IQlogg, Inc

10/03/2016

Rural clinics turn to telehealth to combat addiction

www.healthcareitnews.com/news/rural-clinics-turn-telehealth-combat-addiction

09/30/2016

Ransomware spreading via the cloud: Virlock another twist on cyber scourge

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ransomware-spreading-cloud-virlock-another-twist-cyber-scourge

09/29/2016

Melinda Gates launches push to bring more women into tech careers

Melinda Gates launches push to bring more women into tech careers

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/melinda-gates-launches-push-bring-more-women-tech-careers

Philanthropist Melinda Gates is launching a new initiative aimed at bringing more women into technology. While she will continue to work with the foundation, traveling the developing world to help improve healthcare and reduce poverty, the website Backchannel reported on September 28, Gates would al...

09/26/2016

Care New England pays $400,000 HIPAA fine for lost PHI in business associate breach

Care New England pays $400,000 HIPAA fine for lost PHI in business associate breach

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/care-new-england-pays-400000-hipaa-fine-lost-phi-business-associate-breach

The case, which also includes Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, stems from lost backup tapes housing protected health information, the Office for Civil Rights said.

09/23/2016

Yahoo confirms data breach of 500 million user accounts

Yahoo confirms data breach of 500 million user accounts

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/yahoo-confirms-data-breach-500-million-user-accounts

While it does not appear that any PHI or health-related data was exposed, the breach is considerably larger than the Anthem attack in 2015. And as with every major breach, there will be takeaways for healthcare CIOs and CISOs to learn from.

09/20/2016

Will MACRA spark interoperability advancements?

Will MACRA spark interoperability advancements?

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/will-macra-spark-interoperability-advancements

The Center for Medical Interoperability introduced a new maturity model and HIMSS publicly commented that focusing on technical interoperability is not enough in the industry-wide move toward value-based care and alternative payment models.

09/16/2016

Healthix taps Verato to bolster patient matching in its HIE platform

Healthix taps Verato to bolster patient matching in its HIE platform

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthix-taps-verato-bolster-patient-matching-its-hie-platform

The health information exchange said Verato’s cloud service links patient records across otherwise disparate data sources to help clinicians better coordinate care and treatment.

09/15/2016

American Well adds psychiatry services to telemedicine lineup

American Well adds psychiatry services to telemedicine lineup

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/american-well-adds-psychiatry-services-telemedicine-lineup

Consumers now can see psychologists and psychiatrists on Amwell, a telehealth app that enables visits with caregivers via video technology.

09/14/2016

Advocate advances population health with telemedicine in the ICU

Advocate advances population health with telemedicine in the ICU

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/advocate-advances-population-health-telemedicine-icu

An innovative tele-ICU helps Advocate Health Care physicians and nurses deliver evidence-based medicine while simultaneously lowering healthcare costs.

09/13/2016

Reality check: Population health on today's IT

Reality check: Population health on today's IT

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/reality-check-population-health-todays-it

Healthcare organizations need tools for analytics, care coordination, telehealth – and patient engagement. And those must be integrated to arm doctors with data and insights they can use to focus on the art of medicine.

09/12/2016

Teva responds to Mylan backlash with planned launch of generic EpiPen

Teva responds to Mylan backlash with planned launch of generic EpiPen

www.healthcareitnews.com/news/teva-responds-mylan-backlash-planned-launch-generic-epipen

Mylan Pharmaceutical may be getting some competition for its EpiPen, as Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced Friday that it hopes to launch its own generic version of the device by 2018 in the U.S.

09/07/2016

Connecticut posts free health literacy and price transparency app

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/connecticut-posts-free-health-literacy-and-price-transparency-app

09/06/2016

Precision medicine to transform health IT market in 4 ways

Precision medicine to transform health IT market in 4 ways

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/precision-medicine-transform-health-it-market-4-ways

Fewer than one-third of healthcare providers polled for the newest HIMSS Analytics Essentials Brief are currently pursuing precision medicine initiatives – with the majority who don't saying that limitations in funding, technology or expertise are holding them back. But that's poised to change very…

09/02/2016

Pokémon Go on the decline? That does not bode well for health apps and patient engagement

Pokémon Go on the decline? That does not bode well for health apps and patient engagement

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/pokemon-go-decline-does-not-bode-well-health-apps-and-patient-engagement

Just weeks ago, the groundbreaking new game was a contender for most successful health app. Now, daily Pokémon Go users are dipping in number and that does not bode well for the fate of fitness trackers, wearables and other devices.

