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Improve patient portals--but watch for the blame game
I read with interest the recent blog post written by José Pagán, director of the Center for Health Innovation at the New York Academy of Medicine, extolling the virtues of the online...
Price transparency progressing despite poor state grades
I suspect that all parents of school-aged children have experienced a moment of anxiety when a report card shows up in the mail: How are they doing? Are they failing anything? For advocates of...
Technology, innovation powers payers' efforts to engage with members
Just as Medicaid has helped expand health coverage and affordability to millions of Americans, private insurers also strive to expand healthcare access through innovation, according to executives who spoke at an event to celebrate Medicaid's 50 th anniversary.
DHMSM aftermath: Sorting out the winners and losers
The triumph of Cerner's team for the Pentagon's highly coveted electronic health record contract had as much to do with the Kansas City, Missouri, company's perceived strength on the interoperability front and its government experience as it did with rival Epic's inability to "play nice" with other systems, according to industry analysts.
Providers, pay heed to NIST's mobile device security guide
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's new draft guide to help providers keep patient data on mobile devices secure is a treasure trove of very detailed, practical information. However, I'm worried that it won't trickle down to the clinician community.
With #FixEHR, AMA fine-tunes its Meaningful Use reboot strategy
The American Medical Association has kicked its fight against poorly operating electronic health records and the Meaningful Use program up a notch, in a rather novel way.
What you need to know about the evolving retail health market
In this special report, FiercePracticeManagement takes a look at the evolution of retail clinics, the consumer's role in the market and what the future holds for retail health.
BCBS Association's identity protection offer 'generous,' but does it go far enough?
While it's "very generous" of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association to offer identity protection services to all of its 160 million members, the move ultimately it doesn't fix the issue of hackers' troubling ability to access health insurers' customer data, a cybersecurity expert said.
CMS proposed payment schedule includes end-of-life planning
Physicians may soon be paid for end-of-life conversations with their patients under proposed changes to the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule--a move that could catch on with private payers, as well.
FDA must be cautious about using EHRs for clinical trials
People often lump together all of the federal government as one great big entity. But the different offices of the executive branch don't always work in lock step. They may not even know...
