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• 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