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For decades, the healthcare industry has struggled with accurately linking a patient’s health data within and across health systems — an activity known as patient matching.
After the recent 2008 HIMSS Conference, we conducted a survey of 171 healthcare IT decision makers to identify some of the trends they face relating to identity management. I wanted to call out a few interesting data points...
It seems like forever since we have been hearing/talking about both Stage 2 Meaningful Use and the impact of HITECH on HIPAA, so what’s up, when will they be published as final? The rules are currently sitting with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
If you visited the Imprivata booth at VMworld, the Epic User Group Meeting or the McKesson Insight recently, then chances are you entered our contest to win a free trip to Boston for our upcoming
What an amazing start to the event. The welcome reception here on the show floor was packed.
As a practicing emergency physician, I’ve seen firsthand how technology impacts patient care. Good technology can speed up care and allow doctors and nurses to focus on what matters most: the patient. But all too often, we encounter barriers when accessing our digital systems. In the name of preserving privacy and security, we’re forced to deal with lengthy login processes that have multiple, complex, everlasting passwords, with applications that are not only prone to timing out, but also take too long to boot up and allow access.
While the enormous push toward automating healthcare systems and records shift is logical and mandatory, it is not without headache and risk. As patient records have been digitized, healthcare data breaches have surged.
Learn how electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) can benefit chronic pain patients: it's simple, fast, and secure.
Even hospitals that follow strict rules and protocols run the risk of patient identification errors, the Healthcare Financial Management Association found in a recent report. Two sources create the most errors: overlays and duplicate medical records.
An IT Director’s plate is overflowing and unfortunately, not with tasty treats. It is overwhelming for any IT professional to tackle everything on the to-do list, especially given the challenges IT faces every day: Shrinking budgets, smaller teams, increasingly complex solutions, vendor audits, 24x7 clinician support, rip-and-replace upgrades, progressively complicated demands of end users, BYOD, demanding clinicians, security concerns…the list goes on and on and on.