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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GAO Report Finds Shortcomings in FDA's IT Modernization Efforts

A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that FDA might need to leverage more management tools to successfully carry out a project to modernize its legacy IT systems. For example, GAO recommended that FDA create an inventory of its IT systems, develop a master schedule for modernizing its technology and determine other IT needs. Federal Computer Week, NextGov.

CMS Issues Corrections for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Proposed Rule

Today, CMS published a notice in the Federal Register outlining corrections to its proposed rule for Stage 2 of the meaningful use program. CMS says the notice "corrects technical and typographical errors in the proposed rule." Health Data Management, Modern Healthcare.

Venture Capital Funding for Health IT Reaches $184M for Q1 2012

According to a report from Mercom Capital Group, health IT venture capital funding totaled $184 million in the first quarter of 2012, involving a record 27 deals. If the pace continues, total health IT venture capital funding for 2012 is expected to exceed last year's total. Healthcare IT News et al.

Report: Top Ranked Hospitals Have Higher Levels of EHR Adoption

A new report from HIMSS Analytics finds that the hospitals listed in Thomson Reuters' 100 Top U.S. Hospitals in 2009 and 2010 had more advanced levels of electronic health record adoption than the overall pool of U.S. hospitals. Modern Healthcare, Healthcare IT News.

Ariz. Physician Practice To Pay $100K to HHS To Settle HIPAA Violations

Phoenix Cardiac Surgery has agreed to pay $100,000 and implement a corrective action plan to settle charges that it violated HIPAA privacy and security rules by posting appointments to a publicly accessible online calendar. Health Data Management, Modern Physician.

FDA Looking Into Use of Technology Tools To Help People Self-Diagnose, Obtain Medications

Marcie Bough of the American Pharmacists Association, Charles Daniels of the University of California-San Diego and Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, chair-elect of the American Medical Association's council on science and public health, spoke with iHealthBeat about how technology could expand the number of medications available without a prescription.

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DATA POINTS

How Many Times Per Month Do Certain Types of Patients Seek Online Health Information?

The average U.S. adult goes online to look up health information about three times per month, while U.S. adults with multiple sclerosis go online for health information about seven times per month and adults with rheumatoid arthritis go online for health information about four times per month, according to a Manhattan Research survey.

FEATURES

New Leader, New Plan, New EHR Initiative for Cal eConnect

by David Gorn, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

The success of California's health information exchange depends in part on the coordination and guidance of Cal eConnect and its energetic new CEO, Laura Landry. She said California is "on the verge of a breakthrough" in health information exchange.

PERSPECTIVES

Moving Federal Health Care Targets Becoming a Way of Life

by Fred Bazzoli

Last month, CMS pushed back for the second time the enforcement date for the transition to HIPAA 5010 transaction sets. Observers say the delay -- as well the extension for ICD-10 implementation-- raises questions about the validity of future federal deadlines.