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Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich is the Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Advocate, and others. Previously, she was Vice President and Managing Editor at Rewire.News.

By Kat Jercich | 03:24 pm | June 18, 2020
Predictive analytics platform CLEW's ICU tool uses artificial intelligence to help identify patients with a greater likelihood of respiratory failure or hemodynamic instability.
By Kat Jercich | 12:03 pm | June 18, 2020
The platform can now be used to furnish encrypted patient data to third-party applications.
By Kat Jercich | 02:08 pm | June 17, 2020
Of the 31 changes federal policymakers have enacted so far to ease access to virtual care, senators wondered: How many should be made permanent?
By Kat Jercich | 10:25 am | June 17, 2020
The 14 federally funded regional TRCs have seen an enormous uptick in requests for assistance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Security
By Kat Jercich | 03:45 pm | June 16, 2020
More than 40% of survey respondents said they didn't trust any organization to keep their data safe.
Security
By Kat Jercich | 01:58 pm | June 16, 2020
The 25-bed hospital, which did not pay the ransom, is still working to get full access to files from August 2012 through August 2017.
By Kat Jercich | 09:32 am | June 16, 2020
Providers say patient reluctance to disclose their identities could present problems on both an individual and population-wide level.
By Kat Jercich | 03:11 pm | June 15, 2020
Epic worked with the health system to deploy the electronic health record virtually, in response to enduring travel and social distancing restrictions around COVID-19.
By Kat Jercich | 10:48 am | June 15, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has acted as an "unexpected experiment" for telehealth, but despite its huge promise and the hopes of many that it will become the new normal, experts say it's difficult to predict what's next.
By Kat Jercich | 01:54 pm | June 12, 2020
The bipartisan HEALTH Act would make permanent Medicare payments for telehealth services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.

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