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Editor's Picks
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MGH to Pay $1M to Settle 'Potential' HIPAA Violation
Massachusetts General Hospital has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations it violated patient privacy laws when a hospital employee lost protected patient medical information on a subway, officials have announced. The loss was said to be a "potential violation" of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Patient Engagement Key to EMR Success
Hospitals are spending billions of dollars to achieve meaningful use of electronic medical records, but if patients don't use the new technology, hospitals may not reap the federal stimulus payments that await. That's the conclusion of a report—Putting Patients into Meaningful Use—from PwC's Health Research Institute, which found that 14% of 1,000 consumers surveyed last fall said they get their medical records electronically from their physicians, and 30% of patients said they didn't know why they would need to.
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Are Your Business Associates Accountable for HIPAA Compliance?
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights intends to strengthen HIPAA compliance requirements under the HITECH Act. The proposed changes would make BAs directly liable for HIPAA breaches, and subcontractors of BAs would also have to be compliant with HITECH and HIPAA. And that means they would have to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule and the use and disclosures provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. But is HITECH alone enough to ensure BAs and their subcontractors comply? Not really, says one consultant.
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Robotic Scrub Nurses Could Boost OR Efficiencies
Robotic scrub nurses that intuitively recognize hand gestures? They're not here today, but neither are they the stuff of science fiction. One day, surgeons might use gestures to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation.
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Rounds: Orthopedic Leadership Strategies: Engage, Measure, and Perform
Forward-thinking orthopedic leaders are ensuring high performance and coordination among a carefully constructed caregiver team. Those leaders are also exploring the right metrics to know whether the outcomes they are tracking are the most meaningful to patients. Join the executive and clinical leadership team from nationally renowned MemorialCare Health System and orthopedic innovator Marshall Steele, MD, on March 29 for a three-hour dive into essential orthopedic leadership strategy.
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Healthcare Leaders Reveal Uncertainties About Industry Direction
Dedication to mission is strong and getting stronger, but just how to accomplish that mission is less certain, according to the just-released results of the 2011 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey. [Read More]
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Tech Headlines
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Patient Check-In Technologies Cut Cost, Wait Times
HealthLeaders Media, February 28, 2011
Top 12 Most-Read HealthLeaders Stories February 2011
HealthLeaders Media, March 1, 2011
Patient Privacy Rights Extend Beyond U.S. Borders, Ethicists Say
InformationWeek, February 22, 2011
World Economic Forum drives health data initiative
InformationWeek, March 1, 2011
A pacemaker the size of a Tic Tac
Technology Review, March 1, 2011
Consumer groups show support for meaningful use
Health Data Management, March 1, 2011
Doctor-owned imaging centers spark criticism, scrutiny
The Washington Post, March 1, 2011
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IT Forum
Medical Device Makers: Stop Griping and Embrace Healthcare Reform: During the national healthcare reform debate, many in the medical device industry strenuously objected to contributing their "fair share" to reform through a new tax on their devices. While other healthcare stakeholders accepted the notion of shared sacrifice and agreed to give up collective hundreds of billions of dollars, device companies warned that a new tax would force them to pass on the additional cost to hospitals and patients. And the protests haven't stopped. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
Building Blocks of the Patient Experience
The healthcare system is on the cusp of accepting the positive influence of patient experience on quality, says Steve Ronstrom, president and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System Division and CEO of Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, WI. In a recent interview, the lead advisor for the HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Report, Patient Experience: Help Wanted, explains how basics such as infrastructure and technology combined with the people skills of empathy and caring can improve outcomes. [Listen Now][Sponsored by Medseek] |
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