7 cyber threats worse than PHI breaches
This year was among the worst in cybersecurity across the healthcare sector.
On average, companies that got breached did not know it for 270 days and some had even been breached for seven years without knowing it, according to Richard Clarke, the former White House cybersecurity czar who served three presidents.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 1, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Tom Sullivan Tags: Online Only Medical Devices Network Infrastructure Policy and Legislation Privacy & Security Workforce Source Type: news
Consumer engagement: 'more rhetoric than reality'
Health IT is moving toward a consumer engagement focus to fuel population health. But despite a growing patient demand for electronic access to personal health records, technical and political barriers often limit the amount, value and accessibility of data, a recent EDM Forum report finds.
Patient Engagement
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 1, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Meaningful Use Patient Engagement Source Type: news
Live updates from the Privacy & Security Forum in Boston
Healthcare IT News' biggest event yet, the three-day Privacy & Security Forum will convene nearly 70 expert speakers from across healthcare and beyond, offering perspectives and best practices for managing one of biggest challenges of our time: protecting patient data. Follow live here.
Privacy & Security (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 1, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard,Tom Sullivan,Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Data Warehousing Medical Devices Mobile Network Infrastructure Privacy & Security Source Type: news
$6M to help kids cope with asthma
Researchers at UCLA and USC will employ a $6 million award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop technology to help children with asthma.
The four-year grant is part of a national $144 million initiative called Pediatric Research using Integrated Sensor Monitoring Systems or PRISMS.
Mobile
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 1, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Analytics Medical Devices Mobile Quality and Safety Source Type: news
CPSI acquires Healthland in $250M EHR deal
In a deal that will have implications for rural and community hospitals as well as the post-acute care market, Computer Programs and Systems announced Nov. 25 that it would acquire rival Healthland Holding and its affiliates.
CPSI, which develops healthcare information systems tailored for rural and critical access hospitals, will acquire Healthland for $250 million in cash and stock, the company announced.
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 1, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jeff Lagasse Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Electronic Health Records Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Workforce Source Type: news
Cybersecurity's hidden pool of talent
Cybersecurity's hidden pool of talent
It's not exactly a secret that there's a worldwide shortage of experienced cyber security professionals. At least one widely-cited report has put the figure at over a million unfulfilled positions, while also noting that the answer won't be quickly solved simply by stepping up the number of cyber security college graduates.
Privacy & Security
Cybersecurity’s hidden pool of talent
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 30, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Chris Bowen Tags: Data Warehousing Policy and Legislation Privacy & Security Workflow Workforce Source Type: news
Nuance launches CDS tools for value-based radiology
At RSNA in Chicago today, Nuance announced it's joined forces with the National Decision Support Company, unveiling new tools that combine clinical decision support, radiology reporting and image sharing technology.
The aim, say Nuance officials, is to help radiologists better comply with emerging value-based reimbursement models.
Imaging
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 30, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records Imaging Source Type: news
Health IT: driving care delivery
Innovations in healthcare will be challenging without a continuous assessment of growing healthcare IT needs and how they affect delivery methods, a recent American Hospital Association white paper reports.
Interoperability
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 30, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Interoperability Meaningful Use Patient Engagement Population Health Source Type: news
2015 Best Hospital IT Departments: Meet the winners
Hospital IT departments have a lot on their proverbial plates these days, as they work to help their health systems manage the minutia of meaningful use attestations, deal with the nuts and bolts of the ICD-10 changeover (so far, so good!) and strengthen defenses against data security threats that only seem to get more complex and vexing by the minute. To name just a few.
Best Hospital Label:
Best Hospital IT Departments
Workforce
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use Network Infrastructure Quality and Safety Workforce Source Type: news
Big Data Byte: From Dabbling to Doing
Short Headline:
Big Data Byte: From Dabbling to Doing
Brian Doty and Ryan Renner of Deloitte Consulting talk about how providers are moving from analyzing historical data into the realm of predictive analytics and real-time recommendations for clinicians.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Bailey Tags: Analytics Source Type: news
New trends ahead for imaging informatics
As imaging and IT professionals look past Thanksgiving and toward RSNA, a new report spotlights emerging strategies for radiology technology: vendor neutral archives, clinical decision support, secure image exchange and more.
Imaging
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Clinical Data Warehousing Decision Support Health Information Exchange (HIE) Imaging Source Type: news
Cybercrime is impacting healthcare credit ratings
The rise of cybercrime is increasing the risk of healthcare institutions seeing a drop in their credit ratings, Moody's Investor's Service states in a new report.
In "Cyber Risk of Growing Importance to Credit Analysis," Moody's examines how credit analysis incorporates ever-increasing cyber risk.
[See also: 5 ways to avoid health data breaches]
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Cloud Computing Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Network Infrastructure Privacy & Security Source Type: news
El Camino Hospital goes live with Epic
Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Hospital, an electronic health records pioneer for nearly five decades, has completed its customized $150 million Epic implementation, known as iCare.
Electronic Health Records
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Network Infrastructure Quality and Safety Workflow Workforce Source Type: news
Social selling in healthcare takes time but is worth the wait
Social selling in healthcare takes time
Kemp Edmonds, Lead Solutions Consultant at Hootsuite Media, says it's time to get real about social selling and call it what it really is: social networking. Social media is long-term relationship building tool and not a tool to make sales. It's a tool to build relationships with individuals, people and brands.
So, why do most B2B companies continue to sell?
Business Intelligence
Social selling in healthcare takes time but is worth the wait
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Cari McLean Tags: Business Intelligence Source Type: news
View from the inside: Why ONC's interoperability timeline makes sense
Interoperability timeline makes sense
On October 6, The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released its long-awaited 10-year roadmap for health data interoperability. For some observers and pundits outside the health IT sector, that may seem like too long to wait. As a vendor who has been fighting the interoperability battle for eight years so far, it sounds about right.
Interoperability
View from the inside: Why ONC's interoperability timeline makes sense
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Hamid Tabatabaie Tags: Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Policy and Legislation Population Health Source Type: news
