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By NBC News More than 29 million U.S. health records were compromised in data breaches between 2010 and 2013, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The researchers from Kaiser Permanente and Stanford University used a government database to study 949 data breaches during that four-year…
By Philip Nathanson for VBP monitor The ethics of value-based purchasing (VBP) seem straightforward enough, don’t they? A purchaser of healthcare ties compensation to how providers perform on various measurable aspects of the triple aim. Who could have an ethical problem about rewarding providers for better population outcomes, or enhanced patient satisfaction, or more cost-effective…
By Dan Munro for Forbes Headlines abound for the idea that Uber will appear shortly to massively disrupt the healthcare industry in the same way it’s disrupted the taxi industry. Some boldly proclaim it’s not only here, but it’s here to stay. The technical challenges are daunting, of course, not the least of which is…
By Akanksha Jayanthi for Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review On March 20, CMS released its proposed rule for meaningful use stage 3, which is open for public comment through May 29. Here are nine things to know about stage 3 of meaningful use. Stage 3 is expected to be the final stage of the…
By Elizabeth Snell for HealthIT Security Health data encryption is becoming an increasingly important issue, especially in the wake of large scale data breaches like Anthem, Inc. and Premera Blue Cross. The HIPAA Omnibus Rule improved… Read the entire article at HealthIT Security