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Several big name hospitals, including Cleveland Clinic, Boston Children's and several University of California entities, recently landed National Institutes of Health funding to speed innovations in public health.
A non-profit organization focused on Internet security is looking to develop a set of benchmarks to protect medical devices from potentially fatal cyber attacks.
Among this week's people on the move, Emdeon appointed Neil E. de Crescenzo as president and CEO.
In a new role that will put his health IT expertise to work improving the performance of small physician practices, former National Coordinator Farzad Mostashari, MD, will join the Brookings Institution's Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform as a visiting fellow.
The non-profit institution announced late Thursday that Farzad Mostashari, MD will join to concentrate on EHR adoption, HIE, accountable care, among other health IT and policy work.
Along with IT, the agency has seen an uptick in interest about policy and healthcare legislation, an official said, offering a glimpse of what to expect at the conference.
UnityPoint Health in West Des Moines, Iowa, is notifying 1,800 patients that their protected health records have been compromised after it was discovered that an employee of the health system's third party contractor gained unauthorized access to patient records.
Royal Philips and Accenture announced Thursday they would partner to study the creation of a proof-of-concept demonstration that uses a Google Glass head-mounted display for researching ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of performing surgical procedures.
EHR usability is among the greatest barriers to digitizing America's healthcare system. EHRs present a push toward modernization, but to fulfill the promise, industry insiders say, the clunky technology has to be made easier for doctors to use.
Healthcare delivery that stresses value over volume requires a transformed business model, says Marjie Harbrecht, CEO of HealthTeamWorks in Lakewood, Colo. In order to be sustainable, she adds, the business model must adequately incorporate provider compensation, and spur all providers on the care-delivery team to deliver higher value care.