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Discuss  | Read More | |  Bury | Tagged: rep honda reintroduces mobile health innovation legislation
On Thursday, Rep. Mike Honda reintroduced a bill aimed at advancing mobile health innovation as well as other health technologies. The bill would require FDA to establish a new Office of Wireless Health and create an HHS program to support mobile health developers and help them ensure that their technologies align with privacy regulations. TMC News, Honda release.
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Discuss  | Read More | |  Bury | Tagged: writing safety critical software agile riskbased approach norm modern medical device development
I first started using and mentoring developers on agile software development techniques like eXtreme Programming (XP) and Scrum over a decade ago. Often called “lightweight” methodologies, agile software development lifecycles have been generally misunderstood as lacking enough rigor and sophistication to be used in safety-critical systems. Many have erroneously assumed that Agile, Scrum, and related [...]
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Source website: http://www.healthcareguy.com/2013/06/14/writing-safety-critical-software-using-an-agile-risk-based-approach-should-be-the-norm-in-modern-medical-device-development/

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Whether or not they’re expanding coverage eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, state Medicaid programs are subject to a fair amount of financial and policy flux these days.   Big data:  None read more
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In a surprisingly candid conversation about iEHR, CIOs of the Military Health System and the U.S. Navy offered a glimpse into how their organization makes large IT decisions, most notably concerning the EHR it is looking to acquire. Big data:  None read more
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Discuss  | Read More | |  Bury | Tagged: atul gawande future healthcare requires constant reinvention
Atul Gawande, MD, professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and staff writer at The New Yorker, offered a reflective presentation earlier this month at Health Datapalooza IV, taking the audience back through what the healthcare system used to look like, and showing and how data innovations have helped set the stage for big transformations. Big data:  None read more
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In a June 13 safety communication, the Food and Drug Administration warned medical device manufacturers; hospitals; medical device user facilities; healthcare IT and procurements staff; and biomedical engineers to put safeguards in place to reduce the risk of cyber attack. Big data:  None read more
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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and Digital Citizens Alliance report Google has removed YouTube videos and online ads promoting websites selling medications without prescriptions. Last week, Hood threatened legal action over the content. AP/Mississippi Press, USA Today.
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1 Comment  | Read More | |  Bury | Tagged: gop house lawmakers irs seizure ehealth records
Republicans on a House panel have asked the Internal Revenue Service for information on how it handles confidential electronic health records. The probe follows a lawsuit alleging that the IRS improperly seized millions of health records. Modern Healthcare, The Hill's "Healthwatch."
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