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• Health informaticians weave medicine, tech and science

  Natalie Pageler, M.D., explains the setup of informaticist teams at Stanford Children's Health and what motivates clinicians to join this data-heavy field.  Continue Reading

• As digital healthcare expands, tough questions arise

  Indu Subaiya, M.D., talks about digital transformation, the intersection of healthcare and consumer tech and how directing short films has informed her work in health IT.  Continue Reading

• Execs discuss their participation in Apple Health app pilot

  The Apple Health app pilot combines flavors of EHR interoperability and patient engagement, according to some hospitals involved in the early stages of the effort.  Continue Reading

• HEALTHeLINK HIE surpasses one million consenting patients

  New York-based health information exchange HEALTHeLINK recently surpassed one million enrolled patients, due in part to increased awareness of the benefits of HIEs.  Continue Reading

• Connected medical device security, AI battle health hackers

  More hacker threats, including via connected medical devices, are coming to healthcare organizations, but health IT professionals can look to AI and blockchain for possible help.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare breaches drop, but ransomware attacks rise

  Patient data breaches dropped in 2017, mainly due to fewer large-scale breaches, but ransomware strikes intensified and insiders kept hacking.  Continue Reading

• HIPAA compliance not guaranteed with ePHI security

  Medical facilities sometimes believe security is equivalent to compliance with HIPAA -- but not so fast. Organizations must consider other aspects when guarding patient data.  Continue Reading

• Considerations for transgender patient documentation in EHRs

  Most modern EHRs document sexual identity as a fixed, binary value, but classic designations such as male and female fail to include documentation for transgender patients.  Continue Reading

• AI a big data benefit for moving to the cloud for healthcare

  Providers and big vendors are wary, but healthcare in the cloud and the benefits artificial intelligence provides will spur a shift from on-premises systems for analyzing EHRs.  Continue Reading

• Michigan uses prescription monitoring to fight opioid crisis

  Michigan public health officials use e-prescribing and monitoring and analytics software from Appriss Health to fight opioid addiction by tracking overprescribing and abuse.  Continue Reading

• Medical imaging data enables modern healthcare strategies

  Medical images make up a large percentage of healthcare data. Providers can draw insights from that data to make better decisions about patient care.  Continue Reading

• Medical imaging storage strategies aim for the cloud

  Three health IT pros look at the challenges to full-blown cloud adoption and explain why hybrid cloud is a popular approach to storing medical images.  Continue Reading

• CIO explains tech behind integrated healthcare systems and apps

  BayHealth Development wanted integrated healthcare systems to provide a coherent experience for patients and physicians. The organization turned to the new Progress Health Cloud.  Continue Reading

• Machine learning capabilities aid healthcare cybersecurity

  In 2018, healthcare organizations will benefit from applying machine learning to their cybersecurity programs and using it to predict patient outcomes before they happen.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare goals ONC official says CIOs should focus on

  ONC deputy coordinator highlights healthcare goals -- including improving cybersecurity and lowering barriers to interoperability -- that should be top of mind for CIOs in 2018.  Continue Reading