How 10 OR efficiency performance indicators can impact operations
Keeping score and tracking improvement will assist in guiding positive changes for your operating rooms. Source: HDM
How to read between the lines of the healthcare data blocking debate
Data liquidity present new risks to data privacy and security, and that is at the heart of the debate on... Read More
What should lie ahead for healthcare IT in the next decade
As Health Data Management wraps up 27 years of reporting on the healthcare information technology industry today, it gives me... Read More
Lawmakers: VA apps pose privacy risk to veterans’ healthcare data
The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health... Read More
Concerns rise that the system for diagnosing epidemics is failing
How big is the coronavirus outbreak? A lot bigger than we were initially told, it turns out. Source: HDM
House panel to hold hearing on VA delay of first EHR go-live
The chair of the House subcommittee charged with legislative oversight of the VA’s Cerner electronic health record implementation is concerned... Read More
Health standards organizations help codify novel coronavirus info
As part of the global effort to manage and contain the coronavirus response, two global health standards organizations have introduced... Read More
5 top cyber hygiene tips to help organizations stay ahead of cyberthreats
Similar to how an individual would not go to the dentist until after teeth have started falling out, an organization... Read More
Apervita’s new NCQA approval helps health plans speed VBC analysis
Value-based care platform provider Apervita says it is the first company to be certified by the National Committee for Quality... Read More
FCC close to finalizing $100M telehealth pilot program
The Federal Communications Commission will soon move to issue a final order for its new $100 million Connected Care Pilot... Read More