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Cyberattacks on healthcare warrant strong security
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AI in healthcare limited by irregular data collection
Carnegie Mellon University's Jeremy Weiss is on a quest to improve health predictions with machine learning and data from electronic health records.
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CMS wants input on EHR adoption in PACs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services turns to healthcare players for input on promoting EHR adoption in post-acute care settings. But greater adoption may not mean greater interoperability, according to one expert.
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How healthcare AI technology can improve patient outcomes
There are seemingly endless possibilities for AI in healthcare, whether it's as a set of second eyes for radiologists or as a tool to improve patient engagement.
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AI is a popular topic in healthcare. However, hospital executives are asking fundamental questions around how and where to apply AI in its current state within their facilities. In this expert guide, learn 5 benefits and 6 barriers hospital leaders like you must know before adopting AI technology.
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CMS is replacing meaningful use with 'Promoting Interoperability' and proposing new Medicare payment programs with looser physician reporting rules and more price transparency.
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2019 healthcare trends include AI, VR and analytics
Artificial intelligence and blockchain will continue to make a splash in 2019 as top trends for healthcare CIOs to watch. VR, analytics and hybrid cloud also deserve attention.
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Patient access to data boosted by ONC rule
The recent information blocking rule from ONC penalizes healthcare organizations and EHR vendors that prevent patients from accessing their health data.
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Population health, payer-providers look to streamline care
Clinicians, health IT professionals, insurance carriers and others have started a slow roll toward improved patient outcomes using methods based on healthcare reform.
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Where blockchain in healthcare might actually make a difference
It’s almost too easy to dismiss the idea of blockchain in healthcare. The first major application of blockchain -- Bitcoin – does feel kind of sketchy (all the currency that went “missing”) and the ...
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Healthcare cloud service providers must comply with HIPAA
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Patient access to data boosted by ONC rule
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How healthcare AI technology can improve patient outcomes
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Patients expect digital health capabilities from providers
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Telestroke is a web-based approach to treating stroke victims who have not been admitted to a hospital. In its most basic form, a telestroke system requires a neurologist and attending nurse to have a high-speed Internet connection and ...
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ONC wants a more competitive healthcare market
Newly proposed rules from CMS and ONC aren't just about fostering interoperability and patient data access, they're also about creating a competitive healthcare market.
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- telestroke (telestroke services)
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- HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)
- Meaningful Use
- patient-generated health data (PGHD)