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Health care providers seek convergence

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Efforts to secure network and building access nascent but growing

As more health care providers begin the move to electronic medical records, efforts are underway to better secure the computers and networks that store the data.

The U.S. government’s Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and it’s $19 billion for providers has been the driver for many to move to electronic records.

The legislation also calls for health care organization to have “meaningful use” of the software in order to qualify for the grants. “The criteria requires health care data to be kept confidential, private and secure, accurate, shareable with patients as well as providers, mobile and exchangeable, and readily available,” states a Smart Card Alliance white paper that was released in February.

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Rhode Island health system boosts patient care with AeroScout RTLS

AeroScout is working with Siemens Healthcare to deploy AeroScout’s real-time location system to help health care organizations improve operations and quality of care.

Most recently Siemens implemented AeroScout’s Temperature Monitoring solution across three of Lifespan’s hospitals in Rhode Island. Using its existing Wi-Fi network, Lifespan is monitoring and managing the temperature of hundreds of refrigerators that contain critical items, such as pharmaceuticals, blood, and research materials.

Saratoga Hospital implements DigitalPersona solution

DigitalPersona announced it has deployed biometric solutions to help manage the security of protected health information to better comply with industry regulations at Saratoga Hospital.

Intelligent InSites, Pentaho helps hospitals improve RFID and RTLS efficiency

Intelligent InSites has incorporated Pentaho Corporation’s business analytics into its platform in an effort to automate real-time location systems (RTLS) data analysis and provide enhanced business intelligence tools for health care providers.

NFC Forum, Continua Health Alliance collaborate on NFC-enabled health care products

Continua Health Alliance, an industry organization of health care and technology companies, is teaming up with the NFC Forum to expand NFC connectivity technology in the health IT industry.

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GADEMA K. QUOQUOI Permalink

June 22, 2011 2:23 PM

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "NATIONWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK", WILL REQUIRED A "BALANCING ACT."

BECAUSE OF PATIENTS' CONCERN ABOUT THE PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND SECURITY COMPARE WITH, THE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS TO BE GAINED FROM THE FULL DEPLOYMENT OF NHIN FOR EHR/EMR/PHR INTEROPERABILITY, WE MUST BALANCED PRIVACY VERSUS NHIN BENEFITS.

PLEASE SEE: WWW.NATIONWIDEEHRINTEROPERABILITY.BLOGSPOT.COM WWW.21STCENTURYCOMMUNICATIONS.BLOGSPOT.COM WWW.GKQUOQUOI.BLOGSPOT.COM

GADEMA K. QUOQUOI PRESIDENT & CEO COMPULINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

http://www.nationwideehrinteroperability.blogspot.com