If you find yourself in the midst of a HIPAA breach, your first instinct might be to panic, but you need not. While a security breach of…
The Buzz About Specialty PharmacyIf you’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about “specialty drugs” and “specialty pharmacies” you might be wondering what exactly is being alluded to…
Industry Spends Over $6B Annually on Data BreachesIn the wake of the Anthem breach, which put 800,000 subscribers at risk, hospitals nationwide have their ears perked up…
The Quantified Self MovementThe Quantified Self Movement was started back in 2007 by a group of bloggers at Wired Magazine who began blogging about the concept of…
Patient Privacy + HIPAAWith all this talk about making patient records more accessible to care teams via the magic of the electronic record, HIPAA and HITECH— the…
Doctors and ACO Benefits, “What’s in it for me?”While the myriad ways in which ACOs benefit patients and healthcare organizations have been heavily touted over the last…
Key Metric: Patient Follow-UpOne of the biggest misconceptions in medicine right now, which also happens to be one of the most costly, is that the patient’s care…
Telemed Isn’t Just For The YoungIf you think young people are the only ones ready to embrace telemed technology and healthcare social media, think again! It might…
Of the many requests President Obama will be making of Congress this year, one will be for more funding to combat the ongoing problem of Hospital Acquired…
As payment continues to become more closely linked with patient experience and patient reported outcomes, the information gleaned from assessments such as the Hospital Consumer Assessment of…
