Every year, home health care has more of a presence at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Though that increase may actually represent a move from .5% to 1% of the educational sessions, keynotes and exhibit hall vendor offerings, growth is growth. It was a little easier this year to find technologies HCTR readers ought to know. Here are the best ones we found.

Vish Sankanran is the number two person in the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, reporting directly to Dr. David Blumenthal. He sat down with editor Tim Rowan during the 2010 meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society in Atlanta to encourage the home care community to join the conversation and let the ONC know what it needs. The interview was recorded and is available now on the HCTR video system.

— VA EMR software glitch sends docs incorrect patient data. — FCC showcases healthcare working recommendations in upcoming National Broadband Plan, including discussion of connectivity issues that hinder the adoption of Health IT and the transformation of the Rural Health Program to address them.

Thornberry to Install NDoc for Absolute Skilled Home Health in North Canton, Ohio.

This article appears in the February 22 edition of "RAC Assistance for Home Care." Click here to go to http://homehealthnews.org/category/rac-hc

As social networking grows in popularity among healthcare professionals, so does it grow as a target for computer hackers and identity thieves. This is a massive problem for one obvious reason. While the online social world is dominated by casual computer users, even drawing those who had no previous interest in online gaming or shopping, the community of hackers and thieves are among the most sophisticated technofiles in the world. This is an unfortunate pairing of people easily deceived with deception masters.