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• To solve lack of interoperability, health IT tries third-party apps, HIEs

  Many healthcare professionals are turning to third-party applications, the use of APIs and HIEs to overcome the lack of interoperability still present in healthcare.  Continue Reading

• Hospital uses intelligent virtual assistant for more accurate order entry

  When physicians juggle a lot of tasks, they can forget to place a necessary order. Artificial intelligence is helping one hospital system remedy this and avoid medical mistakes.  Continue Reading

• Work still to be done with real-time location services despite benefits

  Real-time location services offer many benefits in the healthcare setting. However, work still needs to be done in this area and with this technology. Experts from Kaiser Permanente explain.  Continue Reading

• New cybersecurity technologies can help providers prevent attacks

  While providers have made progress on cybersecurity, malware and insider threats are still rampant; newer technologies like access control and behavioral analytics are effective.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise imaging is becoming mainstream in healthcare

  While VNAs and PACS appear to be coexisting, enterprise imaging in healthcare is taking over from purely departmental and radiology centered approaches, according to a KLAS analyst.  Continue Reading

• Patient engagement in healthcare a key to value-based reimbursement

  With the advent of value-based care, patient engagement is becoming increasingly important to keep patients as long-term customers and get them involved in their own treatment.  Continue Reading

• Patient engagement tools bring consumer vibes to healthcare

  Patients are acting more like consumers and therefore have higher expectations of their healthcare providers. New technologies are needed to truly engage them.  Continue Reading

• Interoperability essential to population health management platform

  Interoperability and population health are closely intertwined. One healthcare network is reaping the benefits of both.  Continue Reading

• Cloud medical imaging is coming to radiology and healthcare in general

  Remote patient monitoring, cloud medical imaging, and gamification in healthcare are strategies recommended by health IT innovation expert Rasu Shrestha, M.D.  Continue Reading

• Medical imaging innovations transforming radiology and healthcare

  Radiology and medical imaging are being transformed by new, more client-centered and mobile approaches and technologies as healthcare moves outside the hospital.  Continue Reading

• Hospital uses early warning system technology to help save lives

  Code blues in a hospital often mean death for patients. One hospital is using an early warning system to intervene before a patient reaches code blue status.  Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity of medical devices: The new threat landscape

  Medical devices can enter the organization through many different channels other than IT. Experts discuss medical device cybersecurity and the FDA's guidance.  Continue Reading

• Data science in healthcare comes to medical imaging technology

  Philips Healthcare executive Jeroen Tas says advanced medical imaging combined with data science is important in the transition to value-based and personalized care.  Continue Reading

• Advances in medical imaging, wearable tech spur personalized care

  Medical imaging systems using analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence can help doctors practice personalized healthcare, according to a Philips Healthcare expert.  Continue Reading

• Wearable health device helps former ONC coordinator rack up steps

  Former ONC national coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari piles up thousands of daily steps with his Fitbit band, but he remains skeptical about the efficacy of wearable health technology.  Continue Reading

• Diabetes management software from Glytec automates insulin dosing support

  Glytec's cloud-based software system provides personalized therapy and management for acute diabetes and hypoglycemia patients to help providers meet goals for value-based care.  Continue Reading

• Providers advance in battle against data breaches in healthcare

  The new year could be one of healthcare cybersecurity catchup, after 2015 logged huge health data breaches and 2016 saw devastating ransomware attacks on providers.  Continue Reading

• Learn how to detect cyberattacks and prevent them

  Cyberattacks have become an all-too-common occurrence. Health IT experts offer advice on how to detect, prevent and recover from cyberattacks using the most effective technologies.  Continue Reading

• Interoperability may be in sight as Epic and Cerner work together

  As two of the largest EHRs in the healthcare space, Epic and Cerner have often appeared to be at odds with each other. But that seems to be changing via an ONC initiative.  Continue Reading

• John Sculley: optimize transaction cycle for pharmaceuticals

  Former Apple and Pepsi CEO John Sculley urges the use of cloud technology to optimize the transaction cycle for pharmaceuticals and drive down prices for advanced specialty drugs.  Continue Reading

