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May 11 | Jessica Davis

VA finalizes telehealth rule to let providers practice across state lines

The final rule will override state laws to create a nationwide telehealth program to ...

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May 04 | Jessica Davis

Gap analysis improves risk analysis, but isn't enough for HIPAA compliance, OCR says

While gap analysis can find existing vulnerabilities in an ...

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Apr 20 | Jessica Davis

Comcast partners with Independence Health to create digital health company

Companies say the cross-sector partnership will create open source platform that it hopes ...

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Apr 11 | Jessica Davis

VA drives federal health IT market growth to $8.5 billion, fueled by its EHR

Spending on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces has decreased, as Veterans Affairs has ...

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Apr 04 | Jessica Davis

Microsoft sues Community Health Systems for alleged copyright infringement

CHS, already facing financial troubles, has been accused of breaching contractual ...

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Mar 29 | Jessica Davis

Trump dumps VA chief David Shulkin, will give his personal doctor oversight over agency

The president announced the news on Twitter, and it is still unclear what the ...

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Mar 21 | Jessica Davis

Europe's GDPR privacy law is coming: Here's what US health orgs need to know

By May 25, U.S. providers caring for EU patients will need to brush up on ...

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Feb 28 | Jessica Davis

eClinicalWorks to launch cloud-based platform for acute care, revenue cycle

Launching at HIMSS18 next week, the new software aims to create seamless data sharing ...

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Feb 26 | Jessica Davis

FCC publishes net neutrality repeal order, so what's next?

The rollback will come into place in just two months and healthcare organizations should prepare for ...

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Feb 21 | Jessica Davis

JAMA: EHRs fail to reduce administrative billing costs

While EHRs were implemented with the idea that they would reduce administrative costs, Harvard and Duke ...

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