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New Guide Helps Consumers Evaluate Mobile Health Apps

The American Health Information Management Association has a new best practice guide to help consumers compare and evaluate different mobile health apps.

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Silver Mining Leads to Patient Data Breach

Ohio-based Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic notified 17,300 patients of a data breach, reports Healthcare IT News.

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Epocrates EDU Bringing Epocrates to Schools

Epocrates has launched Epocrates EDU exclusively for medical education institutions.

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Texts Help Young Asthma Patients

A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology shows that a daily SMS text messages can improve the health outcome of young asthma patients, reports Fierce Mobile Healthcare. Read more...

Anesthesiologists Request Meaningful Use Exemptions

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is requesting that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT maintains the hardship exemption for anesthesiologists, reports FierceEMR.

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Health and Human Services Declares App Challenge Winner

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced the grand prize winner of its Healthfinder.gov Mobile App Challenge. So reports Government Health IT. Read more...

Tech Toolkit to Help Docs Help the Aging

Recognizing that mHealth technology offers medical professionals new ways to improve the care of America's aging population, the Center for Technology and Aging has launched an online mHealth Toolkit. So reports Healthcare IT News.

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Is the Box a Better Way to Store, Share EHRs?

Box, a secure data sharing site, announced it has achieved federal HIPAA and HITECH compliance certification, reports Infoworld. Read more...

Fax Snafu Leads to HIPAA Violation

The WestCoast Children’s Clinic notified patients of a HIPAA breach at the clinic, reports Healthcare IT News. Read more...

Two Electronic Health Records Fail Certification

For the first time, an electronic health record system provider has had its certification revoked, reports Government Health IT. Read more...

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