• Former Apple CEO offers remedy for pharmacy benefits management system

  Former Apple CEO John Sculley has plunged into health IT with a collaborative, cloud-based pharmacy benefits management system that he says will drive down healthcare costs.  Continue Reading

• Predictive analytics in healthcare helps manage high-risk patients

  Predictive analytics in healthcare can benefit organizations two-fold. This technology not only helps better manage a population but also better handle claims and save money.  Continue Reading

• CIO focuses on user experience in healthcare, analytics in 2017

  Emerging technologies in health IT -- such as blockchain and AI -- aside, top of mind for one CIO in 2017 are the user experience in healthcare and data analytics.  Continue Reading

• 3D printing for healthcare has potential to improve patient compliance

  Because of their lightweight nature, 3D printed braces can help improve patient compliance in the group most affected by scoliosis -- adolescent females.  Continue Reading

• 3D printing in healthcare blends medical and consumer devices

  The healthcare market for 3D printing is projected to surpass $1 billion by 2020 as the technology crosses over from medical devices to consumer technology, such as wearables.  Continue Reading

• HIE executive director: Why HIEs probably aren't data blocking

  Some experts have discussed how data blocking is occurring with HIEs. But an HIE executive director argues that other barriers are in the way and contractually HIEs can't data block.  Continue Reading

• PatientPing helps with coordinating care among healthcare providers

  In this Innovation Spotlight, SearchHealthIT features PatientPing, a startup in Boston that provides technology to improve coordinating care.  Continue Reading

• Balance technology and human interaction to treat behavioral health

  To effectively treat behavioral health, technology must be used in conjunction with the humanity of healthcare providers, says AbleTo CMO Reena Pande.  Continue Reading

• Behavioral health data sharing drives push for better treatment

  With the current free sharing of behavioral health information, patients are driving the push for increased access to treatment -- and providers and payers are paying attention.  Continue Reading

• Security standards for healthcare information systems needed

  In order to achieve interoperability of security tools and strengthen security, one CIO said that there must be security standards for healthcare information systems.  Continue Reading

• Health IT experts reveal their wish list for vendor neutral archives

  Four health IT experts share their wish list for vendor neutral archives in 2017 and beyond. Dream features include interoperability standards and enterprise content management.  Continue Reading

• The vendor neutral archive market heats up as technology advances

  As technology advances, health systems are increasingly adopting vendor neutral archives to store, share and analyze medical images from multiple specialties, not only radiology.  Continue Reading

• Busting the early myths about blockchain in healthcare

  There's a lot of buzz about the uses for blockchain in healthcare. While the potential of this technology is exciting, one analyst provides a reality check.  Continue Reading

• AI-based voice analysis provides emotional intelligence in healthcare

  Boston-based startup Cogito Corporation provides emotional intelligence for healthcare with AI-driven real-time voice analysis for insurance call centers and other organizations.  Continue Reading

• Risk adjustment coding tech leads to $62 million in additional revenue

  With the help of risk adjustment coding tech, which utilizes natural language processing and big data, UPMC Health Plan was able to capture $62.2 million in additional revenue.  Continue Reading

• Apple Watch tracking app guides CEO of health IT firm on fitness runs

  The CEO of a secure clinical communications vendor uses his Apple Watch to track fitness runs, but is moving slowly on his company developing its own app for the watch.  Continue Reading

• PR exec uses fashionable wearable technology to help stay fit

  Wearable health technology can sometimes look clunky, but it becomes more fashionable in this incarnation on a Boston PR exec's wrist and helps her stay fit in style.  Continue Reading

• Blue Prism brings RPA technology to healthcare

  Although originally introduced in the financial industry, one company is now bringing RPA technology to healthcare. The benefits include increased efficiency and less human power.  Continue Reading

• Health IT experts discuss how they're using NLP in healthcare

  Some experts believe the use of NLP in healthcare is and will continue to be necessary. Two health IT experts discuss how they are currently using this technology in their healthcare organizations.  Continue Reading

