Jamie Thompson, Healthcare IT News
“Northgate Managed Services has been announced as the preferred bidder to roll out a clinical portal service, based on technology from Carefx, for NHS Lothian, NHS Fife, NHS Borders and NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
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Mike Miliard, Healthcare IT News
“A new survey from Intuit Health, the developer of patient portal and communication technology, finds two major trends when it comes to Americans and their healthcare: they’re worried about their medical bills, and they expect their physicians to be easily accessible online.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“Identity management in healthcare was a hot topic at the Smart Card Alliance 9th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference held last week in Washington. Controlling access to healthcare records, particularly when it comes to consent, was an issue recognized by experts as requiring more innovation.
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Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews
“Communication giant Verizon says it has created a new service that will help health care organizations combat the biggest hurdle when it comes to information exchange — incompatible information technology platforms.
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“The Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange (HIE) is working on its user authentication and identity proofing to ensure patient privacy.
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Carolyn Bloch, Federal Telemedicine News
“A computer security invention patented a decade ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is ready to help safeguard patient privacy in hospitals.
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theMobileHealthCrowd
“According to LSS Data Systems, Citizens Memorial Healthcare have rolled out their web-based LSS Patient Portal. Since their pilot implementation at two of their clinics last spring, CMH has extended the portal to patients to approximately 10 of their clinics, enabling secure online access to their medical record information via Citizens’ own web site.
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Dom Nicastro, HealthLeaders Media
‘Though many popular Web sites have strong privacy practices in place, there is still no better time to analyze where, when, how, and if your personal health information (PHI) is circulating through these types of Web sites.
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EMR Daily News
“International Oncology Network (ION), a business unit of AmerisourceBergen’s Specialty Group, has entered into an agreement with Altos Solutions that gives ION’s membership of community-based oncology practices preferred access to OncoEMR, Altos Solutions’ electronic medical records (EMR) system.
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“Het EPD blijft ons bezighouden. Er lijkt zich echter een nieuwe invalshoek aan te dienen. Een invalshoek waarover een aantal mensen in de afgelopen tijd meermaals gewezen hebben die niets met de techniek van doen heeft: de factor mens.”
Artikel (Dutch)
Lodewijk Bos, Patiënt en EPD, 13 November 2008
