Senate mandates cyberattack reporting to CISA
The U.S. Senate this past week passed legislation that would mandate reports of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and federal civilian agencies. Sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., the...
View ArticleIntermountain first to triple HIMSS Stage 7 status
ORLANDO, Fla. – On Tuesday at HIMSS22, it was announced that Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare is the first health system in the world to earn three-time Stage 7 status under HIMSS' new...
View ArticleClinicians key when assessing EHR safety
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View ArticleSenator tells VA to 'stop the rollout' of EHR after more OIG reports
U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., issued a statement on Thursday asking the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to stop the planned March 26 go-live of its new Cerner electronic health record system...
View ArticleHospitalist talks tech innovation for staffing shortages and patient access
A shortage of nurses and other workers will continue to erode hospital financial performance throughout 2022, according to a Healthcare Quarterly report from Moody's.Two of many challenges loom in the...
View ArticleBiden urges 'immediately' hardened cyber defenses, citing Russia
President Joe Biden released a statement on Monday doubling down on the potential for Russia to conduct malicious cyber activity against the United States. The president noted that Russia could...
View ArticleTelehealth will endure, but providers are managing expectations
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View ArticleNHS to work with Australian healthcare tech firm Beamtree
Australian health data firm, Beamtree, has landed its first NHS contracts with four hospital trusts in England.Milton Keynes University Hospitals, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, Southern Health NHS...
View ArticleThe value of integrating in-person and virtual care
An array of disconnected, niche, point applications and ones that are not purpose-built for healthcare are fragmenting an already disjointed healthcare experience – and potentially marginalizing the...
View ArticleLatest HIMSS report features APAC digital health transformation stories...
HIMSS has recently published a report that looks into the digital transformation journeys of Asia-Pacific health organisations during the ongoing pandemic.Their notable efforts are covered in the first...
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Hackensack Meridian Health shows the benefits of telepsychiatry
Addressing the increasing need for behavioral health services is a nationwide challenge. With a shortage of physicians to address the growing need for care, a lack of providers who accept Medicaid, and...
View ArticleOsaka Saiseikai Izuo Hospital uses smart glasses for remote communication and...
Osaka Saiseikai Izuo Hospital in Japan is using the Vuzix M400 smart glasses to provide remote medical support within the hospital's infectious zones.WHAT IT'S ABOUTThe Vuzix smart glasses enables...
View ArticleFormer HIMSS Chair Dave Garets dies at 73
Dave Garets, whose four decades of experience in healthcare and technology included work as a technical specialist at AT&T, a hospital chief information officer, a management consultant and early...
View ArticleNovant Health spins off new biz division to drive innovation
North Carolina-based Novant Health, with its 15 hospitals and 700-plus outpatient facilities across the Southeast, announced the launch this week of a new business division it will use to "incubate,...
View ArticleIntel gives Intermountain funding to expand patient safety monitoring
Intermountain Healthcare a $100,000 grant from Intel to develop new remote monitoring capabilities in its hospitals.WHY IT MATTERS The money is helping fund acquisition of 70 new camera systems for use...
View ArticlePATCH Act seeks to shore up security for medical devices, IoT networks
The new Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care Act would implement a series of new requirements for medical device and network security.WHY IT MATTERS The bipartisan bill was introduced in the...
View ArticleThe value of RFID-enabled medications
The market for radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions is growing, largely thanks to its ability to help healthcare organizations automate data capture and asset tracking across the hospital...
View ArticleGovernment Accountability Office asks CMS to assess telehealth quality for...
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View ArticleEHR outage takes down federal Cerner systems
[Ed. note: This piece has been updated to include comments from the VA.]Dozens of federal sites experienced an electronic health records outage this past week, leading to nearly three hours in which...
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