• MACRA reporting and value-based care will be hard on small practices

  A McKesson Corporation analytics expert talks about the challenges facing small physician practices during the transition to MACRA and value-based healthcare.  Continue Reading

• Expert details healthcare cost accounting for value-based care

  A McKesson Corporation population health expert explains advanced cost accounting techniques for value-based care, alternative payment models and revenue optimization.  Continue Reading

• The relationship between population health and NLP in healthcare

  Many laud NLP in healthcare for its ability to take unstructured data, and make it valuable. Two health IT experts discuss NLP's role in achieving population health.  Continue Reading

• Interactive healthcare video platform designed to engage patients

  A healthcare video company uses data analytics and goal tracking for video and app-based platforms to engage patients and enhance corporate wellness programs.  Continue Reading

• CTO discusses health data storage, EHR technologies and medical images

  Health data storage plays an important role when it comes to EHRs and medical imaging. Pure Storage's CTO discusses integrating storage technologies with EHRs and medical image storage.  Continue Reading

• Physician fits bracelet wearable into fitness and fashion

  A cardiologist and medical adviser to health IT startups sports a bracelet-style wearable from Jawbone for workouts and her job and says wearables in healthcare are here to stay.  Continue Reading

• The CIO of MGH discusses health information exchange challenges

  It is well known in the health IT world that health information exchange challenges abound. The CIO of MGH discusses the challenges he has witnessed in Massachusetts.  Continue Reading

• For secure medical imaging systems, end-user awareness a must

  Consultant Nick Merkin explains why a lack of security awareness is a threat to protecting medical imaging systems and how organizations can educate staff to mitigate risks.  Continue Reading

• Securing medical imaging systems requires interdepartmental cooperation

  To protect medical imaging systems from breaches or attacks, hospitals should focus on cross-department cooperation and take a holistic approach to cybersecurity.  Continue Reading

• Amazing Charts EHR keeps pace with bigger vendors' systems

  In the ambulatory EHR world, stalwart vendor Amazing Charts has survived selling usability, pricing transparency and cloud technology even as the number of small practices shrinks.  Continue Reading

• New Brother printers offer HIPAA compliance for healthcare

  While much of healthcare has gone digital, some hospitals and many smaller providers still use paper records; Brother print-fax-store machines are HIPAA-compliant for print.  Continue Reading

• APIs in healthcare are now a certified health IT system requirement

  Government regulators are now requiring vendors of federally certified health IT to make APIs part of their electronic health record systems; some healthcare CIO groups object.  Continue Reading

• Online clinical network works to make interoperability possible

  In this Innovation Spotlight, SearchHealthIT dives into how an online clinical network can help create interoperability, share patient information between doctors, improve workflow.  Continue Reading

• Informatics and analytics: closer ties in wake of health data boom

  In the wake of an explosion in the volume of digital health data, medical informatics and analytics are becoming more allied as informaticians seek to extract the best data.  Continue Reading

• APIs in healthcare: Possible use cases

  Although APIs may not be new in other industries, in healthcare APIs are still finding their place. Experts discuss possible use cases for APIs in healthcare.  Continue Reading

• Data analytics aids value-based reimbursement, but bigger goals loom

  Although data analytics will play a role in precision medicine, experts say we're far from achieving the full potential. Instead, the focus of analytics now is on value-based care.  Continue Reading

• VNAs in healthcare: Where they are now and where they need to go

  Vendor neutral archives may seem self-explanatory but some experts assert that VNAs are much more than simply an image archive.  Continue Reading

• Salesforce being used as behavioral health tech by Easter Seals Bay Area

  One healthcare organization is using Salesforce's Health Cloud as behavioral health tech to better schedule care givers, coordinate care and share patient information.  Continue Reading

• Smartwatch activity tracker aids mHealth researcher with run regimen

  A medical school professor and mHealth researcher depends on her smartwatch wearable for tracking training runs, but doesn't use other smartwatch features.  Continue Reading

• Cloud-based software boosts revenue cycle management, eases EHR switch

  One hospital used data analytics from cloud-based software to ease the transition to a new EHR, keep track of payer trends and more.  Continue Reading

