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South Korea's Ubiquitous Health Program Extends Beyond EHR
Electronic Healthcare Records are but one realm in which IT can improve the workflow and processes in the healthcare industry. While the industry in the US is just starting to standardize and improve on its EHR systems through the HITECH act, other technologically-advanced countries are going beyond simple recording
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IBM Extends Healthcare Reach with Analytics Platform
IBM (news, site ) is extending the reach of its analytics software in the healthcare market with the announcement that they are joining up with one of the US’s largest healthcare providers, Premier, to create a new platform that will link data across more than 2400 hospitals across
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New Reports Aim to Improve Usability Standards for Electronic Health Records
When we say health care, it’s pretty much accepted that usability isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Usability Standards for Effective Heath Information Technology At the beginning of 2010, new privacy and security requirements for health information technology went into effect. Nearly a year later, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has
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Data Breaches Cost the Healthcare Industry Up to US$6 Billion Annually
By 2011, American hospitals, medical professionals and healthcare facilities will start enjoying government incentives for improved electronic healthcare records (EHR). At this point however, the industry is in dire need to plug security leaks in how it handles patient data.
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EHR Outsourcing Challenged By Privacy & Efficiency Concerns
The 2009 US Stimulus Act is implementing changes in the way healthcare providers use electronic healthcare records (EHR). By 2011, eligible providers and professionals will get benefits by implementing EHRs, and those who fail to adopt qualified EHR systems will have their Medicare payments penalized.
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Hyland Expands Enterprise CMS Solution for Healthcare with New Acquisition
Consolidating its role in the health sector, Hyland (news, site) picks up CSC Group, a company that offers revenue, financial and paper-scanning tools for the kidney bean counters. Driving ECM in Healthcare Back in March, Hyland picked up the hosted healthcare solution, eWebHealth.
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GRC Roll-up: Corporate Secrets and iPads for Healthcare
A new survey tells us the value of your company's secrets. In other news, iPads are slowly coming to healthcare IT. The Value of Corporate Secrets A survey of 305 IT leaders from around the world, conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft and RSA, the Security Division of
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GRC Roll-up: Enforcing Social Media Policy, Archiving at the Library of Congress
Companies are regularly dealing with social media and how enforcing policies earlier on can help mitigate risk. Perhaps even more daunting for companies is the stack of information needing to be archived and managed. This week we share insights about each. Enforcing Social Media Policy According to the Application Usage and Risk Report, a
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GRC Roll-up: Legal Ramifications of the Cloud, SMBs Sweat Compliance
In the GRC world this week, we examine electronic records legislation, the need for compliance in the cloud and how small businesses need to implement strategies to reduce risk. Does Cloud Have a Boss? In a recent article, Richard Adhikari asked Who's the Boss in Cloud Land? Adhikari nicely sums
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GRC Roll-up: The Mistakes and Rewards of IT Security Compliance
This week the GRC Roll-Up tackles IT security compliance, both the mistakes to avoid and the rewards it can reap. There's also some HIPAA thrown in for good measure. Mistakes of IT Security Compliance Anyone who works within the realm of IT GRC knows that ambiguities abound.
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Cabinet NG Partners Providing Document Management for Medical Community
Cabinet NG (news, site) has just notched up another scalp with the announcement that it has gone into partnership with DataNet, a software provider for the not-for-profit and free medical services sector.
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Ektron-Based CMS Starter Kit for Hospitals Is Here
MResult Corp. released its new Hospital Portal Starter Site based on the Web CMS Ektron CMS400.NET. The Starter Site includes a customizable information architecture, content templates and pre-defined functional modules designed to help hospitals quickly implement consumer-facing Web sites.
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M & A: Hyland Software is Off the Market
An attractive acquisition target for the bigger players in the enterprise content management space because of their success in both the healthcare and banking industries, the purveyors of the OnBase document management solution have gone in a different direction and agreed to be acquired by a private equity firm.
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