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CMS Seeks to Broaden Use of Health IT Reports

Agency wants to use data to improve quality of care.

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Health IT investigation finds ‘gaping security holes’

Most known data breaches have been hackers intent on identity theft.

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Feds resolve to facilitate health data exchange in 2013

A new funding opportunity announced late last week will pave the way.

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HHS moves toward safer electronic health records

The department's new road map aims to improve data quality.

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Privacy group asks HHS to regulate the cloud

Securing protected information is the top priority.

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Outlook for telehealth market: Global warming

Fifty-five percent revenue growth projected for 2013.

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Health insurance exchange extension?

States are unlikely to meet January 2014 deadline.

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GAO analyzes federal health IT incentives

Medicaid EHR incentives typically went to nonprofit, independent acute-care facilities in Southern cities last year, report finds.

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New tools secure mobile health data

HHS launched an education initiative to help providers protect health information.

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Health care providers leave patients' data vulnerable

Risks will increase with the growing use of mobile and cloud technologies, study finds.

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Electronic records surge continues

Nearly 72 percent of office-based doctors use them.

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FDA needs mobile health IT office, lawmaker says

Bill from Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., would establish an Office of Wireless Health.

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Trending: Health IT in 2013

Larger-scale remote monitoring of chronic conditions and more patients using mobile apps are among predictions.

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Oversight of e-health record incentive program is lax, IG says

Program risks paying incentives to professionals and hospitals that do not meet meaningful use standards.

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More doctors prefer pixels to prescription pads

Almost half of all physicians prescribe drugs electronically through an electronic health record.

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Doctors abroad report mixed results for health IT

Researchers surveyed primary care physicians in 10 nations.

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Virtual visits to doctors' offices yield good outcomes

E-diagnoses are about as accurate as in-person ones for some ailments, researchers find.

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HHS extends states' health-exchange deadline, again

Governors say the feds have not provided key information.