Tom Sullivan
IDC report says cloud services are transforming IT departments into lines of business as they acquire daily operations tasks instead of carrying them out on their own.
The new framework includes analytics, cloud security, malware protection and other services.
Zane Burke told investors said that the same EHR technology used for subs can benefit rural providers that are often in regions with scarce connectivity.
Both device manufacturers and providers lack confidence that devices are secure and most won’t get a bigger budget to protect them until a breach strikes, Ponemon Institute says.
Health IT agency will run on a lot less cash and without a slate of operating units.
HIMSS, AHIMA, AMIA all say the drastic cuts to ONC and other agencies will hamper patient safety and new cures, send innovation in a downward spiral and slow down work toward a learning health system.
Persistent infrastructure and talent acquisition concerns render the industry not-quite-ready to embrace the next generation of health IT. But we’re getting close.
The President’s proposal instructs the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to prioritize interoperability and EHR usability with $22 million less than ONC had in years’ past.
Analyst also advised hospitals to prepare now for rapid consolidation in the EHR and revenue cycle markets.
April was the second straight month where breached healthcare entities improved the time it took to detect security incidents and how quickly they then alerted the government.