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Epic Systems playing defense on Ebola, interop: A losing game?

Epic Systems Corp. was attacked for health data interoperability problems and blamed for an Ebola patient snafu. Is the U.S. Department of Justice the endgame? Continue Reading
Meaningful use program: Code blue

Analysis: D.C. scuttlebutt indicates that meaningful use might be in line for more than an overhaul as political forces close in around ONC. Continue Reading
Health data interoperability in sight ... via Epic?

CIOs: Time to capitulate to Epic in regards to health data interoperability? ONC: It's a big country, and there's a lot more than Epic out there. Continue Reading
FDASIA mHealth regulations: Whither EHR usability?

It's time the feds grab health IT software developers by the lapels and address poor EHR usability. FDASIA mHealth regulations present an opportunity. Continue Reading
National Health IT Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, M.D., in her own words

Karen DeSalvo, the National Health IT coordinator, talks about what brought her to the ONC and how her experiences will inform her tenure there. Continue Reading

KLAS Research explains its changes in best EHR vendor awards

In candid interviews, KLAS Research and athenahealth discuss the impact of unannounced changes in Best in KLAS health IT software systems awards. Continue Reading
HIMSS attendees share their dreams for an ideal meaningful use update

We polled executives of health systems and vendor organizations to hear their thoughts about what's missing from meaningful use. Continue Reading
If you could change the meaningful use rules, what would you do?

We polled CIOs, vendors and clinical leaders -- with some compliance under their belts -- about how they'd tweak meaningful use if they could. Continue Reading
Epic's Faulkner: Large customers not buying into health IT cloud

At HIMSS 2014, cloud vendors abound. But who's buying? Epic Systems Corp. founder Judy Faulkner discusses health IT cloud's prospects moving forward. Continue Reading
HIT Happens: Saving U.S. healthcare economics rests on data governance

Can data governance be the missing link to solve the economic woes of U.S. healthcare? Tell me this: Would you rather bet on our CIOs, or politicians? Continue Reading
Shut down thoughts of a national patient identifier, stage 2 extension

If your crystal ball says the CIO-endorsed ideas of a national patient identifier or meaningful use stage 2 extension will happen, check its firmware. Continue Reading

Last words from Farzad Mostashari meant to drive patient engagement

Farzad Mostashari, M.D.'s parting message to fellow 'misfits' at National Health IT week was one that encouraged engaging patients through technology. Continue Reading

GDPR strategy: 4 tips to bring IT processes up to speed

The GDPR deadline has long passed, but U.S. companies remain behind on compliance. Experts provide GDPR compliance tips to make ...

Google's 'My Activity' data: Avoiding privacy and compliance risk

Google's Activity Controls create privacy and compliance risks for organizations, as well as a potential gold mine for social ...

Cybersecurity and physical security: Key for 'smart' venues

With sustainability being a huge driver of modern business development, protecting consumers' cyber- and physical security is an ...

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How secure-by-design ITSM processes can be a business differentiator

Secure ITSM procedures are essential to digital organizations' data protection processes. They can also be a bottom line boon, ...

Staring down cybersecurity risks in the digital organization

For cybersecurity strategies to be successful, digitized companies must find the balance between the benefits and risks that come...

Embedded IT, global talent to define future of IT jobs

As more businesses identify as tech companies, what's the future of IT jobs? Many IT teams will work remotely on a gig-by-gig ...

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Estimate cloud computing costs prior to app migration

Enterprises should enlist a number of resources, including cost calculators and third-party tools, to assess what they'll pay for...

Containers, cloud orchestration tools rattle DevOps foundation

Any form of virtualization that disconnects infrastructure from apps threatens the foundation of DevOps and could push IT toward ...

Machine learning tools ease cloud security, log management

Machine learning has increasingly found a home in enterprise cloud management teams, but the technology is still far from being a...

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Open source MDM offers flexibility, with challenges

Determine whether the open source route is best when it comes to managing mobile devices. To start, weigh the pros and cons, and ...

How to sharpen a corporate mobile device strategy

Mobile devices aren't easy to manage. When organizations hand over a corporate device, IT should check a few things off of their ...

IT must beware Apple DEP issues with authentication

IT admins can expose an organization to a variety of threats while using Apple DEP if they're not careful. But there are ways to ...

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Facebook hack the work of spammers, not foreign adversary

News roundup: The Facebook hack was the work of spammers, according to The Wall Street Journal. Plus, 35 million voter records ...

GreyEnergy threat group detected attacking high-value targets

Researchers claim a new threat group called GreyEnergy is the successor to BlackEnergy, but experts are unsure if the evidence ...

Risk & Repeat: Military cybersecurity scrutinized in GAO report

This week's Risk & Repeat podcast discusses the GAO report on vulnerabilities and weaknesses in modern weapons systems and what ...

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DNA data storage developments demonstrate serious potential

As futuristic as it may sound, writing to DNA-based data storage is well on its way to becoming a possibility. Mainstream use may...

NVMe fabric options include Fibre Channel, RDMA

Planning NVMe over Fabrics? Then get to know all about the Fibre Channel and RDMA fabric options to decide which of the two ...

Elastifile adds automated tiering to cloud object storage

Cloud file system startup Elastifile is making it easier to shift data to object storage in Amazon and Google using ClearTier ...

HIT Happens

Epic Systems playing defense on Ebola, interop: A losing game?

Meaningful use program: Code blue

Health data interoperability in sight ... via Epic?

FDASIA mHealth regulations: Whither EHR usability?

National Health IT Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, M.D., in her own words

KLAS Research explains its changes in best EHR vendor awards

HIMSS attendees share their dreams for an ideal meaningful use update

If you could change the meaningful use rules, what would you do?

Epic's Faulkner: Large customers not buying into health IT cloud

HIT Happens: Saving U.S. healthcare economics rests on data governance

Shut down thoughts of a national patient identifier, stage 2 extension

Last words from Farzad Mostashari meant to drive patient engagement

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