Authentidate Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: ADAT), a provider of secure web-based software applications and telehealth products and services for healthcare organizations, and Fastrack™ Healthcare Systems have entered into an agreement to provide ongoing development updates and support for an interface between Authentidate’s Inscrybe® Referral and Order Management solution and the Fastrack™ Enterprise System.The interface automates electronic […]
A study led by Joshua S. Barclay, M.D., of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, suggests that terminally ill patients with lower incomes are less likely to die at home, even with hospice care. The study analyzed data from census tracts and hospice care provider Online First.
A simple self-monitoring test could reduce the risk of stroke by half in thousands of people who currently take Warfarin to prevent blood clots. Better access to technologies for self-monitoring of international normalized ratio (INR) levels, which measures how long it takes blood to form a clot, could also lower mortality rates by nearly […]
by Liz Seegert A strategic commitment to technology is making Senior Home Care, Inc. a leading player in the Sunshine State. They are the first Florida home care agency to join that state’s health information exchange, a network of 22 providers that seamlessly share patient information – extending the continuum of care and lowering […]
The Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, Enforcement, and GINA “Omnibus” Rule was released from OMB to the Federal Register late on the afternoon of January 17 and published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25. The 563-page rule becomes effective (and publishable in the Code of Federal Regulations) on Tuesday, March 26, […]
The Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, Enforcement, and GINA “Omnibus” Rule was released from OMB to the Federal Register late on the afternoon of January 17 and published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25. The 563-page rule becomes effective (and publishable in the Code of Federal Regulations) on Tuesday, March […]
by Elizabeth Hogue, Esq. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final rules to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) to strengthen the privacy and security protection […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor My late mentor, Tom Williams, used to lead a lot of HIPAA education workshops. When someone would ask him about the proper way to dispose of an obsolete hard disk drive that might have protected patient health information on it, he often recommended – not necessarily tongue-in-cheek – that the […]
Three focuses on new alternate site care products and applications are provided in this article. These are: Procura for Hospice; Trillium Health Partners’ use of Cell Trak™ Mobile Solution for Infusion Nurses; and Definitive Homecare Solutions’ release of the latest version of its CPR+ software–the CPR+ version 9.0– a business and clinical management application with […]
by Audrey Kinsella “Tracking for Health,” is a newly released report of a telephone survey of 3,014 U.S. adults conducted during August and September 2012. Participants were asked to describe their self-tracking of healthcare symptoms and routines. According to the author, Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Digital Strategy, Pew Internet & American Life Project, 62% of […]
