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• 3 tasks healthcare CIOs should pursue during pandemic

  During the COVID-19 crisis, healthcare CIOs are enabling a remote workforce and scaling out telehealth options. But they can also streamline a few processes that will help patients and providers.  Continue Reading

• 5 areas healthcare CIOs should focus on during the pandemic

  What should CIOs and other IT leaders in healthcare prepare for as they face a pandemic? We've identified five key areas they should be looking out for.  Continue Reading

• How to get buy-in for healthcare cybersecurity investments

  Healthcare CIO Michael Archuleta focuses on FOR -- finances, operations and reputation -- as part of his cybersecurity investment strategy.  Continue Reading

• Pandemic drives demand for 3D-printed medical parts

  Formlabs has begun 3D printing nasal swabs to help health systems combat the COVID-19 crisis.  Continue Reading

• CIOs should plan for a spike in healthcare cyberattacks

  COVID-19 is introducing new weaknesses to healthcare systems and providing new opportunities for cybercriminals.  Continue Reading

• In a pandemic, demand for telehealth services soars

  Telehealth services are in high demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, but can providers keep pace?  Continue Reading

• Stakeholders sound off on ONC, CMS interoperability rules

  New healthcare regulations from ONC and CMS strive to make it easier to share health data. Industry players have something to say about that.  Continue Reading

• Piedmont Healthcare CIO on IT's M&A role

  CIO Geoffrey Brown has helped lead Piedmont Healthcare through the addition of six new hospitals to the health system network.  Continue Reading

• How one medical center overcame legacy EHR systems

  Parkview Medical Center needed to free data held hostage in legacy systems. Here's how the institution succeeded and how other healthcare organizations can follow.  Continue Reading

• Buoy Health wants to fix healthcare's broken front door

  Buoy Health is an example of the growing popularity of self-triage tools. This one has a machine learning algorithm that takes online symptom checking to the next level.  Continue Reading

• Chief digital officers are now healthcare innovators

  Two major health systems hired chief digital officers recently. Analysts say the decision could signal a shift in how healthcare organizations are tackling innovation.  Continue Reading

• Telehealth visits could reach tipping point in 2020

  Telehealth visits are poised to grow in popularity thanks to advances in mobile technology and better reimbursement models.  Continue Reading

• Patient privacy not the only reason Epic pulls away from Google

  The latest development in the Google-Epic relationship may have less to do with customer interest and more to do with growing competition and reputation.  Continue Reading

• SecureLink for Healthcare targets vendor access management

  SecureLink for Healthcare is designed for helping health systems like UMass Memorial Health Care manage vendor access to their networks.  Continue Reading

• ONC's federal health IT strategic plan shows growth -- to a degree

  ONC's five-year strategic health IT draft plan lays out comprehensive goals, but, in some instances, how to achieve those goals is still murky.  Continue Reading

• New Microsoft Office 365 features relevant to healthcare organizations

  At the 2019 Ignite conference, Microsoft announced several new innovations to Microsoft Office 365, many of which can benefit healthcare organizations and clinical staff.  Continue Reading

• 3 healthcare CIOs on what they think 2020 will bring

  Healthcare CIOs at Boston Medical Center, SCL Health and Northwell Health share what's on their agenda for 2020, as well as what they're taking away from 2019.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare 2020 trends emphasize virtual, holistic patient care

  Forrester Research and Frost & Sullivan say telehealth and social determinants of health data analytics platforms will gain ground in 2020.  Continue Reading

• Ransomware tops list of healthcare cybersecurity threats in 2019

  Healthcare CIOs should get ready for a vigorous privacy debate and prepare for more destructive cyberattacks in the coming year, according to experts.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare security, IT should be separate to be effective

  What can the healthcare industry learn about security from finance, retail and manufacturing? Two CISOs who came to healthcare from other industries give their take.  Continue Reading

• AI usage in healthcare upgrades imaging, analytics, automation

  Computer vision, deep learning and automation are making greater inroads into radiology, robot-assisted surgeries, virtual nursing assistants and fraud detection.  Continue Reading

