ARTICLES BY MEGAN WILLIAMS

• Aetna: mHealth Contributes To Value-Based Ecosystem Through Social Factors

  11/3/2016

  Over the next year, HIT solution providers can expect to see both mHealth and value-based care cement their roles in the healthcare industry, if not become more important. Aetna though, expects the two to merge in a way that brings clinicians new perspective on their data and their patients, according to mHealth Intelligence.

• MACRA Brings New Challenges For Smaller HIT Vendors

  10/26/2016

  Smaller EHR vendors might end up in a pinch because of certification requirements around MACRA.

• Preventive Healthcare Emerging As Health Technology Sector

  9/20/2016

  Every year, millions of people die from preventable diseases and conditions including diabetes, obesity, infectious disease, chronic respiratory disease, and cardiovascular disease. As technology becomes more fundamental to healthcare, preventive healthcare innovation (technologies used in measures adopted for disease prevention instead of treatment) are showing big predicted growth.

• Vendor At Center Of Potential Healthcare Data Breach

  9/16/2016

  Vendor is likely to blame for yet another recent potential exposure of healthcare data.

• Whitepaper Stresses Breach Cost Of Lost Or Stolen Healthcare Devices

  9/12/2016

  DDS leader, Absolute releases whitepaper on the cost of healthcare data breach settlements involving lost or stolen devices. By Megan Williams, contributing writer

• HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey Reveals Shift In Priorities For Providers

  8/25/2016

  Q3 and Q4 just might be the perfect time to upsell security solutions By Megan Williams, contributing writer

• mHealth Tools Help Cut $8K In Annual Medical Costs For Heart Failure Patients

  8/2/2016

  A Pennsylvania study of a year-long RPM pilot resulted in $8,000 per-patient annual savings in medical costs for heart failure patients and a one-third reduction in hospitalizations. By Megan Williams, contributing writer

• Advice To EHR Vendors From Allscripts President Drive Value By Focusing On Interoperability, APIs

  6/23/2016

  Allscripts President Rick Poulton believes EHR vendors are missing out by focusing on regulations and instead should focus on other factors in response to Meaningful Use coming to a close. By Megan Williams, contributing writer

• FHIR Charges Ahead Into Healthcare

  6/10/2016

  It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on FHIR, but not because HL7 hasn’t been busy.

• mHealth Security Finds An Answer From Hearing Aids

  6/10/2016

  mHealth’s numerous security challenges could possibly be addressed by Near Field Magnet Induction technology used for years in hearing aids and pacemakers.

• Are You Ready For The Telehealth Shift Into mHealth?

  6/8/2016

  Telehealth has always been about extending the reach of medicine closer to where patients are, so perhaps it should be no surprise that the future of telehealth is starting lean toward another healthcare trend — mHealth.

• 8 Mid-year HIT Trends To Watch

  6/7/2016

  Trend lists can seem like a complete waste of your time as a vendor, but don’t jump to any conclusions — your clients are on the same Internet you are, working to stay on top of the cutting-edge conversation in healthcare. So, while many lists can seem like the same information regurgitated for the umpteenth time, what they really contain are clues to key topics that are top-of-mind for your clients.

• Data Breach Affecting 59K Announced By Ohio Mental Health Department

  5/20/2016

  The Ohio Department Of Mental Health And Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) has announced a wide-reaching breach to affected patients. By Megan Williams, contributing writer

• OIG Finds 129 Medicare Security Gaps

  5/17/2016

  The OIG, the nation’s largest office dedicated to combatting waste and fraud within HHS programs, has released its review of Medicare contractors for fiscal year 2014. While some improvements were found, overall, most contractors have room for growth.

• Do New NIST Standards Mean A New Day For Healthcare Encryption?

  5/11/2016

  A new set of cryptographic standards released by the NIST could impact practices around healthcare data encryption.