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• 6 steps to better third-party risk management

  The American Medical Collection Agency data breach exposed the hazard of dealing with service providers. Here are six steps on how to better manage third-party vendors.  Continue Reading

• Health experts on proposed information blocking, interoperability rules

  ONC and CMS will begin considering feedback on the interoperability and information blocking rules the federal agencies proposed in February.  Continue Reading

• Insurers join forces to control value-based healthcare delivery

  Commercial insurers are key drivers in the transition to value-based care in health systems through joint ventures, analytics and greater control over delivery of patient care.  Continue Reading

• Proposed interoperability in healthcare rules called 'essential first step'

  Proposed rules are a good first step toward interoperability in healthcare, but don't go far enough, according to healthcare leaders.  Continue Reading

• Heterogeneous data sharing in healthcare vital to personalized care

  In this Q&A, Life Image CTO Janak Joshi talks about heterogeneous data sets and their importance to healthcare AI companies, and makes a pitch for imaging data to ONC.  Continue Reading

• When leading digital transformation, language is key

  Healthcare CIOs need to stop with the technology lingo if they want to lead a successful digital transformation. That was a key takeaway from a panel of experts at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.  Continue Reading

• Multimodal machine learning in healthcare aids patient consults

  In this Q&A, Louis-Philippe Morency talks about how he's building algorithms that capture and analyze the three V's of communication -- voice, verbal and visual.  Continue Reading

• Seeing through the hype: Where AI in healthcare shines

  While AI in healthcare shines in clinical areas like radiology, it is currently more widely adopted in nonclinical areas, such as medication development by pharmaceutical companies.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare organizations continue to avoid risky AI adoption bets

  AI adoption in the clinical care setting has been slow due to patient safety concerns, regulatory restrictions and too much risk associated with AI.  Continue Reading

• Governance team key to driving technology adoption in healthcare

  The key to a good governance team is involving leaders from every department within a healthcare organization.  Continue Reading

• Telemedicine services follow consumerization of healthcare

  Patients' healthcare behaviors are shaped by their behavior as consumers, with a greater emphasis on access and convenience. Telemedicine has the potential to meet those expectations.  Continue Reading

• Ochsner Health System's telehealth program is built on trust

  Ochsner Health System's telehealth team explains why establishing patient and provider trust is critical when building a telehealth program.  Continue Reading

• Health IT security should consider these leading vendors

  Explore these leading products in the cybersecurity market to best protect healthcare systems and patient data from falling victim to cyberattacks.  Continue Reading

• Physician burnout eased with homegrown tech

  Kaiser Permanente fights fire with fire by developing digital tools to reduce technology-related physician burnout.  Continue Reading

• Telemedicine provider MDLIVE talks partnering with health systems

  MDLIVE CMO Lyle Berkowitz talks about why health systems need to start introducing telemedicine -- now.  Continue Reading