• Data silos hinder IoT in healthcare; tech giants could help

  Healthcare organizations are starting to see value in breaking down IoT data silos to create a single view of a patient. Tech giants may be uniquely positioned to help.  Continue Reading

• Google-Ascension deal reveals murky side of sharing health data

  The Google-Ascension partnership is a 'PR failure' that demonstrates a need for greater transparency about what happens to patient health data.  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation projects are an opportunity for healthcare CIOs

  Geisinger Health System CIO John Kravitz gives advice on how healthcare CIOs can lead a digital transformation project within their own organizations.  Continue Reading

• Value-based care models hung up on lack of resources

  The adoption of value-based care models in healthcare is hindered by a lack of resources, according to more than 1,000 respondents of a Definitive Healthcare value-based care trends survey.  Continue Reading

• Sharing health data gets easier, but also presents new challenges

  Sharing health data has never been easier thanks, in part, to EHR vendors and nonprofit organizations like CommonWell Health Alliance. But now there's a new problem: too much data.  Continue Reading

• Meditech EHR moves to public cloud, points to industry trend

  When EHR vendor Meditech partnered with Google Cloud Platform, it joined Cerner in a push toward the public cloud. The trend presents new opportunities and new challenges for healthcare CIOs.  Continue Reading

• In healthcare, a strong change management plan starts with buy-in

  A successful change management strategy should include creating a group to mitigate inevitable technology implementation pain points, according to healthcare leaders.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare transformation officers turn innovation into strategy

  Three healthcare executives charged with the role of transformation give specific examples of how they enacted change.  Continue Reading

• CIOs express hope, concern for proposed interoperability rule

  Proposed interoperability rules from ONC and CMS are on track to be finalized in November. Here, healthcare CIOs share their thoughts on how proposals will turn into practice.  Continue Reading

• Blockchain shows potential for healthcare claims data access

  Medical claims are gold mines of useful health information, but accessing them with HIPAA-compliant security is a universal headache. Blockchain might make it easier.  Continue Reading

• Chief transformation officer takes digital one step further

  You've heard of the chief digital officer, but what about the chief transformation officer? The title is gaining ground in healthcare and may suggest a digital maturity.  Continue Reading

• Promises for 5G in healthcare are great, but it's still early days

  Analysts offer insight into how 5G works, where it might make the most impact in healthcare and why some of what 5G may offer is more promise than reality.  Continue Reading

• 5G impact on healthcare a ways off, but CIOs shouldn't sit idle

  5G could benefit areas of healthcare like telehealth and remote patient monitoring. That reality is still a few years out, but CIOs should start planning for it now.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare cloud induces benefits in storage, security

  Healthcare sees value in vacating the premises and migrating to the cloud for lower maintenance costs and better storage, disaster recovery, security, AI and analytics.  Continue Reading

• Social determinants of health data provide better care

  Knowing the use cases for social determinants of health, such as coordinating care and identifying care gaps, is an important first step in making the data worthwhile.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare data breaches persist as security investments flounder

  Healthcare is still catching up to other industries in terms of investments in security and IT. This is complicated by the number of different systems that must be protected.  Continue Reading

• EASE app increases patient-provider communication

  EASE, a mobile healthcare app, can be used to send updates on patients from the OR to their families. Mobile apps like this create more transparency, but also present a challenge for CIOs.  Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity recommendations for healthcare that won't break the bank

  The key to implementing healthcare cybersecurity best practices is to start small, according to Erik Decker, chief security and privacy officer for University of Chicago Medicine.  Continue Reading

• With the onset of value-based care, machine learning is making its mark

  CMO David Nace talks about Innovaccer's risk model to predict the future cost of one person's care and explains why that's useful in the shift to value-based care.  Continue Reading

• CardioCompass platform fuses data and AI with patient navigators

  CardioCompass, a remote patient monitoring platform, is backed by machine learning, lots of data and good old-fashioned phone calls.  Continue Reading

• Data sharing in healthcare is a double-edged sword for patients

  Former healthcare CIO John Halamka gets candid about the proposed rules on interoperability and information blocking and explains why innovation may come at a cost.  Continue Reading

