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Posted 05:52PM EST, March 28, 2008

Microsoft HealthVault

Microsoft entered the Health Records maintenance market with its product HealthVault.


Posted 04:52PM EST, March 28, 2008

CMS releases details on Hospital Compare Website

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a release describing the new features of the Hospital Compare website that features HCAHPS data. In addition to the promised data, new information is provided about elective services.


Posted 04:21PM EST, March 28, 2008

HCAHPS data released online

The initial Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data was posted online today. Data from more than 2,500 hospitals is available to the public.


Posted 01:34PM EST, March 28, 2008

Avatar's Annual Client Symposium is May 19th-May 21st

Join us at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida for our Annual Client Symposium, held Monday May 19th through Wednesday May 21st.


Posted 10:00AM EST, March 28, 2008

HMO mistakenly exposes patient data online

A dental HMO in the Maryland area accidentally exposed the personal information of 75,000 patients in late February. Twenty days after discovering the error, the company notified those affected. The company has since announced that to its knowledge no one has misused the information.


Posted 05:28PM EST, March 27, 2008

Stolen NIH Laptop Contains Patient Data

A National Institutes of Health laptop with sensitive patient data on it was stolen in February. The data was not encrypted and the breach not reported for over a month when NIH officials finally tried to contact affected patients.