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By John Andrews | 11:17 am | February 19, 2015
"There's an app for that" may be an effective marketing phrase, but don't expect hospital security officials to appreciate it. The proliferation of devices and the apps that drive them is one of healthcare's biggest security concerns.
By Chris Nerney | 09:03 am | February 19, 2015
The Interoperability Showcase is one of the biggest and most buzzworthy facets of the annual HIMSS conference and this year's shindig in Chicago promises to be better than ever.
By John Andrews | 08:53 am | February 19, 2015
Coalfire addresses how vulnerable electronic personal health information is to hacks, breaches and intrusions.
By Bernie Monegain | 03:49 pm | February 18, 2015
With a $45.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College will collaborate on research aimed at improving tuberculosis treatments and stopping the deadly infection from spreading.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:51 am | February 18, 2015
St. Clair Hospital of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a 328-bed acute care facility, has been named a 2014 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:35 am | February 18, 2015
Pulling together analytics, population health functions and care coordination, Virtual Health's new platform overlays existing silos to help organizations better manage cost-sharing.
By Erin McCann | 11:24 am | February 18, 2015
It turns out many healthcare organizations get more than a few things wrong about their information security frameworks.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:18 am | February 18, 2015
Electronic health record giant Epic Systems, often criticized for its closed architecture, will soon open an app store -- enabling outside developers to create programs that will work with its EHRs.
By Brian Ahier | 11:04 am | February 18, 2015
While the collection and sharing of health data has yet to significantly impact care cost or quality, it has laid the foundation for the move toward population health management. The future for health IT starts now.
By Mike Miliard | 09:04 am | February 18, 2015
The company intends to launch new vendor neutral archive technology at HIMSS15 as part of broader efforts to build out its clinical content strategy.