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Cyberattackers who covet a significant financial return see a goldmine in the healthcare industry. The industry is under siege by profit-minded hackers, with the all-too-frequent result that healthcare organizations of [...]

Passage of the HITECH Act provides medical practices a windfall of incentives (ranging up to $44,000) to adopt and use a certified electronic health record (EHR) system in a meaningful [...]

Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK When EMC Corp. launched its personal health record in 2004, most employees had no idea what health care services actually cost, as they were accustomed to making [...]

Electronic health record (EHR) systems are revolutionizing the collection and standardization of patient medical information. Healthcare practitioners now have patient information readily available, enabling more efficient and accurate care. However, [...]

Medicare penalties for eligible providers who don't meet Meaningful Use for electronic health records (EHRs) begin on January 1, 2015, and increase every year providers continue to fail to demonstrate [...]

Providing individuals access to their health information empowers them to be more in control of decisions regarding their health and increases their engagement in their own healthcare. The HIPAA Privacy [...]

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (FIBS), (1) as of April 2013, more than half of the doctors and eligible professionals in the United States--some 291,000 [...]

Studies show that the majority of providers pursuing Meaningful Use (MU) have attested only to Stage 1, and many are questioning whether to proceed further. Yet, for those who have [...]

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Board of Trustees Chair Charles E. Christian released a statement Oct. 6 welcoming the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) updated [...]

The ability of American medicine to deliver high-quality care at affordable rates will depend, in part, on the ability of healthcare practitioners to incorporate high technology into their practices. One [...]

The pursuit of comprehensive healthcare reforms--significant changes in the way hospitals and health systems do business--will challenge healthcare finance officers and other leaders for some time to come. New laws [...]

In official comments dated May 27, 2015, and submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) called federal plans for [...]

Accuracy mistakes in MDS 3.0 data may cause additional payment problems, a reimbursement expert warns. The federal government has determined 'many documents were found to be inaccurate during audits and [...]

Steven J. Stack, M.D., former Chair, American Medical Association, issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 2013: 'The federal government's decision to extend Stage 2 of the Electronic Health Record [...]

According to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, one out of every five Americans reported data breaches in 2005. The sheer number of records containing sensitive personal information involved in security breaches is [...]