Author archive for Traci Miller

  • Simple solutions can help fill gaps in health care

    Story by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio August 8, 2013 FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Martha Hitzeman is legally blind, and…

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  • Physician Payments Sunshine Act Goes Into Effect Without Initial Concerns

    From Kaiser Health News article by Kelsey Miller – August 5th, 2013 The Physician Payments Sunshine Act, an Affordable Care…

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  • Walgreens must pay woman $1.44 million over HIPAA violation

    From July 26, 2013 Indianapolis News article A Marion County Indiana jury Friday awarded a woman $1.44 million after finding…

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  • ICD-10 Transition Should be Major Focus Now

    From July 22, 2013 Article on HealthLeaders Media Hoping for a deadline extension, many physician practices are behind. Instead they…

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  • Massive Open Online Healthcare (MOOH)

    A tongue-in-cheek Article from the Atlantic dated July 10, 2013 Simply eliminate the human element, and costs will plummet toward…

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  • 60% of Docs Wouldn’t Recommend Their Profession as a Career

    Article from HealthLeaders Media posted July 11, 2013 The administrative burden of being a physician continues to fuel discontent among…

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  • 10-Point ONC Safety Plan Seeks to Improve EHR Use

    Article from HealthLeaders Media posted July 9, 2013 New federal guidelines aim for electronic health record systems to be used…

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  • EHR Design Flaws Contribute to Patient Harm in the ED

    From June 26, 2013 Article from HealthLeaders Media Errors in patient care, attributed to electronic health record systems used in…

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  • Sharing Electronic Medical Records Still Too Hard

    From article posted on InformationWeek June 17, 2013 The average patient can’t fathom why the sharing of electronic medical records…

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  • More Mobile EHRs Add Speech Recognition

    From June 10, 2013 article on InformationWeek web site. While some companies still lag behind, EHR vendors are moving rapidly…

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