OCR Releases HIPAA Privacy and Security Audit Protocol
Having completed an initial 20 HIPAA privacy and security compliance audits since last fall, and with 130 additional audits in the pipeline, OCR has just released its HIPAA privacy and…
Love, Marriage and Illness
The other day I visited my Seattle oncologist. As I entered the elevator to leave, a familiar face turned toward me with a smile. I knew that I knew this…
Screening Task Force Makes Recommendation on Obesity
Is this the Michelle Obama effect? The U. S. Preseventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the body charged with establishing guidelines for screening in healthcare delivery, is now endorsing screening…
Summer’s Here: Time for Cool Lemonade, Trips to the Shore–AND a Mania Check
Late spring and summer, as time frees children from airless school-rooms, and pale white arms peek out from under the season’s first short-sleeved shirts, has historically caused problems for people…
Health Employees Volunteer Personal Time to Help Others
It’s no secret that LifeBridge Health employees give back every single day. Sometimes, we’re carefully describing how a patient can continue their treatment plan at home; sometimes we’re working to…
Smart Medicine, SmartPhones
The evolution of computer processing power has led to a reduction in size of the most commonly used device used for computing and social media tasks. The tower…
Most Patients Want to Self-Manage Healthcare Online
Accenture released a survey and infograpic last week stating that 90 percent of patients want to self-manage their healthcare leveraging technology, such as accessing medical information, refilling prescriptions and booking appointments online, but…
mHealth: Barriers To Global Implementation
The world is experiencing a revolution in healthcare. The exponential growth of mobile communications, not only in developed countries but also in the developing world, combined with increasing innovation in…
Torrid Rate of Growth for Digital Health Funding
After investments in digital health doubled from 2009 to 2011, the torrid pace of growth has continued in the first half of 2012. Rock Health’s founder Halle Tecco stated why…
