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By Bernie Monegain | 11:10 am | February 05, 2015
With electronic health records now well established, a mature U.S. hospital IT market is expected to see higher growth opportunities in the non-clinical segment over the next seven years.
By Keegan Bailey | 10:16 am | February 05, 2015
The new CMS regulations can, and indeed will, spur action. Here's a look at what that means to your healthcare organization.
By Erin McCann | 09:15 am | February 05, 2015
In what might be the biggest data breach ever reported, Anthem, the nation's second largest health insurer, is notifying as many as 80 million members that hackers penetrated its IT systems and swiped personal data.
By Mike Miliard | 12:21 pm | February 04, 2015
One meaningful use manager explains how, despite having "providers in every level of every stage" of the process, she's able to keep costs down by keeping tabs on attestations as a team of one.
By Mike Miliard | 12:01 pm | February 04, 2015
By pooling their data and analytics capabilities, supply chain management firm VHA and academic medical center alliance UHC will help drive "unparalleled insight into improving the quality and total cost of care."
By Erin McCann | 11:43 am | February 04, 2015
Some 1,200 health IT professionals packed into the Washington Hilton this week for the 2015 ONC Annual Meeting. The focus this year? Interoperability, standards and big data.
By Erin McCann | 11:59 am | February 03, 2015
A New York healthcare provider is notifying its patients that their medical data has been compromised after one of its business associates reported the theft of an employee-owned laptop and unencrypted smartphone.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:30 am | February 03, 2015
Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, MD, tend to see health IT in a similar way: it should be nimble, simple, robust and preferably cloud-based. Today, they announced a collaboration like no other.
By Mike Miliard | 09:41 pm | February 02, 2015
As he prepares to embark on one of the largest IT implementations in recent memory, Mayo Clinic CIO Cris Ross explains the thinking behind the choice of Epic for EHR and revenue cycle, and lays out his next steps.
By Mike Miliard | 09:31 pm | February 02, 2015
Charging ahead on patient engagement projects without a strategic plan, or falling in love with a specific piece of technology? That's almost a surefire recipe for failure.