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MPT Podcast 46 – HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Impact of the Final Rule, with guest Mike Meikle of Hawkthorne Consulting Group. Mr. Meikle discusses the HIPAA Omnibus Rule and its effect on the Privacy Rule, and what it means for medical practices. This Issue (5:47): What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule? How has the HIPAA […]
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Who: News-Medical.Net What: GZS, Inc., a leader in developing disease-specific and condition-specific Electronic Medical Records/Electronic Health Records (EMR/EHR) and patient registry software solutions, has announced the worldwide release of the WebTracker-Hemophilia™ EHR patient registry solution used under the new brand name HemaGlobal™. HemaGlobal is a full-purpose EMR/EHR patient registry system that serves as a stable, […]
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Who: SearchHealthIT.TechTarget.com What: At Penn Medicine, the emerging trend of bring your own device (BYOD) was not so much about the “if” as it was about the “when.” With almost 20,000 employees, the organization knew it would not be able to provision enough Penn Medicine-funded cell phones for all essential staff. Additionally, many of the […]
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Who: WorkersCompensation.com What: A short list of trends related to workers compensation includes: 1. Aggressive Total/Partial Joint Replacement Surgeries 2. Increasingly Sophisticated Bionic Implants/Prosthetics 3. Changing Demographics of the Workforce 4. Better Recovery that Limits Risk of Permanent Partial Impairment Why: Employers should be aware that as states tend to use automated processes to streamline […]
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Who: GovInfoSecurity.com What: The Department of Health and Human Services conducts three types of audits or investigations involving privacy and security issues. But preparing for any of these inquiries requires similar steps. Experts who presented a workshop at the recent 2013 HIMSS Conference say the best way to prepare for any HHS inquiry, based on […]
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From MPH@GW, an infographic showing the impact of obesity on the United States. If you didn’t think your overweight neighbor has any effect on you personally, think again. Brought to you by MPH@GW: Master of Public Health Online
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Who: OregonCatalyst.com What: In an attempt to remedy the difficulty in recruiting physicians to Oregon because of the medical malpractice environment, a state senator co-sponsored legislation which would create a “Safe Harbor.” This would allow for a sort of mediation process that would be “not discoverable.” But it appears that there is too much opposition […]
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Who: DigitalJournal.com What: The New York medical malpractice firm Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald announced that they have won a jury verdict in the amount of more than $4.1 million on behalf of an infant who was allegedly permanently injured because of the negligence of the defendant named in the case, Kings County Hospital. The lawsuit was […]