• Wearable activity tracker helps health IT analyst train for marathons

  After trading in a budget wellness band for a high-tech Fitbit, a health IT analyst finds the new wearable helps him train more efficiently for marathons.  Continue Reading

• Zipnosis uses virtual care technology to boost provider efficiency

  Virtual care vendor Zipnosis aims to help healthcare providers deliver more efficient medical services by prescreening patients and directing them to the right doctors.  Continue Reading

• SaaS app built on cognitive computing platform helps with medical codes

  Data analytics and cognitive computing are helping one hospital ensure the correct medical codes are being assigned for Medicare reimbursement via a SaaS application.  Continue Reading

• Openness in delivering healthcare information key to patient engagement

  As health data and IT advance, patients have more control over their own health information than ever and more access to patient engagement technology.  Continue Reading

• Health consumerism will drive future of healthcare, expert says

  As hospitals recede as the dominant focal point of healthcare, the consumerization of health is empowering people with access to their own health records and patient engagement.  Continue Reading

• To improve hospital data storage, facilities fire up flash technology

  As petabytes of data make hospital data storage a struggle for health systems, flash storage technology holds promise -- and in some cases, pulls ahead of the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Technology drives precision health by linking hospitals and researchers

  A small company in Massachusetts is working to achieve precision health by using their technology to bring hospitals and researchers together.  Continue Reading

• Remote patient monitoring technology becoming imperative for providers

  Major healthcare systems are adopting remote patient monitoring systems and technology for groups of patients with chronic conditions, and RPM vendors are having success.  Continue Reading

• Smartwatch wearable helps OCR HIPAA audit director stay fit

  Deven McGraw, director of OCR's HIPAA audit program, wears her smartwatch during free-time workouts and while getting steps on the job and says the device helps her keep fit.  Continue Reading

• CIO: Healthcare data blocking is purely political

  The technology is in place for interoperability in healthcare. So why is data blocking still happening? It's purely political, one CIO says.  Continue Reading

• The state of data in healthcare: On the cusp of value-based care

  Health data is an important part of achieving value-based care. But one healthcare CIO says health IT isn't fully utilizing data yet and discusses how tech could make this happen.  Continue Reading

• GeneInsight brings genomics in healthcare to point of care

  A suite of applications is working to bring genomics in healthcare to the point of care and reduce the administration of inappropriate therapies.  Continue Reading

• Population health analytics key to value-based care

  As healthcare moves to value-based reimbursement, analytics is becoming increasingly important for the efficient practice of population health management.  Continue Reading

• Physician progress to value-based care reviewed by expert

  The shift from volume- to value-based reimbursement in healthcare promises to put more emphasis on positive medical outcomes, population health expert says.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare storage tech helps hospital improve delivery, speed of care

  Although it may not be exciting, there is no doubt healthcare storage technologies play an important role in the delivery of quality healthcare. One CIO shares his story.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare optimization system rewards healthy behaviors

  Welltok's optimization technology for healthcare helps employees and consumers locate and choose health benefits, and it helps employers and insurers control costs.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare CIO Harun Rashid's career journey

  CIO Harun Rashid always knew he wanted a career in technology. But a career in healthcare IT came as a rewarding surprise. Now he's working to provide quality care around the world.  Continue Reading

• To prep for OCR HIPAA audits, try tech risk assessment

  Weighing technology risks can help healthcare organizations stay ahead of 2016 HIPAA audits by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights.  Continue Reading

• Analytics drives healthcare data storage in the cloud

  The need to run data analytics on patient EHRs and other hospital records has created a greater demand for cloud storage options in healthcare facilities.  Continue Reading

• Twitter savvy health IT exec uses wearable tracking device

  The chief innovation officer of a major healthcare system uses a smart wearable band to track steps, get notifications and stay active; he also sees it as a key health IT tool.  Continue Reading

• CIOs discuss EHR problems and single-solution EHR integration

  Many healthcare organizations have migrated to a single-solution EHR to improve workflow and patient care. However, it hasn't solved all EHR problems, CIOs say.  Continue Reading

