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· Health Care Industry Struggles With Usability of Electronic Health Record Systems Although health care providers say electronic health records offer benefits, some complain that their EHR systems are not designed with the user in mind and, as a result, are inefficient and not intuitive. Hyperlink Link to report PDF · Post-acute care community sets IT priorities A new road map is out on implementing health information technology in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. Hyperlink Link to roadmap PDF · McKesson Ex-Chief McCall Loses Supreme Court Fraud Appeal Former McKesson Corp. (MCK) Chairman Charles McCall lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to overturn his conviction and 10-year prison sentence for a scheme to inflate company revenue. Hyperlink · HIMSS13 call for proposals and reviewers - New Orleans, March 3 through 7, 2013 · Be a speaker at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition and share your thought leadership. HIMSS13 Call for Proposals is now open through May 30, 2012 · Be a HIMSS13 proposal reviewer and help shape the educational content. HIMSS13 Call for Reviewers is now open through May 23, 2012. · Top Ranked Hospitals Have Higher Levels of EHR Adoption Hyperlink · For the report, HIMSS Analytics looked at the hospitals that Thomson Reuters recognized as the top 100 U.S. hospitals in 2009 or 2010 (Lee, Modern Healthcare, 4/18). The researchers then used the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model --or EMRAM -- scores from November 2011 to determine the top hospitals' level of EHR adoption. · Researchers found that: · 21% of Thomson Reuters' top 100 U.S. hospitals in 2010 were at Stage 5 or higher of EMRAM, compared with nearly 9% of all U.S. hospitals; and · 14% of Thomson Reuters' top 100 U.S. hospitals in 2009 were in Stages 5 to 7 of EMRAM, compared with 6% of all U.S. hospitals (Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 4/18). · RNCOS in its latest report “US Healthcare IT Market Forecast to 2014”, says that the US Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) market has been growing at a rapid pace since the last few years. The US healthcare IT-market is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of around 22.5% during 2012-2014. Hyperlink · Some of the key findings of the report are: · E-Health market in the US has strongly benefited from the government’s strong desire to diminish the massive healthcare expenditures making itone of the fastest growing industries. · m-health market offers numerous opportunities for the US mobile operators with increased adoption of Smartphones by physicians. · Remote patient monitoring solutions help to improve care co-ordination and lower costs. Hereby, the remote patient monitoring market for 2011 grew at 11.3% to reach US$ 7.9 Billion from 2011. · The US is the biggest market for MIIS driven by the increasing adoption of advanced PACS, cardiology information systems. · HHS PROPOSES ONE-YEAR DELAY OF ICD-10 COMPLIANCE DATE · The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a proposed rule that would delay, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014, the compliance date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10). Hyperlink · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes clinical reporting standards that physicians and hospitals will use to qualify for Stage 2 Meaningful Use bonus payments. Hyperlink · In the Stage 2 proposal, CMS said physicians and other providers must meet 12 clinical quality measures from a list of 125, including at least one measure from each of six domains: patient and family engagement; patient safety; care coordination; population and public health; effective use of healthcare resources; and clinical effectiveness. Hospitals, including federally designated critical access hospitals, must meet 24 of 49 measures, including at least one from each domain. · CMS Issues Corrections for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Proposed Rule · Errors identified in the CMS notice include: · The omission of a timeframe by which the agency would determine "whether a practice/location is equipped with certified EHR technology;" · The inclusion of an "erroneous threshold percentage" in a solicitation of "comments regarding variations among facility types for an electronic prescribing measure" (Goedert, Health Data Management, 4/17); and · Instances where CMS "inadvertently mischaracterized" EHR certification criteria developed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT "as the Stage 2 criteria instead of 2014 certification criteria" (Modern Healthcare, 4/17). · Healthcare Industry’s Prioritization of Compliance Over Data Security Puts Patient Data at Risk, says New Study from Kroll Advisory Solutions. Hyperlink HIMSS Analytics Report · Nearly 16 years after the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) – the first of many regulations and guidelines governing data security in the healthcare industry – a new report suggests that an increased focus on compliance has not resulted in increased security. · Human error remains the greatest threat to healthcare data security. · In 2012, 79 percent of respondents reported that a security breach was perpetrated by an employee. · Fifty-six (56) percent of respondents indicated that the source of a reported breach was unauthorized access to information by an individual employed by the organization at the time of the breach. · Forty-five (45) percent of respondents indicated that lack of staff attention to policy puts data at risk —an increase of 14 percent from 2010. · The mobility of patient data made possible by new technologies and the proliferation of mobile devices in the workplace is a leading factor in healthcare data security breaches. · Thirty-one (31) percent of respondents indicated that information available on a mobile device (e.g., cell phone, tablet or laptop) was among the factors most likely to cause a breach (up from 20 percent in 2010 and four percent in 2008). · The industry’s expectations of third party data security practices are not keeping pace with the increased outsourcing of patient data; third party breaches are on the rise. · Eighteen (18) percent of respondents that experienced a breach in the past 12 months cited third parties as the root cause. · Twenty-eight (28) percent of respondents indicated that “sharing information with external parties” is the top item that put patient data at risk (up from 18 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2008). · Half of respondents noted that they required proof of employee training from third parties. · A little more than half (56) percent indicated they require proof of employee background checks. · Approximately half (56 percent) of respondents indicated they verify that their third party vendors conduct a periodic risk analysis to identify security risks and vulnerabilities. · There continues to be a lack of clarity around who is responsible for data security. When asked which individual within their organization was responsible for the security of patient data, the answers ranged dramatically: · HIM Director – 21 percent · CIO – 19 percent · Chief Privacy Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, CEO – 12 percent for each title · Chief Security Officer – 10 percent · New IDC Health Insights Report Reveals Best Practices for Establishing Sustainable Health Information Exchange Hyperlink · Based on interviews with nearly 50 executives from enterprise, regional and statewide health information exchange organizations, the best practices described in the report are arranged by the major components of an HIE deployment. As a first step, IDC Health Insights emphasizes that healthcare organizations should focus on understanding the clinical, business and technical requirements of the HIE before identifying potential solutions and conducting a vendor search. · As healthcare organizations evolve toward accountable care, they will need to deploy HIE capabilities to facilitate patient-centric care collaboration. · Interoperability is a transformation project. HIEs need to work closely with stakeholders and communicate well to obtain their trust, which will be essential for a successful outcome. · HIOs should anticipate that resolving privacy and security issues take longer than resolving technology issues. As such, organizations should not delay the planning and implementation process if they want to maximize meaningful EHR-use incentives · NeHC Releases Health Information Exchange Roadmap: The Landscape and a Path Forward Article Hyperlink Roadmap Hyperlink · NeHC’s Health Information Exchange Roadmap: The Landscape and a Path Forward offers stakeholders a clear picture of efforts being undertaken by both the public and private sectors to create and implement the key building blocks that will allow for truly interoperable HIE.
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