Morning Headlines 2/12/16
CommonWell Health Alliance Membership Continues to Expand Across the Care Continuum
CommonWell Health Alliance announces seven new members:eClinicalWorks, HIMSS, ImageTrend, lifeIMAGE, Mana Health, MediPortal, and Modernizing Medicine.
Electronic Health Record Adoption and Rates of In-hospital Adverse Events
A retrospective study analyzing 2012-2013 patient visits finds that “fully electronic EHR” use is associated with a 17 to 30 percent decrease in adverse events for patients with cardiovascular disease, pneumonia, or for surgical patients.
Insurer Centene ends search for missing hard drives
Insurer Centene announces that it found the six missing hard drives containing PHI from 950,000 patients that went missing last month.
US News Withdraws Rankings of 2 Children’s Hospitals
US News has removed Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital (TX) and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital (NY) from its annual ranking of children’s hospitals after discovering significant errors in the data submitted by the hospitals.
No worries on HIPAA - they don't bill normally. It certainly suggests the same levels of due diligence as other…