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• CIO: Interoperability and health data analytics intertwined

  At the CHIME CIO Forum at HIMSS 2016 in Las Vegas, CIO Andrew Rosenberg discusses why and how interoperability and data analytics are important to each other. Continue Reading

• Probst on cybersecurity in healthcare: 'We have to work together'

  As it should be, cybersecurity is on many healthcare CIOs' minds. Marc Probst, CIO at Intermountain Healthcare, shares some advice. Continue Reading

• Derail your patient engagement strategy in six easy steps

  When designing a patient engagement strategy, doing the bare minimum to involve patients and not gauging their satisfaction are two missteps to avoid. Continue Reading

• ONC's six ways to avoid surprises during an unannounced HIPAA audit

  From HIMSS 2014, ONC Chief Privacy Officer Joy Pritts offers survival strategies for new HIPAA audits under the omnibus rule. Continue Reading

• Mitigate new patient safety risks caused by health IT implementation

  The use of health IT brings new risks to patient safety; a symposium at HIMSS 2014 addresses how to mitigate those risks. Continue Reading

• Five can't-miss strategies for getting the most out of HIMSS 2014

  If you're going to HIMSS 2014, the massive program, exhibit hall and events lineup can be daunting. Here's how to make it work.Continue Reading

• Mobile disease management programs boost patient engagement

  As location-based functions become prevalent on mobile devices, patients and providers have an opportunity to use them for mobile disease management.Continue Reading

• Health data interoperability woes could be solved fast if we wanted

  An FDASIA workgroup member and mHealth Summit speaker says health data interoperability is technically easy to fix. Politics are getting in the way.Continue Reading

• HIMSS 2013 attendees tell how to make health analytics more relevant

  Most providers' health analytics systems are mired in retrospective reviews. HIMSS 2013 attendees explain how to take these projects into the future.Continue Reading

• New wave of mHealth apps bridge doctor-patient gap

  There are thousands of mHealth apps for Apple users. Read more in-depth about a few of them.Continue Reading

• Ten iPad EHR security strategies for HIPAA compliance

  When deploying an EHR system to iPhones and iPads, organizations need a sound security strategy. These 10 tips will make security policy, and HIPAA compliance, straightforward.Continue Reading

• Tips for improving health care hospital governance

  Getting physicians, nursing and pharmacy staff, and other peers together makes for effective IT problem-solving in clinical environments. This and more tips for health care IT governance.Continue Reading

• Ten tips for a hospital EHR implementation process

  Taking the EHR implementation process to meaningful use requires teamwork. A HIMSS Stage 7 award winner offers tips for hospital IT leaders.Continue Reading

• Building an IT business plan with health care policy in mind

  A regional HIMSS director weighs in on the HITECH Act and other federal proposals that will affect providers' meaningful use compliance efforts and the build-out of their IT infrastructure.Continue Reading