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- April 13, 2018
13 Apr'18
Facebook's medical data sharing plan raises privacy concerns
Facebook's proposal to match anonymized patient data with user profiles has some experts worried about the possible privacy implications of such a project.
- April 04, 2018
04 Apr'18
Report: Patient relationship management could curb readmissions
A new report from Chilmark Research points to future gains for patient relationship management software, potentially in the tricky area of decreasing 30-day patient readmissions.
- March 22, 2018
22 Mar'18
Researchers use EHR data to predict opioid prescriptions
EHR data can help healthcare providers identify which patients in a hospital were most likely to be prescribed opioids after discharge, according to researchers at the University of Colorado ...
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- March 19, 2018
19 Mar'18
Cybersecurity in healthcare ails from lack of IT talent
Healthcare cybersecurity woes continue unabated, with more frequent cyberattacks amid a lack of IT talent and employee awareness, but organizations are spending more on security.
- March 15, 2018
15 Mar'18
HIMSS notebook: EHR trends embraced by vendors with AI and CRM
EHR trends were among the news at HIMSS 2018. Cerner and Salesforce are teaming to bring patient data into healthcare CRM. Meanwhile, Epic and Nuance promoted an AI assistant.
- March 08, 2018
08 Mar'18
Reprimand on healthcare and cloud computing spurs HIMSS debate
The benefits of the cloud are well-known, as is the healthcare industry's wariness about moving patient data to the cloud. At the HIMSS conference, the deliberations expanded.
- March 07, 2018
07 Mar'18
Transition to value-based care slowed by lack of standardization
At HIMSS 2018, a CIO and CMO gave their perspectives on the current state of value-based care and the barriers that are impeding the transition.
- March 06, 2018
06 Mar'18
With health IT interoperability in mind, CMS announces changes
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner and CMS administrator Seema Verma outlined big changes coming to promote interoperability and greater patient access to EHRs.
- February 28, 2018
28 Feb'18
AAFP recommends steps to reduce health IT regulations
The American Academy of Family Physicians has recommended steps to relieve the burden of health IT regulations on physicians. In a letter to CMS administrator Seema Verma and ONC national ...
- February 28, 2018
28 Feb'18
HIMSS 2018 focuses on AI in healthcare
With AI in healthcare trending, the HIMSS conference is showcasing vendors and users turning to AI and machine learning for clinical and business applications; interoperability also is hot.
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- February 28, 2018
28 Feb'18
HIMSS 2018 conference coverage and analysis
SearchHealthIT returns to Las Vegas for the HIMSS annual conference, which runs from March 5 to 9, 2018. Follow this guide for ongoing conference coverage.
- February 01, 2018
01 Feb'18
One Virtual System Worldwide: Intra-Epic interoperability
Epic Systems Corp. introduced new interoperability features, part of its Epic 2018 EHR update, that enable Epic-based healthcare systems to share more health data with each other.
- January 17, 2018
17 Jan'18
Good times: AI in healthcare brings promise, hype and challenges
I browsed through two vastly different reports on artificial intelligence (AI) this week, leading me to again wonder if there is substance on the matter or just a lot of hot air blowing around. My ...
- January 12, 2018
12 Jan'18
FDA adds digital health technology to 2018 policy roadmap
In an effort to help consumers make informed health decisions, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) renewed its commitment to digital health technology in its 2018 strategic policy roadmap. The ...
- January 09, 2018
09 Jan'18
Health information sharing framework unveiled
Federal health IT officials under the 21st Century Cures Act have proposed regulations for health data information sharing, the Trusted Exchange Framework 'network of networks.'