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• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  Tech giants support FHIR standard. Will that make a difference?

  Six tech giants have vowed to help healthcare interoperability efforts. It could be encouraging, or no help at all. Experts offer their predictions on the value.

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  McAfee threat research team uncovers healthcare security risks

  The McAfee advanced threat research team has shown that a weak communications protocol can lead to a 'man-in-the-middle' attack that could be hazardous to a patient's health.

• August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18

  Missouri hospital sued over medical records breach

  A lawsuit has been filed against Children's Mercy Hospital after the medical records of more than 60,000 patients were potentially compromised as a result of a phishing scam.

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Expert questions funds for interoperability challenges in healthcare

  Up to $2 million will be provided by the ONC to two recipients to address interoperability challenges in healthcare, but one expert questions if it will be enough.

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Healthcare APIs get a new trial run for Medicare claims

  Blue Button 2.0 is a new healthcare API aimed at making sense of Medicare claims. Developed by the U.S. Digital Service at HHS, the API is in 500 developer hands so far.

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  CMS creates chief health informatics officer position

  The newly created chief health informatics officer position for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will focus on developing a health IT strategy for CMS.

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  To fix healthcare IT, start with medical appointment reminders

  All the talk about interoperability in healthcare misses the point, according to Rick Halton, vice president of Lumeon, a European automated care pathway platform provider that moved in to the US ...

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  Can value-based care models cut costs? Yes, they can

  While value-based care efforts can be hard to implement and aging technology services don't always support them, these efforts are gaining a foothold and saving money.

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  News briefs: Study outlines best practices for patient matching

  Two organizations seek to improve patient identity management. A cybersecurity firm published a study on PHI sold on the dark web. And the FDA permitted the marketing of an AI algorithm for wrist-fracture detection.

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  Jefferson College of Population Health gets $2M endowment from vendor

  The dean of a prominent population health college discussed a new professorship at the school, thanks to an unusual endowment from a commercial health IT vendor.

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Why healthcare APIs will save lives, money and time

  APIs have a toe-hold in the healthcare space today but that has to change, and quickly. Stan Huff, M.D., explains why open source has to be healthcare's future.

• June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18

  AARP, startups partner to study digital healthcare technology

  Clinicians and groups like AARP view in-home digital technology as the future of healthcare and are studying different technologies to assist patients in the home.

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  New Apple Health Records API may make a PHR app easier

  Apple's new Health Records API should mean a slew of incredibly customized healthcare apps later this year. But concerns remain about security and interoperability.

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  AthenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush out as cloud EHR vendor soars

  Jonathan Bush quits as CEO of AthenaHealth in the midst of an unsolicited purchase bid from an activist investor and details surface about domestic abuse in Bush's 2006 divorce.

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  Healthcare data analytics success grows when IT advises execs

  Educating healthcare executives about data analytics, and seeing that healthcare organizations invest in data, is critical, according to a panel of experts.