Provider Directories
If you're one of the thousands expected to attend next week's HIMSS conference in Las Vegas...
Please stop by the Health Market Science Exhibit Booth #13018 where you can pick up a copy of my new position paper - The Semantics of “Trust” and the Disconnect with the General Public. It’s a particularly relevant topic for health information exchange and others with a vested interest in protected health information and the assurances that patients demand from their healthcare providers.
If you are attending next week's ONC Annual Meeting...
Please contact me to schedule some time to discuss your provider directory strategy.
Email:mnelson@healthmarketscience.com. Phone: (610) 533-4654.
Tiger Team Privacy and Security Recommendations Still Fall Short
The ONC Health IT Policy Committee’s Tiger Team has been busy developing privacy and security recommendations for electronic HIE over recent months. They’ve outlined seven recommendations which touch on everything from consent to authentication. While concerns abound regarding security and privacy, they may have overlooked a couple of key points in addressing the need.
Provider Directory – the common denominator in cost-cutting trends
Yesterday’s FierceMarket News article by Karen Cheung echoes an article in Wednesday’s Kaiser Health News that lists five trends to watch for lowering health care costs.
Upcoming Panel: So You Think You Know What a Provider Directory Is?
Faced with mandates to improve administrative processes, reduce fraud, waste and abuse, and improve coordination of care for their members, Medicaid Plans have become key drivers of statewide health information exchanges. HIEs are fueled by patient and provider data. As a matter of fact, influential government and private groups such as the ONC HIT Policy Committee and HIMSS are leading the charge for accurate provider data to populate the provider directories that are needed to address many of the needs of Medicaid plans.
