Microsoft offers tools to protect patient data amid heightened COVID-19...
St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has 15,000 employees and more than 1 million patient records. Given the sheer amount of data being exchanged on a daily basis, "keeping...
View ArticleBrazil's digital transformation is progressing despite challenges
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View ArticleVA taps Philips for 10-year, potentially $100M telehealth critical care contract
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a major long-term contract to Philips to build out the VA’s tele-critical care infrastructure.WHY IT MATTERS The 10-year agreement, which could total...
View ArticleCMS issues guidance for new telehealth eCQM reporting in 2020 and 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has put together further detailed guidance for how healthcare providers should be documenting and reporting electronic clinical quality measures for...
View ArticleGeisinger's digital strategy to combat COVID-19 and accelerate enterprise...
AnalyticsPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyTelehealthWorkforceThe COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. At Geisinger, the crisis has...
View ArticleRussian hackers targeting healthcare orgs for coronavirus vaccine info
The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre said in an advisory Thursday that Russian hackers are targeting organizations involved in coronavirus vaccine development and testing.The statement,...
View ArticleKey lessons learnt from the COVID-19 responses in APAC
In the final episode of HIMSS APAC Digital Dialogue Series hosted by Dr Charles Alessi, HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer, guest speaker Tim Kelsey, Senior Vice President, HIMSS Analytics International...
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Yavapai Regional reduces opioid prescriptions by 6% with Cerner EHR-PDMP...
The healthcare industry is all too familiar with the opioid crisis, which is having a pervasive, devastating effect on the country. Prescott, Arizona, home of Yavapai Regional Medical Center, is no...
View ArticleAMA & other med groups express 'dismay' at prospect of waivers made permanent
Lots of industry groups want to see the temporary government waivers enacted early on during the COVID-19 public health emergency – the ones enabling the vast expansion of telehealth and remote patient...
View ArticleNew outlook for telehealth
On Day 1 of the HIMSS APAC Malaysia Digital Health Summit, Dr Shannon Nott, Director of Medical Services, Western New South Wales (NSW) Local Health District and Shehaan Fernando, Regional Director...
View ArticleNew AI diagnostic tool knows when to defer to a human, MIT researchers say
Machine learning researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, or CSAIL, have developed a new AI diagnostic system they say can do two things: make a decision or diagnosis...
View ArticleEpic faces employee backlash over COVID-19 return to work policies
Epic Systems expects most of its 10,000 employees to return to its Verona, Wisconsin, campus on Monday after months of remote work. That does not sit well with many of them. According to multiple...
View ArticleAmerica's response to COVID-19: 'A tale of two countries'
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View ArticleEpic allows wider latitude on employee return policy
In a letter sent this past weekend to the public health supervisor of Dane County, Wisconsin, where its 1,000-acre campus is located, Epic Chief Administrative Officer Sverre Roang said the company has...
View ArticleAddressing security challenges presented by HIEs
Health information exchanges can be a way for providers to access clinical information in efficient and, ideally, seamless ways.But experts say they can also present security challenges."You should be...
View ArticlePew & MedStar urge focus on patient safety in EHR survey
As one of the provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT contracted with the Urban Institute to develop a reporting program collecting information...
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