EVENTS

MAY

Summit About Wireless Health Convergence

San Diego

MAY

Webinar About Health IT Privacy, Security Risks

Online

JUN

'Datapalooza' Conference on Health Data Tools

Washington, D.C.

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FROM THE FOUNDATION

All Over the Map

A newly updated interactive map unleashes data to highlight medical treatment variation across California. Now with breast cancer, prostate cancer, and spine procedures, this CHCF-sponsored research shows that practice patterns vary dramatically from place to place.

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Federal Officials Outline Goals, Progress on Meaningful Use

In a recent CMS blog post, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari and CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner wrote that they have set a goal of helping 100,000 health care providers qualify for meaningful use incentive payments this year. Mostashari and Tavenner also outlined the progress that states are making in the meaningful use program. Modern Healthcare.

CMS Releases Fact Sheet on Preparing for the HIPAA 5010 Transition

CMS has released a fact sheet aimed at helping health care providers transition to HIPAA 5010 transaction sets. The fact sheet recommends that health care providers establish a HIPAA 5010 transition plan and communicate regularly with software vendors. CMIO, FierceHealthIT.

Mostashari Announces Winners of Competition for Heart Health Apps

National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari recently announced the winners of a contest for software applications aimed at improving heart health. The first place prize of $50,000 went to THUMPr, an app that provides users with customized heart health recommendations. Modern Healthcare.

FTC Offers Guidance on Protecting Privacy of Consumer, Health Data

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report outlining best practices for protecting online privacy, including the privacy of health data. The report calls for Congress to pass legislation to regulate entities that collect consumer data for marketing purposes. New York Times et al.

URAC, Leapfrog Group Launch Hospital Website Transparency Awards

URAC and the Leapfrog Group have created a program to recognize hospital websites that promote transparency of quality measures in helpful and user-friendly ways. Hospitals that publicly report Leapfrog Hospital Survey results can apply. Healthcare IT News, Becker's Hospital Review.

Are Federal Training Programs Meeting the Growing Need for a New Health IT Workforce?

Tim Andrews of Booz Allen Hamilton, Helen Figge of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Norma Morganti of the Midwest Community College Health IT Consortium spoke with iHealthBeat about federal efforts to bolster the health IT workforce.

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DATA POINTS

What Mobile Devices Do Hospitals Support or Plan To Support in the Next 24 Months?

Among surveyed health IT professionals, 83.3% said their hospital supports clinicians' use of Apple iPads on their network or plans to support such use over the next 24 months, while 45.5% said their hospital supports or plans to support clinicians' use of Android-based tablet computers, according to a survey by Aruba Networks , a provider of network access technology.

FEATURES

E-Health Records: Are We Safe(r) Yet?

by Bonnie Darves, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

While electronic health records have helped improve safety in certain ways -- making patient information more readily available and eliminating handwriting-related errors -- new safety challenges stemming from poor EHR usability, alert fatigue and inadequate training have emerged.

PERSPECTIVES

Meaningful Use Stage 2: Raising the Bar With Exchange, Standards, Engagement

by Robin Raiford and Marie Copoulos

If the final rule on Stage 2 of the meaningful use program mirrors the recently released proposed rule, it will serve as an impetus for health care providers to advance in information exchange, patient engagement and high-quality, real-time data capture.