Opinion

Opinion

• Healthcare ransomware attacks threaten patient safety

  Worry about health IT cybersecurity has shifted from hacker-triggered health data breaches to ransomware and malware exploits that shut down hospitals and threaten patient safety.  Continue Reading

• New risk to cybersecurity in healthcare: Hacker as a service

  Health IT and hospital security professionals must try to stay ahead of cyberattacks against electronic patient records. But now hackers are prepping the next generation.  Continue Reading

• Apple's health app may reshape patient engagement

  As part of its newest iOS release, Apple's health app will provide iPhone users access to their health records, which could encourage other smartphone companies to do the same.  Continue Reading

• SharePoint for healthcare aids HIPAA compliance, workflow automation

  Hospital IT may have a love-hate relationship with SharePoint, but features like Information Rights Management can help ensure the security of PHI and other health data.  Continue Reading

• Analyzing stored medical image data helps picture the future

  The analytics performed on medical images adds a new dimension to clinical data. For providers, this trend boosts population health management and precision medicine efforts.  Continue Reading

• Value-based healthcare is steeped in technology and policy

  Improving patient health outcomes through value-based approaches requires skills from physicians, analysis from technology pros and guidance from federal regulators.  Continue Reading

• RSNA 2017 shows AI in healthcare, value-based imaging

  Medical imaging professionals converge on RSNA 2017, North America's biggest healthcare conference. This year the emphasis is on AI and machine learning, and value-based care.  Continue Reading

• Health IT outsourcing helps organizations manage costs

  Healthcare organizations that want to work toward high-visibility initiatives may want to consider outsourcing IT support as a way to free up internal resources.  Continue Reading

• Patient retention strategies must go beyond mobile check-ins

  Healthcare organizations will have to go beyond traditional approaches to patient retention if they want to keep their patients. Personalized recommendations are one place to start.  Continue Reading

• Voluntary ONC certification requires API-related access

  APIs are useful in improving EHR interoperability. From that perspective, electronic medical records that are certified by the ONC must adhere to API criteria.  Continue Reading

• Mobile technology in healthcare looks toward a brighter future

  Patients, physicians and health IT pros have different needs and concerns with mobile technology in hospitals. The future points to greater mobile use -- with the help of IT.  Continue Reading

• Survey with CHIME shows how trends in healthcare tie to tech

  SearchHealthIT's recent IT purchasing intentions survey -- done in conjunction with CHIME -- points to technology spending priorities at the top of CIOs' minds.  Continue Reading

• Health information privacy threatened in race for marketing data

  The recent repeal of broadband privacy rules may affect how consumers' health information is used for marketing and advertising purposes.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare cloud concerns diminish but not yet fully resolved

  As long-standing worries dissipate, hospitals more frequently approach cloud computing with greater confidence. Cost and scalability benefits have proved to be strong motivators.  Continue Reading

• Think on how clinical imaging systems, EHRs will integrate in future

  The idea of a patient lugging around medical image files on a CD-ROM or thumb drive seems out of place in 2017. Yet some organizations have that far to progress with imaging.  Continue Reading