Joe takes the lead role in generating news for Health Data Management's award-winning website. He also coordinates the magazine’s news coverage. Before joining the magazine in 1998, he was editor of a sister publication, Health Data Network News, which was replaced by the magazine's website.
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Humana-Epic effort aims to give better decision support to docs, patientsHumana is collaborating with electronic health records vendor Epic as both entities seek to bring together patients, providers and insurers to advance value-based care.
June 11 -
Healthcare organizations must employ a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity, including robust vendor management strategies.
June 11 -
Health insurer Gateway Health has teamed with mobile app vendor WEconnect Health Management to give Pennsylvania plan members ongoing help with recovery from substance abuse.
May 21 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking industry input on ways to develop standards for artificial intelligence.
May 6 -
Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service has had a data breach after an unauthorized user accessed the online provider portal with the intent of fraudulently rerouting a provider financial transaction.
April 16 -
CHIME, a professional association for chief information officers, and AEHiS, which represents chief information security officers, seek tighter control of devices for security purposes.
March 25 -
Three healthcare plans in Tennessee have joined an effort to improve the accuracy of provider data submitted to insurers.
January 29 -
The National Institutes of Health and Fitbit are encouraging users of the activity technology to supply data to find linkages between health and personal activity data
January 18 -
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York is sharing claims data via HEALTHeLINK, the region’s health information exchange, to help providers improve care.
December 14 -
Aetna has signed on to the Synaptic Health Alliance, a group started by Humana and four other insurers earlier this year and which is also adding hospitals.
December 4 -
Health insurer Cigna is launching a mobile app to connect members to its Healthy Pregnancies and Healthy Babies prenatal program.
November 12 -
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is reporting unauthorized access to consumer data in systems that support federal insurance exchanges.
October 23 -
The OCR has hit the health insurer with the fine as part of a settlement from its massive January 2015 breach.
October 17 - Hackers access healthcare, personal info from Toyota entity
Hackers accessed information systems at Toyota Industries North America, compromising personal and protected health information.
October 1 -
The wearables company has created the platform for health insurers, employers and healthcare delivery systems.
September 21 -
Independence Blue Cross is alerting nearly 17,000 members after an employee put protected health information on to a public-facing website.
September 20 -
Healthcare companies take steps to safeguard against backdoor risks.
August 13 -
The goal is to avoid traditional time-consuming tasks of communicating via fax, mail, email, courier and web portals, while reducing costs and speeding processes.
July 26 -
Progress toward a value-based care reimbursement system is slow, with clinicians hampered by a lack of information technology that could help them, according to a new survey of healthcare executives.
July 18 -
Log-in attempts continued on 2 sites for two days in early June and likely came from foreign sources.
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