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Recent highly publicized security breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus made information security front-page news. Now the latest bug nicknamed “Heartbleed”—which impacts the very code (Open SSL) that keeps servers secure—is once again bringing into question how...
President Barack Obama, recently, put his signature on the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014. In effect, one provision of the new law served to delay ICD-10 implementation until October 1, 2015 at the absolute earliest. Following two similar delays in the...
Healthcare providers now routinely use mobile health applications in a variety of ways, helping to drive operational efficiencies and improvements in care. However, for all of the progress made in this area, there is still a long ways to go. To truly take advantage of...
The Sunday paper isn't the only game in town when it comes to printed grocery coupons: Some health insurers are sending discount mailers to consumers as an incentive to eat healthier. By their measures, at least, there's some evidence that it's working. Among...
Apple could be looking to health insurance companies to help subsidize its rumored iWatch fitness bands in the same way that wireless carriers subsidize the cost of smartphones. That speculation comes from Timothy Arcuri, an analyst with Cowen & Co. He raised the...
A little more than two years after Aetna acquired popular mobile health app-maker iTriage, its cofounders — two emergency medical doctors — Peter Hudson and Wayne Guerra have quietly left the health insurance company, MobiHealthNews has learned. A departure after a...
More than 1 million people in Oregon and Southwest Washington will soon have easy access to the notes their providers write during medical appointments. Nine area health systems and medical groups announced Tuesday they are adopting the OpenNotes initiative, a...
Adult patients with diabetes who trust their medical provider and feel included in treatment decisions are significantly more likely to take and maintain a newly prescribed antidepressant medication, according to a new study in the Journal of General Internal...
Healthcare spending grew at a 5.6 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis report. The growth, a 10-year high, is driven in large part by $8 billion more in hospital revenue, which...
Talking to your physician over the phone may save you a trip to the doctor’s office, but it could also lead to critical communication errors. Dr. Michael Nusbaum, a New Jersey bariatric surgeon, launched a smartphone app to help doctors and patients communicate in a...
Hospital administrators in Connecticut who have been involved in the unprecedented streak of mergers and consolidations often tout the financial benefits and efficiencies of such moves. But as the number of independent hospitals in the state dwindles -- with more than...
Please click on this link, www.vgmdclink.com, to send a message to your members of Congress. Complete both Actions 1 and 2 to send one to your senators and another to your representative. PAMS and VGM are asking the representatives to act on these three items: 1. Add...