• CIOs address EHR problems, focus on lack of interoperability

  It's no secret that EHR problems are aplenty in healthcare. But the lack of interoperability is top of mind for many in health IT. Two healthcare CIOs share their stories.  Continue Reading

• With healthcare disaster recovery systems, storage options evolve

  As cyberattacks continue to hit health data networks with alarming frequency, providers are increasingly turning to hybrid cloud and other forms of healthcare disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• Security app helps hospital pass CMS risk assessment, HIPAA audit

  When faced with a CMS risk assessment and HIPAA audit, Beaufort Memorial Hospital turned to Iatric Systems' Security Audit Manager to help it pass.  Continue Reading

• Digital health researcher has wearable step counter on ankle

  While many use wearable health devices on their wrists, digital health researcher Sandra Rosenbluth puts a step tracker on her ankle and sees the wearable as part of her work.  Continue Reading

• Infographic: Healthcare purchasing strategy focuses on security tech

  TechTarget's health IT spending intentions survey shows security is a top healthcare purchasing strategy. This infographic details top investment areas.  Continue Reading

• Expert explains how to improve population health strategies

  Clinician teamwork and care coordination are among the top ways to improve population health results for big and small providers, McKesson Corp. chief medical officer says.  Continue Reading

• Population health analytics needs interoperability

  Sharing population health analytics data through interoperability is critical to coordinating care and producing better health outcomes, McKesson Corp. expert says.  Continue Reading

• The secure virtual desktop streamlines clinical workflow

  The technology behind secure desktop virtualization is a good fit for healthcare on a pair of important levels: Physicians get more time, and IT gets more control.  Continue Reading

• Data security in healthcare tops health IT buying intentions

  Healthcare data security and HIPAA compliance emerged as the top areas in a TechTarget survey of 2016 health IT buying intentions. Meanwhile, cloud and mobility are growing quickly.  Continue Reading

• Experts weigh in on HHS' healthcare app development guidance

  Who falls under the umbrella of HIPAA? The easy answer is healthcare providers. The not-so-easy answer? App developers.  Continue Reading

• Patient matching technology helps HIE reduce duplicate records

  In this Innovation Spotlight, SearchHealthIT looks at how an HIE reduced duplicate patient records by using NextGate's patient matching technology.  Continue Reading

• Wearable tracker makes personal wellness fun for health IT guru

  Bill Bunting, a popular Twitter health IT commentator, uses his Fitbit wearable tracker to make personal wellness fun and thinks wearables have a future in healthcare.  Continue Reading

• Mobility in healthcare on the rise, but not without barriers

  The adoption of mobile is steadily on the rise in healthcare, but experts say there are still barriers that the industry needs to address.  Continue Reading

• Smartbeds, teleneurology revive inner-city hospital

  An old inner-city Los Angeles hospital was closed, then rebuilt by the county with the latest health IT technology, including smartbeds and teleneurology services.  Continue Reading

• Semantic graph database underpins healthcare data lake

  A semantic graph database developer uses triple store technology to create healthcare data lakes so providers can use their own and open data for predictive analytics.  Continue Reading

• What to look for in healthcare enterprise SSO technologies

  If your healthcare organization is ready to purchase single sign-on technology, consider the various types offered, and make sure to take a close look at federated SSO.  Continue Reading

• How to keep cloud services compliant with HIPAA standards

  As more healthcare providers send aspects of their business into the cloud, they must be aware that such a move doesn't free them from their HIPAA compliance duties.  Continue Reading

• Wearable technology in healthcare is out of reach for many

  People from low income populations suffering from chronic diseases could benefit from the use of wearable healthcare technology. However, there are several barriers in the way, experts said.  Continue Reading

• Worries rise about security breaches in healthcare as endpoints expand

  As smartphones and tablets proliferate in hospitals -- increasing the risks of an endpoint security breach -- health IT executives must broaden and harden their defenses.  Continue Reading

• Medical imaging systems need more cybersecurity

  With digital healthcare images increasingly being stored and shared in provider data networks, medical imaging systems need more cybersecurity, according to experts.  Continue Reading