08/31/2016

Buyers Guide: A close look at 8 population health platforms

Buyers Guide: A close look at 8 population health platforms

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/buyers-guide-close-look-8-population-health-platforms

Healthcare IT News reviews software designed to provide actionable intelligence from Caradigm, Enli, Forward Health, Medicision, Medicity, Transcend Insights, WellCentive and ZeOmega.

08/30/2016

athenahealth buys care coordination platform Patient IO

athenahealth buys care coordination platform Patient IO

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/athenahealth-buys-care-coordination-platform-patient-io

Cloud-based IT developer athenahealth announced Aug. 29 that it has acquired the care coordination platform Patient IO to expand the company's focus on patient-centered care.

08/26/2016

Healthcare professionals prefer Clinton over Trump, survey shows

Healthcare professionals prefer Clinton over Trump, survey shows

www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthcare-professionals-prefer-clinton-over-trump-survey-shows

Physician practice professionals lean toward Hillary Clinton as the presidential candidate they plan to support, with 48 percent of respondents of an informal Aprima survey saying she would "most benefit" their practices, compared to 36 percent who prefer Donald Trump.

08/25/2016

OIG finds 'significant' security flaws in CMS' wireless networks

OIG finds 'significant' security flaws in CMS' wireless networks

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/oig-finds-significant-security-flaws-cms-wireless-networks

The wireless networks of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have "significant" vulnerabilities, according to penetration tests administered by the Office of Inspector General.

08/24/2016

Doctors and hospitals prepare for challenging talks surrounding medical errors

Doctors and hospitals prepare for challenging talks surrounding medical errors

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/doctors-and-hospitals-prepare-challenging-talks-surrounding-medical-errors

Many hospitals are beginning to consider a change in how they handle medical errors. Instead of the "deny-and-defend" approach, they are revamping their policies to be more open.

08/23/2016

RADAR becomes independent company, backed with $6.2 million in Series A funding

RADAR becomes independent company, backed with $6.2 million in Series A funding

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/radar-becomes-independent-company-backed-62-million-series-funding

The launch is a response to the increase in cybersecurity attacks and a need for incident response management, the vendor says.

08/22/2016

CMS: ICD-10 specificity kicks in Oct. 1, 2016

ICD-10: CMS will not be so flexible after Oct. 1

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cms-icd-10-specificity-kicks-oct-1-2016

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that the grace period will end as planned and come Oct. it will end the flexibilities it granted hospitals and coders thus far.

08/19/2016

JAMA: EHRs aren't keeping up with evolution of other technologies

JAMA: EHRs aren't keeping up with evolution of other technologies

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/jama-ehrs-arent-keeping-evolution-other-technologies

Stanford clinician shine a light on how today's products are missing one of the greatest opportunities for any record system.

08/17/2016

University of Maryland unveils tool to gauge how public health taps EHRs in crises like Zika

University of Maryland unveils tool to gauge how public health taps EHRs in crises like Zika

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/university-maryland-unveils-tool-gauge-how-public-health-taps-ehrs-crises-zika

The Public Health Information Tehnology Maturity Index can help officials understand how well they are using IT and data to respond to outbreaks and epidemics.

08/16/2016

Surescripts says data transactions for 2015 spiked nearly 50 percent as interoperability advances

Surescripts says data transactions for 2015 spiked nearly 50 percent as interoperability advances

www.healthcareitnews.com/news/surescripts-says-data-transactions-2015-spiked-nearly-50-percent-interoperability-advances

The network now conducts more transactions daily than Amazon or Uber, according to CEO Tom Skelton.

08/15/2016

HRSA awards $16 million to expand telehealth, other rural healthcare services

HRSA awards $16 million to expand telehealth, other rural healthcare services

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hrsa-awards-16-million-expand-telehealth-other-rural-healthcare-services

Rural healthcare is receiving a $16 million boost for telehealth and quality improvement activities from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources & Services Administration, it was announced Thursday.

08/12/2016

Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump's tax plan would cause healthcare cuts by exploding national debt

Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump's tax plan would cause healthcare cuts by exploding national debt

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-says-donald-trumps-tax-plan-would-cause-healthcare-cuts-exploding-national-debt

The Democratic nominee also promised to institute a public health insurance option, paid family leave, affordable childcare and cracked a one-liner about using Trump’s Estate Tax amount to care for 3 million children.

08/11/2016

Remote monitoring tools, patient engagement platforms, EHRs have greatest potential for cost savings, survey says

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/remote-monitoring-tools-patient-engagement-platforms-ehrs-have-greatest-potential-cost-savings

08/10/2016

Geisinger, KeyHIE bolster clinician productivity an hour a day with patient alerts

Geisinger, KeyHIE bolster clinician productivity an hour a day with patient alerts

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/geisinger-keyhie-bolster-clinician-productivity-hour-day-patient-alerts

In conjunction with the Keystone Health Information Exchange, Geisinger Health System sends clinicians push HL7 ORU messages in a population health management program to identify at-risk patients and reduce readmissions.

