Shooting from the HIPAA: Confessions of a Provider Trying to Provide
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to achieve. (With apologies to Sir Walter Scott) Speaking as a dispensing audiologist (“provider”) who writes on economic issues related to hearing care (“blogger”), let the record show that the confusing landscape of rules and regulations (R&Rs) these days has brought on writer’s block…
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Hearing Health Enters the Big Data Arena: Ownership Considerations
Privacy and Security guidelines for ear-level testing and ear-level devices were discussed in a previous post which focused on who has authority over data and devices. Authority is not the same as ownership, which is the subject of today’s post. Willingness to endorse and participate in these Big Data-driven environments will vary among stakeholder groups (manufacturers,…
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Right Place, Right Time, Right Patient. Right Provider?
Tom J. Northey gives us the second half of his ACO and Audiology post today. In his current forecast of what’s ahead for Audiologists in the changing healthcare market place, he’s introduced us to the ACO (accountable care organization) model, electronic medical records (EMR), and health information exchanges (HIE). It’s time to take those acronyms…
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Does ACO Spell Audiology?
Tom J. Northey is this week’s guest contributor. In July, Hearing Economics did a multi-part series going back in time to 2000, when Mr. Northey wrote a seminal article forecasting our profession’s future choices and coining that popular phrase “Audiology Economics.” Lucky for Hearing Economics, the series caught Mr. Northey’s attention. Though he left the field of…
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