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By Mike Miliard | 12:25 pm | April 22, 2016
EmblemHealth, the $10 billion New York-based health insurance plan, informed its IT staff this week that 250 workers would face layoffs as it outsources operations to Cognizant.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:57 am | April 22, 2016
Intermountain Healthcare and the Stanford Genome Technology Center will work together on research aimed at developing advances in precision health.
By Tom Sullivan | 08:27 am | April 22, 2016
With Google, IBM and Microsoft all setting sights squarely on healthcare, and analysts predicting 30 percent of providers will run cognitive analytics on patient data by 2018, the risk of investing too late may outweigh the risk of doing so too soon.
By Bernie Monegain | 05:31 pm | April 21, 2016
NYP's actions while filming the TV show 'NY Med' blatantly violated HIPAA rules, said Jocelyn Samuels of the Office for Civil Rights.
By Bernie Monegain | 05:09 pm | April 21, 2016
The vendor said that the latest changes are driven by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services new Oncology Care Model.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:31 pm | April 21, 2016
Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing have shown that computers can screen pathology reports, saving time and money.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:12 pm | April 21, 2016
The new group consists of tech vendors and device manufacturers working to create sets of security best practices for both providers and manufacturers.
By Mike Miliard | 12:17 pm | April 21, 2016
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT said it can harness data it already has to help providers make better electronic health record purchasing decisions.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:24 am | April 21, 2016
Centra Health announced on Thursday that it will deploy Cerner Millennium on both the clinical and business sides, including revenue cycle and patient health management. Centra will also implement HealtheIntent, Cerner’s population health management platform. In addition, Cerner will support Centra’s growing health plan, which covers more than 45,000 individuals. With five hospitals and 50 ambulatory and long-term facilities, the Centra is one of the largest healthcare systems in central Virginia.   [Also: How satisfied are you with your EHR? Satisfaction Survey results] “As one of the leading care providers in our area of the country, it is essential that Centra continues to influence the health of not only our patients, but also our community as a whole,” CEO E.W. Tibbs Jr., said in a statement. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed. Twitter: @Bernie_HITN Email the writer: bernie.monegain@himssmedia.com Like Healthcare IT News on Facebook and LinkedIn
By Brian Dolan | 10:57 am | April 21, 2016
Everseat also aligned with Lyft to help patients get to appointments.