The Office of Civil Rights is piloting the HIPAA Audit Program this month to ensure covered entities and business associates are compliant with HIPAA privacy and security rules and breach notification standards, according to the OCR.
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Alarms are the top health technology hazard for 2012, according to an ECRI Institute white paper.
Results from a nationwide investigation show MRSA co-infection in the lungs of pediatric H1N1 patients increased the risk for mortality eight-fold, according to a news release from Children’s Hospital Boston. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on MRSA.
A former cardiologist from Austin, Texas, was ordered to pay fines, enroll in educational courses and undergo review by another physician over allegations that he placed too many heart stents in eight patients and caused one man to die, according…
Physicians are more likely to order cardiac stress imaging procedures when they own the imaging equipment, according a study from Duke University Medical Center. The study found that physicians who are reimbursed for performing the test with their technology and…
Oklahoma City-based Integris Health has acquired Plaza Medical Group to create Integris Cardiovascular Physicians, according to a system news release. Oklahoma City-based PMG has already been affiliated with Integris Baptist Medical Center and Integris Heart Hospital. This integration is inclusive…
Chronically ill adults who received care from a medical home were likely to fare better than those who did not, according to an international Commonwealth Fund survey.
Catholic Healthcare West's Marian Medical Center is close to opening its new $210 million replacement facility in Santa Maria, Calif., according to a KSBY report.
A spokeswoman for the retail giant Walmart has confirmed that the company is seeking partners in hopes to become "the largest provider of primary healthcare services in the nation," according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Ohio residents voted yesterday to approve an amendment to the state Constitution that would block the highly contentious insurance mandate provision of the healthcare reform law, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.