During my IT update presentation at the 2014 PSR Leadership Conference, the following image was shown to illustrate various examples of physician-centric fines that HIPAA / HITECH violations are cracking down on.
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12/30/14 2:39 PM
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More and more physicians are making taking the leap to practice and teach emergency medicine around the world. The number of and types of international opportunities continue to increase to meet the demand, however once you've selected an opportunity, how do you prepare yourself?
A recent settlement, announced by the Office of Civil Rights and the Department of Health and Human Services, involves an Alaskan mental health clinic and addresses what not to do when it comes to following requirements set by the HIPAA Security Rule.
Sparrow Hospital has broken ground on a multi-million dollar project that will add additional rooms to the Michigan hospital. This project is possible thanks to a partnership with Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital.
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12/23/14 7:30 AM
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Richard Gunderman, MD, shares his insights on depression and suicidal ideation among physicians in training, including real examples where he has seen it occur.
Employee Social Security numbers and medical data were swiped in a 'brazen cyberattack' which has prompted privacy advocates to reaffirm the need for further data safeguards.
Abigail Schildcrout, MD, shares her thoughts on not allowing pre-disposed prejudices control the decisions of those who hold positions of power in the emergency department.
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12/18/14 7:30 AM
During my IT update presentation at the 2014 PSR Leadership Conference, the following illustration was shown to depict current trends in Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, dated March 2014. What we discovered was that Epic is the market leader right now with 19.1% of the market. This is from a hospital basis, which would include emergency departments, but is really the overall hospital EHR system.
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12/16/14 10:03 AM
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Kevin Davis' personal account of how an anomaly on a first look MRI cost thousands of dollars in unneeded treatments. He shares his experience of how this costly mistake effected him long-term.
This is a great gain for Sparrow Hospital, in Lansing, Michigan, and physicians with Emergency Medical Associates (EMA) will benefit from expansion in the hospital where they provide emergency services.
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