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By Benjamin Harris | 04:45 pm | May 07, 2020
In a HIMSS20 Digital presentation, leaders from Google Cloud, Nuance and the Health Data Analytics Institute offer their perspectives on how AI-powered insights and automation are helping health systems push forward.
By Kat Jercich | 04:14 pm | May 07, 2020
Phishing is still the number-one cause of breaches, according to the newly released BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report, with ransomware on the rise.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:21 pm | May 07, 2020
In a HIMSS20 Digital session, the director of clinical quality informatics at Memorial Hermann Health System walks through eCQM difficulties along with some solutions.
By Mike Miliard | 06:06 pm | May 06, 2020
Persistent flaws in the ability to accurately ID and match patient records are hindering two must-haves on the road to reopening: contact tracing and, eventually, vaccine administration.
By Kat Jercich | 04:46 pm | May 06, 2020
The pandemic has proven the "generalizability of telehealth" says the CMIO of NYU Langone Health, where virtual visits have skyrocketed. ATA, meanwhile, is asking Congress for more funding and flexibility to help build on its promise.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:38 pm | May 06, 2020
Now more than ever, healthcare IT leaders can use a comprehensive listing of companies that make technologies that help keep tabs on patients from afar.
By Kat Jercich | 01:35 pm | May 06, 2020
The CMS final rules require Medicare and Medicaid participating hospitals to send electronic notifications when patients are admitted, discharged or transferred.
By Dean Koh | 01:00 am | May 06, 2020
Ahead of the COVID crisis SCIA had begun to pilot a telehealth service and built their Microsoft platform so it was able to swing into action fairly rapidly after the face to face NeuroMoves service had to close.