Protecting Health Information in the Era of Mobile Devices: The Practicalities & Problems of BYOD
I’m attending the mHIMSS Virtual Briefing: Securing Protected Health Information held today from 12PM ET-3:15PM ET online at HIMSSVirtual.org. The event features several sessions on the best practices for mobile…
Secure Use of Social Media: Ensuring the Privacy of Protected Health
I’m attending the mHIMSS Virtual Briefing: Securing Protected Health Information held today from 12PM ET-3:15PM ET online at HIMSSVirtual.org. The event features several sessions on the best practices for mobile…
Contaminated Water and Disease:Are We Safe?
Having clean air to breath and water to drink is a privilege that we often take for granted. It is similar to expecting the lights to flip on when you…
Getting a Second Opinion via Telehealth
In medicine, the “second opinion” is often an important step for a patient deciding on an ideal course of treatment. The opinion of a second physician can help avoid problems…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Robert Herzog and eCaring
Last week we heard Martha Bebinger talk about using her website HealthCareSavvy to shop for healthcare. This week, Robert Herzog will show us the CareManager and CareTracker from eCaring. I…
4 Common Myths About Online & Social Media Health Content Debunked
Since September 2012 (and during previous stand-alone digihealth pulse studies conducted with online moms and health providers) we’ve been collecting reams of data on how people actually find and consume…
Reimbursements: What Inaction Will Cause
Here we are again, about ready to end another year with absolutely no progress on changing the “sustainable growth rate,” or SGR which determines how much doctors receive for seeing…
First HHS Innovation Fellowships’ Meeting Focuses on New Measures of Quality in Healthcare
In its quest to find ways to reduce healthcare costs but boost healthcare quality, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched its first fellowship program in September. For the…
Tips for Working with Older Adults Who Hoard
Hoarding is a growing mental health problem among older adults in the United States. In fact, an estimated 1.5 to 3 million Americans are thought to struggle with hoarding. Hoarding…
HIPAA? Now HIMTA: The New mHealth Bill
HIMTA Bill HIMTA BillCongressman Mike Honda of Calif. introduced a new bill last Monday – The Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act (HIMTA). According to Congress.gov, the bill will foster…
