Healthcare Informatics Magazine

In many ways, 2013 was about what didn’t happen, rather than what did. Or, it was about what happened in 2012 rather than what happened in 2013.   What didn’t happen was the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did not give eligible professionals and eligible hospitals a delay or extension for Stage 2 that would provide relief for the 2014 penalties. What did happen was many mapped out and acted on IT strategies, based on the Stage 2 final rule in August of 2012 and the Supreme Court Affordable Care Act ruling in June of that year. read more

In many ways, 2013 was about what didn’t happen, rather than what did. Or, it was about what happened in 2012 rather than what happened in 2013.   What didn’t happen was the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did not give eligible professionals and eligible hospitals a delay or extension for Stage 2 that would provide relief for the 2014 penalties. What did happen was many mapped out and acted on IT strategies, based on the Stage 2 final rule in August of 2012 and the Supreme Court Affordable Care Act ruling in June of that year. read more

In this year-end Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with David Holtzman, vice president of privacy and security compliance at CynergisTek, about the top trends in healthcare data security in 2013. To start off the podcast, the former Office for Civil Rights (OCR) deputy director for Health Information Privacy and Security, explained his shift from the public to private sector. read more

In this year-end Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with David Holtzman, vice president of privacy and security compliance at CynergisTek, about the top trends in healthcare data security in 2013. To start off the podcast, the former Office for Civil Rights (OCR) deputy director for Health Information Privacy and Security, explained his shift from the public to private sector. read more

Five-to-10 percent of eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs) will receive a letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that states they’ve been randomly selected to be audited to ensure they met all the requirements for Meaningful Use. In this podcast, with Impact Advisors principal, Laura Kreofsky, we’ll look at what provider organizations should do if/when this happens. read more

Five-to-10 percent of eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs) will receive a letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that states they’ve been randomly selected to be audited to ensure they met all the requirements for Meaningful Use. In this podcast, with Impact Advisors principal, Laura Kreofsky, we’ll look at what provider organizations should do if/when this happens. read more

In this edition of the Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with Jared Rhoads, the senior research specialist with CSC’s Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices. Rhoads is an expert researcher in the area of health information technology, and specifically on the topic of data security. read more

In this edition of the Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with Jared Rhoads, the senior research specialist with CSC’s Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices. Rhoads is an expert researcher in the area of health information technology, and specifically on the topic of data security. read more

In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Editor-in-Chief, Mark Hagland and Senior Editor, Gabriel Perna discuss the 2014 Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards program. Hagland takes us through what the HCI editorial team looks for when parsing through submissions and how organizations can stand out. read more

In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Editor-in-Chief, Mark Hagland and Senior Editor, Gabriel Perna discuss the 2014 Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards program. Hagland takes us through what the HCI editorial team looks for when parsing through submissions and how organizations can stand out. read more

The six-month grace period is over and today is the day that healthcare entities must be in compliance with the new provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), known as the Omnibus Rule. In this podcast, Healthcare Informatics Associate Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with Joseph Kirkpatrick, managing partner at KirkpatrickPrice, an independent audit firm that works with healthcare providers and vendors, about these new rules and how healthcare entities must go about dealing with them. read more

The six-month grace period is over and today is the day that healthcare entities must be in compliance with the new provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), known as the Omnibus Rule. In this podcast, Healthcare Informatics Associate Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with Joseph Kirkpatrick, managing partner at KirkpatrickPrice, an independent audit firm that works with healthcare providers and vendors, about these new rules and how healthcare entities must go about dealing with them. read more

Sept. 23, the compliance deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Omnibus Rule, is getting closer and closer. In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, health IT privacy guru, Mac McMillan, co-founder and CEO of CynergisTek, Inc. and current chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force, goes into detail about what providers should know when it comes to complying with the regulatory measure. read more

Sept. 23, the compliance deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Omnibus Rule, is getting closer and closer. In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, health IT privacy guru, Mac McMillan, co-founder and CEO of CynergisTek, Inc. and current chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force, goes into detail about what providers should know when it comes to complying with the regulatory measure. read more

In part 2 of a two-part podcast series, Micky Tripathi, the President and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), reveals the secrets to success with the work being done at the NH Regional Extension Center (REC). Recently, the NH REC announced that more than 65 percent the State’s primary care providers and 85 percent of its critical access hospitals (CAHs) have attested to meaningful use of EHRs. read more