How AI can power early detection of dementia
Biogen recently announced it is eliminating Adulhelm spending, which brings into question whether drugs are the only answer to Alzheimer's – especially when advanced, IT-enabled early detection...
View ArticleOracle exec testifies before Senate on EHR modernization
The Electronic Health Record Modernization program initiated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is among the most complex IT projects in history, with a timeline stretching over a decade and...
View ArticleHow telehealth can help solve the physician specialist shortage
Everyone in healthcare is well aware of the specialists shortage crisis in the industry today. There just are not enough physician specialists to treat all the patients in need, especially ones in...
View ArticleMayo Clinic, Mercy working together on major 10-year data initiative
Mayo Clinic and Mercy this week announced what they're calling a "first-of-its-kind alliance" between these two leading-edge IT and informatics pioneers.WHY IT MATTERS The 10-year agreement will see...
View ArticleRoundup: New partnerships for Allscripts, athenahealth and Oracle Cerner
Several new partnerships were announced this week between legacy electronic health record vendors and smaller tech firms offering services and capabilities across a variety of clinical and operational...
View ArticleRoundup: M&A and a spinoff for Clearwater, RLDatix and 3M
Several big healthcare acquisitions and divestments were underway this week, as risk management specialist Clearwater bought security management firm Tech Lock; governance, risk and compliance company...
View ArticleLifePoint Health inks data deal with Health Catalyst
Brentwood, Tennessee-based LifePoint Health has entered a new collaboration with Health Catalyst and will use its analytics technologies to help bolster care quality, lower costs and improve population...
View ArticleUnparalleled nursing shortage and how care communication technology can help
The unparalleled nursing shortage facing the health care industry in a post-pandemic world is a result of many contributing factors, some that have been developing for decades. Hospitals cannot...
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View ArticleQ&A: Why mental health chatbots need strict safety guardrails
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View ArticleSharp Healthcare, Sanford Health first to join Dandelion Health Data Consortium
Sharp HealthCare, a leading healthcare system serving San Diego, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, have joined with New...
View ArticleVA taps internal informatics director to take reins of rocky EHR rollout
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has selected Dr. David Massaro as acting senior medical advisor for its Office of the Functional Champion to lead the Electronic Health Record Modernization...
View ArticleHospitals still don't have a handle on their IoT devices
The Insecurity of Connected Devices in HealthCare 2022 report from Cynerio and The Ponemon Institute details some alarming trends for healthcare, including widespread and repeated attacks, financial...
View ArticleCaregiver staffing shortages and the future of clinical surveillance
As the healthcare industry continues to face challenges related to staffing shortages, the way care is administered and received must shift to better complement both clinicians and patients –...
View ArticleMarinHealth to roll out UCSF-tailored version of Epic EHR
MarinHealth this week said it will implement a new electronic health record system – a version of Epic developed at University of California San Francisco called APeX.WHY IT MATTERS APeX stands for...
View ArticleNSF and Amazon award $1M for healthcare AI integrity
Duke University and the University of Connecticut are two of 13 recipients receiving funding through the third round of Fairness in AI program funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and...
View ArticleOpenNotes, Lipitz Center launch coalition for care partner engagement
OpenNotes and The Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have launched the Coalition for Care Partners to strengthen healthcare's...
View ArticleHIMSSCast: Using EHRs to confront the opioid crisis
Electronic health records systems are at the core of health IT. They are essential tools in the delivery of healthcare.Further, they can be used to help solve complex healthcare problems.This HIMSSCast...
View ArticleFBI prevents Nebraska hospital cyber attack
Butler County Health Care Center in David City, Nebraska, dodged a malware attack planted just before July 4th, thanks to quick action by the FBI. WHY IT MATTERSLaw enforcement investigators in Ireland...
View ArticleNuance and Covera launch radiology-focused Quality Care Collaborative
Nuance Communications and Covera Health this past week announced the launch of the Quality Care Collaborative, a new project they say is designed to support radiology quality improvement initiatives...
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