• 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

• How CIOs can help alleviate EHR issues

  EHRs can be more problem than solution for healthcare organizations, but CIOs can help by talking to practitioners and holding vendors accountable.  Continue Reading

• The 8 key ways to assess healthcare data security tools

  Find the most effective cybersecurity tools to protect healthcare systems and data by looking at these eight key features and what major vendors offer for these features.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare analytics popularity grows along with focus on performance

  The healthcare analytics market is growing, thanks to the provider push for value-based care and improved performance, according to a Chilmark Research report.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare CIO talks innovation in the face of ever-changing regulations

  For Arthur Harvey, the role of healthcare CIO is multifaceted, from traffic cop to innovator. He talks about challenges, tech trends and the criticality of governance in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• Hospital robots need close oversight and strict governance

  Strong governance is vital for finding the right balance between cutting-edge technology and patient care in the clinical setting.  Continue Reading

• CareMount establishes post-acute care network for better communication

  CareMount Medical hopes for reduced costs and improved quality of care by improving how the acute and post-acute care settings communicate and measure success.  Continue Reading

• Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine to train students with modern tech

  Kaiser Permanente's new medical school will combine cutting-edge tech and a clinical setting to train future doctors.  Continue Reading

• 'Nurse hangover' cures include self-service tools, communication

  Nurses aren't in control of their schedules, which can lead to staffing issues that affect patient care. Self-service tools like WorkJam ensure adequate shift coverage.  Continue Reading

• Intermountain Ventures: A look inside a healthcare venture fund

  Intermountain Healthcare has launched a new ventures division that operates under its own set of governance models and policies. Its mission is to bring innovation to the healthcare setting.  Continue Reading

• Use cases of RPA in healthcare

  Robotic process automation is beginning to appear in many industries, including healthcare. Here, an expert discusses RPA use cases in healthcare.  Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity for healthcare more critical than ever before

  Cyberattacks can be devastating for healthcare organizations. Traditional security tools alone no longer cut it, so health companies must turn to newer tools for protection.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare cybersecurity combats growing slew of threats

  Cybercriminals target healthcare groups to steal and hold sensitive information hostage. Learn how to spot the most insidious and common methods of attack.  Continue Reading

• Machine learning methods in EHR show promise, with limits

  Carnegie Mellon University's Jeremy Weiss is on a quest to improve health predictions with machine learning and data from electronic health records.  Continue Reading

• SCL Health's new CIO outlines first steps in new role

  In this Q&A, Craig Richardville looks back at what he's learned over his career as a CIO and consultant, as well as what he plans to do in his new role as CIO of SCL Health.  Continue Reading

• Postnatal care pathway moves to dashboards at U.K. hospital

  A digital postnatal discharge system at a hospital in Chelsea, London, has provided a better avenue for communication between ward staff and a better postnatal discharge experience for patients.  Continue Reading

• VitalWare hospital chargemaster maintenance software brings analysis to coding, billing process

  A hospital chargemaster maintenance tool is helping two health systems identify and address billing and coding inaccuracies.  Continue Reading

• Medication management system gives caretakers an edge

  Midland Care benefits from using a medication management system, but not all software is created equal. Other healthcare organizations may struggle to find the right fit.  Continue Reading

• For EHR vendors, there's no one approach to interoperability

  Cerner, Epic and Meditech are tackling interoperability in their own ways, but all their efforts will come up short until healthcare organizations ask for it, according to a Chilmark Research analyst.  Continue Reading

• Digital health services affect patients' choice of provider

  Nontraditional healthcare settings are gaining popularity among patients who are demanding the same digital experience from healthcare as they do from other industries.  Continue Reading

• Population health management programs require goal alignment

  In this Q&A, KLAS population health researcher Bradley Hunter says successful population health management programs hinge on goal alignment.  Continue Reading

• Technology companies in healthcare are driving positive change

  Why are Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google so focused on the healthcare industry? Financial opportunity and patient expectation.  Continue Reading

• Population health approaches buoy value-based care

  Value-based care extends population health's use of data analytics to identify care gaps and cost reductions. A prominent college dean sees the efforts always being connected.  Continue Reading

