EVENTS

FEB

Forum on How NFC Smartphones Could Affect Care

Cambridge, Mass.

FEB

Policy Committee Work Group on Meaningful Use

Online

FEB

Meeting on Health Data Exchange Issues, Policies

Washington, D.C.

View All Events

FROM THE FOUNDATION

CHCF's Top Ten of 2011

CHCF's most popular publications last year looked at the benefits of using health IT to expand access and improve medical care, the costs of health care, and a host of other important issues.

|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday

You are not currently logged in - please login or register to view further items and sign up for the daily email update.

Bill Would Help Doctors Practice Telehealth Across State Lines

Sen. Tom Udall plans on introducing a bill that would make it easier for physicians to practice telemedicine in different states. Currently, physicians must apply for a different license in each state where patients are treated remotely. The bill would streamline licensure portability between states by creating a standardized list of credentialed practitioners. Government Health IT.

AMA Executive Sends Another Letter in Effort To Halt ICD-10 Rollout

American Medical Association Executive Vice President and CEO James Madara has sent a letter urging HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to block implementation of the ICD-10 coding system. Madara recently sent a similar letter to House Speaker John Boehner. Modern Healthcare et al.

HHS Aims To Streamline Regulations on Patient Data Access, Telehealth

HHS has released a progress report on its efforts to reduce regulatory burdens. The agency said it is working to boost efficiency through rules that would improve patient access to test results and ease requirements for telehealth providers. AHA News, FierceHealthIT.

Mostashari Says Health Information Exchange Will Ramp Up This Year

During this week's Health IT Policy Committee meeting, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari said he expects the use of health data exchanges to grow in 2012, partly because health IT systems are becoming more interoperable. Healthcare IT News.

Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of February 3, 2012

ID Experts has partnered with Apgar & Associates to offer mock HIPAA compliance audits to help health care organizations prepare for audits from HHS' Office for Civil Rights. The Veterans Health Administration has selected DSHI Systems' mobile emergency room triage system.

Center for Democracy & Technology's McGraw Discusses Health Data Privacy Challenges

Deven McGraw, director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology, spoke with iHealthBeat about the challenges of protecting health data privacy.

Running Time: 5:18

DATA POINTS

What Percentage of U.S. Adults Want To Keep Reform Law's Online Insurance Exchanges?

Fifty-nine percent of surveyed U.S. adults want to keep the federal health reform law's online, state-based health insurance exchanges, compared with 16% who want to repeal the provision of the law and 25% who are unsure, according to a new poll from Harris Interactive/HealthDay.

FEATURES

UC-Merced Students Use Telehealth To Treat Diabetes

by Alice Daniel, iHealthBeat Contributing Correspondent

Business students at the University of California-Merced are embarking on a telehealth initiative to monitor patients with gestational diabetes in the Central Valley. The project aims to target women who don't have adequate access to medical care.

PERSPECTIVES

Comparing U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems' Website Quality

by Eric Ford

As more and more consumers turn to the Internet when making decisions about their health care, Web presence is becoming increasingly important. A new study evaluates U.S. hospital and health system websites and identifies the top-performing facilities.