Imaging startup links with Epic
HealthMyne, a Madison, Wisconsin-based radiology startup, is working with nearby Epic Systems and UW Health to integrate its informatics platform with electronic health record data.
[See also: Q&A: Epic President Carl Dvorak]
Imaging
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 17, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Analytics Electronic Health Records Imaging Population Health Workflow Source Type: news
Keystroke logger detected on hospital's computers
A hospital in Kentucky is notifying patients of a security incident, after it was discovered that some of its computers had been infected with a keystroke logger designed to capture and transmit data as it was typed.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Data Warehousing Electronic Health Records Network Infrastructure Privacy & Security Workforce Source Type: news
CIO on security: 'You can't do it alone'
This past week, Healthcare IT News heard from Pamela Arora, senior vice president and chief information officer at Children's Medical Center Dallas, as she attended HITRUST Health Industry Third Party Assurance Summit.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Data Warehousing Electronic Health Records Privacy & Security Workflow Workforce Source Type: news
A closer look at Geisinger's refund app
Geisinger Health System made waves this past week with its announcement it will offer refunds for 'dissatisfied' surgery patients.
On the surface, it's potentially obvious to see why such a measure would seem extreme, but at the very core of the ProvenExperience program is population health and patient engagement: the cause driving the majority of healthcare organizations.
Mobile
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mobile Patient Engagement Population Health Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Healthcare IT startups to watch
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Farzad Mostashari, MD, CEO of AledadeLess than two months after raising $30 million in Series B funding, last August, Aledade, the physician-focused company launched by former National Coordinator Farzad Mostashari, MD, announced it would launch new accountable care organizations in seven states."Full story.
From accountable care to precision medicine, data analytics to interoperability, this running list k...
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Analytics Clinical Data Warehousing Interoperability Network Infrastructure Source Type: news
4 steps to building cyber breach resilience
4 steps to cyber breach resilience
Cyber-attacks and the resulting data breaches are all over the headlines.
Privacy & Security
4 steps to building cyber breach resilience
While cyber-attackers are becoming ever sophisticated at stealing information from business systems, gaining entry into those systems is relatively easy because employees, vendors and sometimes customers are not very sophisticated at keeping them secure.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Rick Kam,Doug Pollack Tags: Data Warehousing Network Infrastructure Privacy & Security Workflow Workforce Source Type: news
5 tips for winning a bigger cybersecurity budget
Despite the constant stream of data breaches and ever-larger criminal attacks against healthcare and other organizations, CIOs and CISOs are facing a stumbling block when trying to win approval for a larger security budget: Upper management questioning whether they can execute on proposed projects.
So how to convince them?
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Tom Sullivan Tags: Online Only Business Intelligence Compliance & Legal Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Privacy Security Workforce Source Type: news
The secret code to unlocking the benefits of CPT 99490
Unlocking the benefits of CPT 99490
Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
The secret code to unlocking the benefits of CPT 99490
By leveraging a few key strategies, you can greatly simplify the reporting process and begin realizing the financial benefits of the code more quickly than you might expect.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Travis Bond Tags: Financial/Revenue Cycle Management ICD-10 & Coding Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Security tips for a 'cyber workforce'
Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, says developing a well-trained and proactive workforce is key to hospitals and health systems as they stare down growing and evolving cybersecurity threats.
But, as these things often are, that's easier said than done.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 14, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Compliance & Legal Network Infrastructure Policy and Legislation Privacy Security Workforce Source Type: news
When data theft gets personal: Protect patients from an embarrassing breach
When data theft gets personal
When big crimes make the headlines, copycats tend to follow suit. And while speculation that the Ashley Madison hack could have been an inside job is still just that – speculation – the event should raise two immediate questions for organizations everywhere. Do they house sensitive and potentially embarrassing data? If so, is it adequately protected from both internal and external threats?
Privacy & Security
When data theft gets personal: How to protect patients from an...
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Chris Bowen Tags: Cloud Computing Data Warehousing Mobile Patient Engagement Privacy & Security Source Type: news
Patient data breaches widespread, beyond healthcare
It's not just hospitals. Or even payers. Some 392 million health records have been accessed in 1,931 protected health information breaches across a staggering 90 percent of industries, according to preliminary findings from a new Verizon report.
These industries, across 25 countries, have seen health insurance information, personnel files or other data outside of traditional healthcare settings or industries stolen, the study shows.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Cloud Computing Electronic Health Records Mobile Network Infrastructure Privacy & Security Source Type: news
Tackling chronic illness in Southeast U.S.
Intel-GE Care Innovations, a pioneer in connecting the care continuum to the home, has announced it would extend its collaboration with the University of Mississippi Medical Center to bring a new model of care to thousands of chronically ill and underserved people across the Southeastern United States.
Telehealth
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Clinical Mobile Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Source Type: news
Sequoia Project proposes patient matching framework
The lack of effective patient data matching is an ongoing obstacle to seamless information exchange between organizations, according to a new study released this week by The Sequoia Project and the Care Connectivity Consortium (CCC).
Electronic Health Records
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jack McCarthy Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Source Type: news
Can technology transform mental health care?
Can tech change mental health care?
Patient Engagement
Can technology transform mental health care?
Of the roughly 40,000 health apps available for smartphone, there are about 800 apps oriented around mental health. So, if the key to effective therapy, as most professionals argue, is human interaction, can apps provide any benefit at all?
Hea...
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Irv Lichtenwald Tags: Electronic Health Records Mobile Patient Engagement Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Cybersecurity strategies evolving in face of big risk
By necessity, the healthcare industry has seen big changes in its approaches to cybersecurity since 2008, according to a new HIMSS report, which finds a noticeable shift from a compliance-based approach to one focused on risk management.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Data Warehousing Medical Devices Network Infrastructure Privacy & Security Workforce Source Type: news
