A study published Thursday by the Ponemon Institute finds data breaches skyrocketing and medical ID theft on a concerning upswing. Perhaps the deepest cause of the problem is that the industry still lacks any way to put a dollar value on its data.
No World Borders managing partner Michael Arrigo reflects on the AHIMA National Convention, drilling down into the realities of ICD-10-centric regulations facing the healthcare industry.
With state budgets still recovering and the final waves of ACA implementation rolling in, state IT officials are looking to several issues, strategies and trends in 2013, including cloud services and the mobile workplace.
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, MD, talks with mHIMSS Editor Eric Wicklund about behavior change and new payment and delivery models as key elements of mHealth.
A conversation about biomedical informatics research with Brian Athey, from the University of Michigan Medical School’s National Center for Integrative Bio Informatics, which is merging into the international bioinformatics warehouse tranSMART.
Exchange early innovator states are building HIX systems through a variety of vendor collaborations, and keeping a good pace even as deadlines loom. MORE
CMS puts out RFP for service to verify applicants' income information for health insurance exchanges and electronically share data using standards. MORE
The Secretary of Defense, along with VA Secretary Shinseki say the agencies need "to do everything we can" to expedite development of the joint iEHR. MORE
This Week in Government Health IT ... MU payments soar beyond $9 billion in November, mHealth momentum, overbearing legal system, tweaks to Stage 2, ICD-10 regulation myths demystified, and more. MORE
I'm in DC for IHE meetings Tuesday and Wednesday, and giving a session at the 2012 mHealthSummit Wednesday afternoon on Trends on Mobile Interoperability and Standards. I scheduled my travel to attend the IHE educational session held on Monday, but decided to take advantage of by mHealthSummit badge to take look at the conference instead. MORE