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Health care IT infrastructure systems and design
- January 20, 2020
20 Jan'20
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.
- January 10, 2020
10 Jan'20
Healthcare CIOs put on alert for potential Iran cyberattacks
The recent developments between the United States and Iran should put healthcare CIOs on notice. U.S. critical infrastructure including healthcare could be in the crosshairs of Iran cyberattackers.
- December 20, 2019
20 Dec'19
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.
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- December 20, 2019
20 Dec'19
CMS takes Blue Button 2.0 API offline due to coding error
CMS is working to address a coding issue that's potentially caused the protected health information of 10,000 beneficiaries to be shared with other beneficiaries or apps.
- December 19, 2019
19 Dec'19
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.
- December 13, 2019
13 Dec'19
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.
- November 26, 2019
26 Nov'19
Recent ransomware attack cripples nursing homes, acute care facilities
An IT services vendor is the latest ransomware victim in an attack that has affected roughly 110 nursing homes and acute care facilities.
- November 26, 2019
26 Nov'19
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.
- November 13, 2019
13 Nov'19
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.
- November 07, 2019
07 Nov'19
3 health IT leaders on takeaways from 2019 CHIME Fall CIO Forum
Healthcare CIOs said the struggle between innovation and keeping the lights on and developing tools for patient data were top of mind at the 2019 CHIME Fall CIO Forum.
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- October 29, 2019
29 Oct'19
Allscripts, Northwell Health to build next-generation EHR
Northwell Health CIO John Bosco's vision for the EHR includess artificial intelligence, voice recognition and the cloud.
- October 02, 2019
02 Oct'19
Healthcare cybersecurity threatened by cloud misconfigurations
CynergisTek's Caleb Barlow said misconfiguration of a cloud environment is a top security threat for healthcare organizations.
- September 13, 2019
13 Sep'19
AI, blockchain top healthcare CIO's list of emerging tech
In this Q&A, veteran healthcare CIO Geoffrey Brown talks about how his role has evolved, as well as why he's keeping an eye on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain.
- August 23, 2019
23 Aug'19
Promises for 5G in healthcare are great, but it's still early days
Analysts offer insight into how 5G works, where it might make the most impact in healthcare and why some of what 5G may offer is more promise than reality.
- August 22, 2019
22 Aug'19
5G healthcare use cases will help justify investment but are elusive
To invest in the 5G wireless network, healthcare CIOs will need compelling use cases. But since the network won't be ready for years, finding them may be tough.