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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Stage 3 Meaningful Use Drafts Could Be Released by August

The meaningful use work group of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's Health IT Policy Committee aims to release draft recommendations for Stage 3 of the meaningful use program by August. Panel members said the recommendations could call for health care providers to use electronic health record systems that allow them to track patient care goals. FierceEMR, Healthcare Informatics.

Storing Health Data on Mobile Devices Carries Legal Risks, Article Says

A Journal of the American Health Information Management Association article recommends that organizations weigh the legal risks of storing health data on mobile devices. Such data could become part of a legal health record, the article notes. MobiHealthNews, FierceHealthIT.

CCHIT: More Hospitals Using Alternative EHR Certification Program

The Certification Commission for Health IT says that three Boston-based health care organizations have obtained certification for their customized, self-developed or legacy electronic health record systems using CCHIT's alternative certification program. Healthcare IT News.

ONC Seeks Videos on How Accessing EHRs Could Improve Care

A new contest launched by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT asks the public to create short videos on how patient access to electronic health records could help improve care. Contest submissions are due by Aug. 23. Government Health IT, ONC Challenge.

Tennessee Closes Down Organization for State Health Data Exchange

The Health Information Partnership for Tennessee, which was created to run a state health data exchange, is shutting down. The state now plans to focus on the meaningful use program and using the Direct Project's messaging protocol. Memphis Commercial Appeal et al.

Health Care Industry Struggles With Usability of Electronic Health Record Systems

Former National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal, Jacob Reider, acting CMO at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Matt Quinn of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Rod Piechowski of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Joseph Scherger of Eisenhower Medical Center in California spoke with iHealthBeat about efforts to boost the usability of electronic health record systems.

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DATA POINTS

Are Hospital Leaders Comfortable With Their Organization's Budget for EHR Deployment?

Twenty-five percent of surveyed hospital administrators say they are very comfortable with their organization's budget for electronic health record adoption, while 9% say they are not at all comfortable with their organization's EHR budget, according to a poll by audit, tax and advisory services firm KPMG.

FEATURES

Hospitals Face Medical Device Security Challenge

by John Moore, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

Wireless medical devices offer several benefits, such as the ability for clinicians to remotely monitor devices and patients, but experts warn that the technology also poses new security risks. Several groups are pursuing research and best practices into medical device security.

PERSPECTIVES

Upping the Health IT Bar During Cost Containment

by Ernie Hood and Daphne Lawrence

Most CIOs are feeling the need to better manage or reduce operating expense at the very moment when demand for IT services is peaking. How can CIOs manage competing demands -- such as the meaningful use program and ICD-10 -- without compromising performance?