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Federal health care regulations and compliance

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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