Despite the HIPAA rules and improved safeguards to PHI, more than 40 million Americans suffered a breach of their personal health information from 2009 through the end of 2014, not including the 80 million record breach that Indianapolis-based insurer Anthem revealed in 2014, according to health IT security firm Redspin of Carpinteria, California.
The last installment of Your Voice includes reactions to MOC and evidence-based medicine .
The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) presents doctors with a dilemma when it comes to protecting patient health data.
Can the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons grow enough to become a true competitor to ABIM?
A breach or poor audit result can undo years of a physician’s hard work
We asked members of the Medical Economics Reader Reactor Panel, 200 physicians representing various specialties across the U.S., about their feelings on maintenance of certification and their daily lives in medicine. Here’s what they said about recertification.
Q: Can you explain the intensive behavior therapy code for treating patients with diabetes? Is this a new code?
Physicians should carry levels of coverage that complement their family’s financial game plan, experts say.
Online life insurance calculators, like the one offered by Bankrate, ask how much survivors will need to spend annually, and for how long. The Bankrate calculator also asks about children and current non-retirement savings.
Doctors and others in healthcare who were hoping to see some immediate relief from cyber attacks thanks to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 will need to wait until next year before they begin getting any help, say those familiar with the legislation.
The rapid expansion and evolution of telemedicine in the U.S. brings with it increased access at lower costs for patients and growing competition for physicians from providers with regional, national and international reputations.
Opting out of the payer hamster wheel can provide greater independence but requires careful planning
Change is usually good, and change can save a medical institution, no matter how big or small.
From the value of hospital 30-day readmissions to the best provider for heart-failure patients, physicians are passionate about several care-based arguments.
Doctors need to identify and address barriers to care, be given necessary resources then be held accountable for delivering high quality care.
Cath lab operators feel like someone is always looking over their shoulder, but leaders offer reasons for optimism.
Theory says monitoring patient weight or heart congestion should help prevent future problems, but evidence is mixed.
it has been announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be adding 1,900 additional diagnostic codes and 3,651 hospital inpatient procedure codes to ICD-10 for fiscal year 2017.
New study findings hammer home ACC speakers’ message about the importance of prevention.
Inequality exists between male and female cardiologist compensation, but strategies exist to narrow the difference.
A new study highlights the need for hepatitis C virus screening of pregnant women to identify HCV-infected children and direct them to proper care. A significant number of babies born to women who are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) remain untested for perinatal infections, according to a new study.
The protease and polymerase inhibitor proved effective and well tolerated in patients with hepatitis C virus and cirrhosis, according to a new study.
Millennials will continue to impact the operation of physician practices as they age with different expectations than the baby boomer group. The survival of your practice is predicated on whether you can adapt to this new patient group with new expectations derived from the digital age we are experiencing.
Community-based program helped beneficiaries lose weight and learn healthy diet and physical activity habits, according to federal agency.
Lifestyle counseling program would be first to be eligible for expansion to all Medicare beneficiaries under the Affordable Care Act.
For the last several years, everyone who works in health care has been hearing about privacy, security, breach notification rules and the possibility of additional audits.
Beginning next year, HHS will commence conducting onsite audits, visiting practices to review compliance.
Healthcare organizations need to focus on improving efficiency while still remaining supportive to physicians, selecting and developing leaders with the skills to foster physician engagement, helping physicians optimize work-life balance, and creating an environment that nurtures flexibility and other qualities that help cultivate physician wellness.
What is our social responsibility to fix this mess called healthcare, get patients what they need and not break the bank in so doing?
This is a mildly edited version of an email I sent a few months ago to my only child, a partner in our practice of primary care internal medicine.