year ago. Last month, the Health Care Compliance Association published a story stating that CMS had sent emails to two different hospitals stating that text messaging (including secure messaging services) is verboten.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS has a communications problem. Together with the Joint Commission, CMS issued joint guidance on the use of SMS messaging for clinical communications just over a year ago. Last month, the Health Care Compliance Association published a story stating that CMS had sent emails to two different hospitals stating that text messaging (including secure messaging services) is verboten.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS has a communications problem. Together with the Joint Commission, CMS issued joint guidance on the use of SMS messaging for clinical communications just over a year ago. Last month, the Health Care Compliance Association published a story stating that CMS had sent emails to two different hospitals stating that text messaging (including secure messaging services) is verboten.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS has a communications problem. Together with the Joint Commission, CMS issued joint guidance on the use of SMS messaging for clinical communications just over a year ago. Last month, the Health Care Compliance Association published a story stating that CMS had sent emails to two different hospitals stating that text messaging (including secure messaging services) is verboten.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS has a communications problem. Together with the Joint Commission, CMS issued joint guidance on the use of SMS messaging for clinical communications just over a year ago. Last month, the Health Care Compliance Association published a story stating that CMS had sent emails to two different hospitals stating that text messaging (including secure messaging services) is verboten.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS has a communications problem. Together with the Joint Commission, CMS issued joint guidance on the use of SMS messaging for clinical communications just over a year ago. Last month, the Health Care Compliance Association published a story stating that CMS had sent emails to two different hospitals stating that text messaging (including secure messaging services) is verboten.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Cindy is a registered nurse with more than 20 years combined experience in healthcare administration, clinical delivery, and health information technology both in the public and private sectors.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Cindy is a registered nurse with more than 20 years combined experience in healthcare administration, clinical delivery, and health information technology both in the public and private sectors.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Cindy is a registered nurse with more than 20 years combined experience in healthcare administration, clinical delivery, and health information technology both in the public and private sectors.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Cindy is a registered nurse with more than 20 years combined experience in healthcare administration, clinical delivery, and health information technology both in the public and private sectors.

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The Health Law Firm

JANUARY 16, 2018

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 12, 2017, the first application to allow social marijuana use in a business has landed in Colorado. This first application seeks to allow vaping and use of edibles southwest of downtown. Denver is the first in the US to allow public consumption at businesses and at permitted events.

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The Health Law Firm

JANUARY 12, 2018

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 22, 2017, California announced a possible solution to the problem of banks being unwilling to handle money from the legal marijuana industry. Talks are underway between the state, banks and federal regulators on a plan to allow banks to serve a marijuana market that is expected to grow to $7 billion annually by 2020 in California.

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In this ebook, you will learn about the 18 PHI indicators, the legal requirements and penalties surrounding PHI, and how your healthcare teams should securely exchange this data. Key takeaways from this ebook: Gain confidence in identifying PHI. Acquire practical implementation strategies for exchanging PHI within your organization. Emphasize the importance of using compliant communication tools within healthcare teams.