08/09/2016

NIH and Allscripts subsidiary 2bPrecise launch cloud-based genomic technology to boost precision medicine

NIH and Allscripts subsidiary 2bPrecise launch cloud-based genomic technology to boost precision medicine

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/nih-and-allscripts-subsidiary-2bprecise-launch-cloud-based-genomic-technology-boost-precision

Doctors at the National Human Genome Research Institute, the National Cancer Institute and the NIH Clinical Center will use the tools to combine genomic and clinical data for statistical analysis and pattern detection.

08/08/2016

Healthcare adds 43,000 jobs in July and continues outpacing other sectors

Healthcare adds 43,000 jobs in July and continues outpacing other sectors

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthcare-adds-43000-jobs-july-and-continues-outpacing-other-sectors

Ambulatory facilities and services led the month’s hiring, while hospitals were a close second in creating new jobs.

08/05/2016

46 Zika cases including 3 pregnant women confirmed in Illinois

46 Zika cases including 3 pregnant women confirmed in Illinois

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/46-zika-cases-including-3-pregnant-women-confirmed-illinois

Health officials said Zika must have been contracted out-of-state, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called the virus unprecedented.

08/04/2016

IBM launches lab-on-a-chip technology to spot cancer before symptoms appear

IBM launches lab-on-a-chip technology to spot cancer before symptoms appear

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ibm-launches-lab-chip-technology-spot-cancer-symptoms-appear

The company also said its scientists are working with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to test the technology on prostate cancer.

08/03/2016

Dark Overlords offer 500 patient records stolen from Athens Orthopedic Clinic on black market

Dark Overlords offer 500 patient records stolen from Athens Orthopedic Clinic on black market

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/dark-overlords-offer-500-patient-records-stolen-athens-orthopedic-clinic-black-market

The clinic traced the breach of nearly 400,000 thousand records to an external cyberattack against its EHR in which the hackers gained access to personal information by using third-party credentials.

08/02/2016

Hybrid storage slashes EHR access times for Hutchinson Clinic

Hybrid storage slashes EHR access times for Hutchinson Clinic

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hybrid-storage-slashes-ehr-access-times-hutchinson-clinic

One 90-provider specialist practice is seeing improved workflows and better patient care after deploying hybrid storage capabilities aimed at accelerating the performance of its electronic health record, billing and practice management systems.

08/01/2016

South Carolina Medical Association teams with analytics firm to build interoperable health network

South Carolina Medical Association teams with analytics firm to build interoperable health network

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/south-carolina-medical-association-teams-analytics-firm-build-interoperable-health-network

The entities are building a statewide health information network that will enable doctors to share real-time patient data and analytics.

07/29/2016

ONC's Interoperability Experience Task Force: 4 steps to bolster health information exchange

ONC's Interoperability Experience Task Force: 4 steps to bolster health information exchange

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/oncs-interoperability-experience-task-force-4-steps-bolster-health-information-exchange

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT advisory group, IXTF, put forth suggestions spanning government policy, technology, and public-private collaborations to improve health data sharing.

07/28/2016

IBM donates Weather Company data and supercomputing tools to help stop spread of Zika virus

IBM donates Weather Company data and supercomputing tools to help stop spread of Zika virus

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ibm-donates-weather-company-data-and-supercomputing-tools-help-stop-spread-zika-virus

The tech giant said it is making its virtual crowdsourced supercomputing platform, the World Community Grid, to researchers in the U.S. and Brazil for the OpenZika project.

07/26/2016

CVS Health and VA ring up the most warnings to OCR about possible HIIPAA breaches, ProPublica finds

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cvs-health-and-va-ring-most-warnings-ocr-about-possible-hiipaa-breaches-propublica-finds

07/25/2016

CMS snags $42 billion in Medicare and Medicaid fraud with predictive analytics

CMS snags $42 billion in Medicare and Medicaid fraud with predictive analytics

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cms-snags-42-billion-medicare-and-medicaid-fraud-predictive-analytics

The agency used advanced analytics, partnered with law enforcement, instituted more stringent screening practices and moved away from its so-called pay-and-chase method to save billion of dollars.

07/22/2016

HHS awards $36 million to boost IT uptake at health centers

HHS awards $36 million to boost IT uptake at health centers

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hhs-awards-36-million-boost-it-uptake-health-centers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will spend $36 million to spur the uptake of health information technology at 50 Health Center Controlled Networks. The awards will impact more than a thousand participating health center organizations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, HHS Secretary S...