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By Tom Sullivan | 11:15 am | September 23, 2014
"Just by having an app on your device, (a cybercriminal) can determine your call history, take your contact list info, if they choose to." That's how vulnerable smartphones, tablets and their mobile ilk actually are, Jim Routh said, and it's not just the devices that chief information security officers like him have to worry about.
By Erin McCann | 09:42 am | September 23, 2014
National Health IT Week kicked off in Washington, D.C., last week mobilizing throngs of industry health IT leaders, who brought their concerns and recommendations to Capitol Hill. Among their requests? Interoperability standards and Stage 2 reporting flexibility.
By Mike Miliard | 12:03 pm | September 22, 2014
Epic won't be the only electronic health record company to leverage Apple's HealthKit technology: Cerner and athenahealth are the latest EHR vendors to say they'll develop apps that interface with the platform.
By Tom Sullivan | 12:01 pm | September 22, 2014
The exodus from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT continued on Monday when it announced that Doug Fridsma, MD, is stepping down from his post as chief scientist.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:34 am | September 22, 2014
The head of ONC's Standards and Interoperability efforts is taking a new role: CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association.
By Government Health IT Staff | 11:01 am | September 22, 2014
Millions of dollars in Medicare payments to providers may be at risk after a technical glitch in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services meaningful use program's reporting system was discovered recently.
By John Loonsk | 08:19 am | September 22, 2014
It is a simple question: "Why doesn't electronic health information flow after the nation spent $26 billion on electronic health records?" Suggesting a 10-year timeframe or arguing that there is progress if you look hard enough just doesn't answer it.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 pm | September 19, 2014
A new survey from online jobs search firm HealthITJobs.com reveals that work in health IT results in above-average salaries for many positions in the field, depending on experience, location and gender.
By Erin McCann | 11:41 am | September 19, 2014
EHR giant Cerner is now one step closer to completing its pending acquisition of Siemens Health Services, after the Federal Trade Commission gave the go-ahead to an early termination of the deal's waiting period under antitrust laws.
By Mike Miliard | 04:18 pm | September 18, 2014
Prime Healthcare Services' roster of small and medium community hospitals is growing fast -- and spreading far and wide.