Global Health

HIMSS 2014: IT support for meaningful use, ICD-10, HIPAA top of mind

By Reda Chouffani (rchouffani@biztechnologysolutions.com Federal regulations and incentives behind HIPAA, ICD-10 and meaningful use stage 2 are driving conversation at…

10 years ago

Pre-HIMSS 2014: Forms, standard order sets can lead to data governance

By Don Fluckinger, News Director(dfluckinger@techtarget.com George Hickman, CHIME Foundation chair and CIO at Albany Medical Center in New York discusses…

10 years ago

RA-Lymphoma Risk: Biologics Not to Blame (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis can undergo aggressive biologic therapy without excessive concern that their already increased…

10 years ago

8 Tips to Help With the ICD-10 Transition

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Here are strategies you can use to move more easily to ICD-10 billing codes, straight from…

10 years ago

Child Paralysis Cases Still Puzzle Doctors

(MedPage Today) -- No single cause has emerged for cases of limb paralysis seen in some 20 children in California…

10 years ago

CardioBuzz: Contact-Sensing Catheter Gets FDA OK for AF

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved a new radiofrequency ablation catheter that provides real-time feedback about the amount of…

10 years ago

Transfusion May Spell Trouble for PCI Patients

(MedPage Today) -- There is wide variation between U.S. hospitals in the use of red blood cell transfusions for patients…

10 years ago

Hot Topics: Advances in Obesity Treatment

(MedPage Today) -- What works and what doesn't in obesity treatment? We asked four experts in the field for their…

10 years ago

Stroke Rounds: Poor Glucose Control a Stroke Risk for Women

(MedPage Today) -- Poor control of blood glucose may place women -- but not men -- with type 2 diabetes…

10 years ago

CES shows continuing consumer interest in mHealth technology

By Reda Chouffani (rchouffani@biztechnologysolutions.com While mHealth technology and personal health devices haven't connected to EHRs, consumers buying in, judging by…

10 years ago