With healthcare technology changing and improving everyday, precision medicine (PM), the medical model proposing customizing healthcare, including an individualized tailoring of all medical decisions, practices, and products to every patient, is also on the rise. Today’s Friday Five includes everything you need to currently know about precision medicine.
Immunization Registries have been a part of the public health objectives associated with the CMS EHR Incentive Programs. In stage 2, the objective is the capability to submit electronic data to immunization registries or immunization information systems except where prohibited, and in accordance with applicable law and practice.
Female health information technology (IT) workers in the United States have been consistently paid less over the past 10 years than their male peers, with the pay gap disparity worsening over time, according to a study of compensation data gathered and analyzed by HIMSS.
Public Health Matters is an underlying theme to many health blogs. Check out some of the top blog posts we read over the past few weeks from both well known and lesser known bloggers. Engage in your healthcare and never stop learning to be a healthier you.
OnlineSchoolsCenter.com has recently released their list of the Top 15 Online Schools for Bachelor’s of Health Informatics Degree Programs, a detailed catalogue concerning the finest available undergraduate distance education programs in the country.
By Karen DeSalvo & Jocelyn Samuels – The Office for Civil Rights released a HIPAA fact sheet earlier this year reinforcing patients’ right to access their health information and clarifying, among other things, that patients may be charged only limited fees for copies of their health information.
By John Halamka MD – When my father died 3 years ago, my comments at his funeral noted that the greatest aspiration any of us can have is to make a difference in the world. My father’s life made a difference. I’m always self critical and analyzing my own life. I moved to Boston 20 years ago this month.
The ONC Annual Meeting was held in Washington DC on May 31 – June 2nd. Day three was centered all on the consumer and patient. An ongoing cause of the ONC, patients should be informed, involved, and empowered. Read our recap story.
Connecticut Innovations (CI), the leading source of financing and ongoing support for Connecticut’s innovative, growing companies, announced the launch of VentureClash, a $5 million global investment challenge for early-stage digital health and financial technology (fintech) companies.
By Lucia Savage & Deven McGraw – For many years now, health IT developers, consumer advocates, and representatives from U.S and international governments have converged on Washington D.C. each spring for Health Datapalooza. New this year is a Privacy and Security Day.
The Central and Southern Ohio chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (CSOHIMSS) in partnership with the Northern Ohio HIMSS chapter (NOHIMSS) announces its 9th annual Ohio Healthcare Information Technology Day (OHIT Day) at the Ohio Statehouse.
By Kathleen “Cook” Uhl MD – At FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 2015 was an important year. It was our first full year of operation after vastly expanding our office’s scope and structure
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