4-Step Plan for HIPAA Compliance [Infographic]

While HIPAA privacy and security rules are standardized, healthcare organizations still must interpret the rules to determine how to assess their own risk of security breaches - and prevent them. The infographic below from PerfectServe outlines the problem with protecting health information, that electronic protected health information, or ePHI, is being compromised by cyber-attacks and […]

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How the Salesforce Ecosystem Will Add $272B to Local Economies Through 2018

Long before “the cloud” was a term used in everyday language, Salesforce was singing its praises. Since 1999 when the company first opened its physical and virtual doors, Salesforce has grown to include thousands of partners, 2,800 apps on the Salesforce AppExchange and more than 150,000 customers, and according to a recent IDC report, it’s […]

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5 Considerations for Developing an Innovative mHealth Strategy

With mHealth touted as the next big thing in the health information technology space, med tech companies should be “thorough and deliberate” when determining an mHealth strategy, says a new report from Deloitte. The report, “Mobilizing MedTech for mHealth,” defines critical decision points for med tech companies designing and deploying mHealth-enabled care, including preventative care […]

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81% of Healthcare Organizations Report Their IT Security Has Been Compromised

Four-fifths (81%) of executives at healthcare providers and payers say their information technology has been compromised by cyber-attacks, says a new report. The 2015 KPMG Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey found that among the 223 chief information officers, chief technology officers and chief compliance officers polled, their healthcare organizations have been compromised by at least one malware, […]

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Nearly 75% of Patients Comfortable with State HIE Systems

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of patients feel “very” or “moderately comfortable” with an electronic version of their health records being immediately accessible online by any authorized health care provider in their state, says a new survey from Software Advice. The survey polled 583 U.S. health consumers and interviewed experts to understand patient support for interoperability, their perceptions of […]

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HIPAA Security Breaches Cost $24 Million On Average [Infographic]

Any data breach is ultimately expensive. But a HIPAA data breach? That'll cost your organization the big bucks. With data breaches expected to reach $2.1 trillion globally by 2019, which is four times the expected cost for cyber crime in 2015, healthcare organizations must be prepared for security breaches. The infographic below from Privacy Analytics […]

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Healthcare IT News: 2015 EHR Satisfaction Survey [Infographic]

In its 2015 EHR Satisfaction Survey, Healthcare IT News polled IT management, physicians and clinician end-users who are actively involved with their EHRs, who work in hospital, health system and ambulatory settings, to find out how well their EHRs really work. Healthcare IT News wanted to find the answers to these questions and more: How interoperable is the […]

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The 18 Most Bizarre ICD-10 Codes [Infographic]

While the ICD-10 implementation deadline has changed a few times, the ICD-10 code itself is set - and quite specific. If you go to the hospital because of, say, a sea lion bite, a fall into a prison swimming pool or a nasty library injury, you're covered in coding terms, as there's a code for […]

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Survey: Health Systems Lack Strategy to Analyze Big Data

Though many health system stakeholders agree that understanding healthcare analytics can help organizations improve quality of care and reduce costs, they are still defining their enterprise-level big data analytics strategies and investments, according to a new Deloitte survey. The 2015 U.S. Hospital and Health System Analytics Survey, which targeted health systems with revenue of $500 million […]

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