What is health informatics? Health informatics is a term that describes an activity related to the merger of information technology and healthcare documentation. New federal laws require that healthcare providers manage patient records in electronic form and on a secure network. Due to these requirements, those who specialize in health informatics are in high demand. […]
What Is HITECH?
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which contains specific incentives designed to accelerate the adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems among providers. The HITECH Act speaks […]
mHealth
mHealth: More Than Just a Trend In today’s technology-driven world, no industry is immune to the mobile revolution — and that includes the health care industry. Hospital administrators, private practitioners, nurses, healthcare data scientists and mobile-solution developers across the globe are constantly evaluating and innovating new ways to enhance traditional face-to-face patient care through mobile […]
Reducing Readmissions Requires Technical Fluency
Reducing Readmissions: Top Priority The financial challenges of unplanned readmissions are nothing new, but increased regulatory pressures and penalties stemming from the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) ensure that hospital decision makers don’t need reminding to make readmission prevention a top priority. Today’s healthcare executives are also well aware of the much-covered financial numbers from […]
Patient Privacy
Patient Privacy: The Discussion Continues for Uniformity The discussion regarding healthcare and patient privacy has been ever evolving. Patients and healthcare providers have attempted to come together in many ways in order to help one another achieve uniform procedures regarding privacy practices. As technology has advanced, so has the challenges of keeping information safe for […]
New Development with HIPAA
HIPAA Think about the word HIPAA and what comes to mind when you hear it. HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) has become a part of everyday language, however many people have forgotten how vital it is to understanding and meeting the needs of all patients. HIPAA’s origins began in protection […]
Big Data & Analytics in Healthcare Delivery
Opportunities & Challenges Big Data: The volume, variety and velocity of information generation. Technology is enabling the collection of large amounts of patient data at a very fast pace. In-hospital monitoring and wearable technology allow collection, storage and analysis of healthcare data in the hospital and on the go. If the U.S. healthcare sector were […]