• Advice to healthcare CIOs: Be willing to share wins and losses

  Being a successful CIO means building relationships across the healthcare industry and establishing a good team within an organization, the CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year says.  Continue Reading

• VR in healthcare is changing the patient care game

  Healthcare professionals are using virtual reality to provide better care for patients and better training for doctors.  Continue Reading

• Collective Medical software enables ERs to share patient info

  Software from Collective Medical is helping ERs in Oregon share patient data almost immediately. Here's a look at how that kind of connectivity is benefiting one hospital.  Continue Reading

• Modus V brings robotic assistance to neurosurgery

  Modus V may be the first robot assistant for neurosurgeons. Sebastian Koga, M.D., called the robotically controlled digital microscope an extension of a surgeon's vision.  Continue Reading

• AI in radiology is having a moment -- one that has staying power

  Two radiologists provide examples of how AI is making its mark in their field, such as comparing old and new images and helping prioritize critical cases.  Continue Reading

• Transition to value-based care needs data integration

  By using AI-powered data analytics from DOS, providers could have a holistic view of a patient's treatment plan, while patient data is secured with Microsoft Azure cloud service.  Continue Reading

• Clinical processes, not AI, key to solving healthcare's problems

  Partners' Sandy Aronson has a message for healthcare IT pros: If you want to have an impact, focus on making clinical processes more effective and more efficient.  Continue Reading

• Hospital taps Parachute Health to cut cord on fax machine

  New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery deployed software from Parachute Health Inc. to bring the fax machine directly to its EHR system.  Continue Reading

• Remote patient monitoring technology major focus of new AMA guide

  The American Medical Association created the Digital Health Implementation Playbook, which provides a step-by-step guide to technology implementation, with a focus on remote patient monitoring.  Continue Reading

• Integration of PGHD boosts remote patient management

  End users of a patient-generated health data program talk about the advantages and challenges they encountered first hand, including connection problems from the patient device end.  Continue Reading

• Future of connected healthcare includes chatbots, Medicare changes

  Remote patient monitoring and chatbots will be mainstream in healthcare -- eventually. Partners HealthCare's Joseph Kvedar, M.D., offers his view on why it takes so long.  Continue Reading

• Machine learning in healthcare: Software detects drug theft

  Using machine learning, Invistics software provides a real-time look at drug theft incidents, according to one health system's drug diversion specialist.  Continue Reading

• Anthem data breach settlement points to larger data access

  An expert says the biggest lesson to take away from Anthem healthcare's $16 million HIPAA settlement is the need to control who has access to internal systems and patient data.  Continue Reading

• Learn about the leading EHR software products and their features

  Read in-depth about leading EHR tools on the market and how their capabilities, pricing and implementation offerings and mobile features can match up with organization needs.  Continue Reading

• Hospitals battle duplicate medical records with technology

  See how IT executives at two healthcare organizations weed out patient identification errors related to duplicate medical records -- a significant problem, according to research.  Continue Reading

• Payer-provider partnerships spurred by data, value-based care

  Once they were two groups with conflicting interests, but now the convergence of healthcare payers and providers is more common as the industry struggles to control costs.  Continue Reading

• FDA strengthens medical device cybersecurity program

  The FDA recently took additional steps to encourage better medical device cybersecurity, including releasing a cybersecurity playbook for healthcare organizations.  Continue Reading

• Experts nix wearable device health data for clinical use, for now

  A number of factors stand in the way of acceptance of wearable device health data in the healthcare community, including a lack of data showing the impact on clinical outcomes.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare virtual assistant from Epic and Nuance points to trend

  A variety of vendors have teamed up with the healthcare industry to create new products, such as Epic and Nuance's healthcare virtual assistant, which may prove beneficial to the field.  Continue Reading

• New Wisconsin PDMP receives up to 35,000 daily queries

  The Wisconsin Enhanced Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, implemented in the state since last year, features data analysis capabilities, as well as a customizable platform.  Continue Reading

• Considering a cloud-based EHR system? Here's what to know

  Implementing an EHR platform in the cloud can offer healthcare organizations lower costs and more accessibility, but they must be aware of connectivity and infrastructure drawbacks.  Continue Reading