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AI in security is strongest use case for BCBS of Massachusetts

CIO Beth O'Rorke talks about AI in security as being a natural fit at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts -- and why AI in other areas is still experimental.
Interoperability in healthcare requires government intervention

Government intervention can help enhance health information exchange and interoperability by creating organizational incentives in the healthcare industry.

AI in medical imaging won't threaten radiologists, analyst says

In this video, an analyst from Chilmark Research explains why AI for medical imaging can coexist with the skills that radiologists bring to patient care.
Sweeping 21st Century Cures Act funds healthcare initiatives

As seen in this video, the 21st Century Cures bill funds medical research, medical device innovation, health IT and mental health and opioid addiction prevention and treatment.
Lack of interoperability affects telehealth programs

In this video, two experts discuss how the lack of interoperability is affecting the success of telehealth programs.
Anything but healthcare next-generation cybersecurity tools will not do

Traditional cybersecurity tools just won't cut it in this landscape anymore, one healthcare CIO says. The name of the game is next-generation cybersecurity tools.
CIO: Healthcare predictive analytics important to population health

As healthcare transitions to value-based care via population health management, analytics -- especially healthcare predictive analytics -- plays an important role, one CIO says.
CIO discusses health systems' projects with mobile healthcare services

Mobile health services should be focused on the consumer experience. One CIO discusses this and what his healthcare organization is doing in the mobile space.
HHS secretary Tom Price discusses lack of interoperability, physician burnout

Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services, laid out two goals for the department moving forward: overcoming the lack of interoperability and physician burnout.
Marc Probst calls for government healthcare interoperability standards

Intermountain CIO Marc Probst is well known for insisting that the government set interoperability standards for health IT so providers and vendors can freely exchange health data.
CHIME chairwoman promotes interoperability standards in healthcare

In this videotaped interview, incoming CHIME chairwoman Liz Johnson talks about interoperability standards in health IT, how analytics can drive better medical outcomes, and MACRA.
CRM in healthcare: Hospitals focus on lifetime value of customers

Salesforce chief medical officer discusses why CRM in healthcare is important, how it can strengthen patient relations, and why healthcare CIOs are increasingly embracing it.
Health activation, care coordination platform for chronic conditions

A North Carolina health system uses a care activation platform from Twine Health Inc., to coordinate care of patients with hypertension and reduce symptoms and hospital visits.
Twine Health offers care platform for hypertension management

Health activation platform from Twine helps self-insured organizations and at-risk providers manage care of patient populations with hypertension and other chronic conditions.
Hospital CIO talks Lean methods in healthcare and Connected Patient

Phoenix Children's Hospital CIO uses Lean methods to assemble his health IT systems and steers savings toward projects like Connected Patient: tablets for pediatric patients.
Writers discuss their favorite interviews with healthcare IT experts

SearchHealthIT's writers talked to a lot of big leaders in health IT in 2016. In this video, our journalists discuss their favorite personalities and moments.
An inside look into cloud EHR vendor Practice Fusion

SearchHealthIT gets an inside look into cloud EHR vendor, Practice Fusion. The company's chief medical officer discusses the benefits of the cloud and the unique workplace culture.
ICD-10 explained: Animated video unravels ICD-10 definition and codes

In this explainer video, SearchHealthIT's news writer, Kristen Lee, narrates a definition for ICD-10 paired with descriptive visuals.
Telehealth technology in sight, even for old-schoolers, expert says

Digital health evangelist Nick Adkins says telemedicine technology and services work well now, and even hospitals are getting into bringing care to patients where they are.
Asynchronous video key telehealth medium for patients and physicians

Telehealth applications for asynchronous video technology include discharge instructions, medical education and between-visit check-ins; benefits include privacy and convenience.
Nick Adkins is a promoter of digital health with unique personal style

Always wearing his trademark kilt, Nick Adkins is a colorful, passionate health IT personality and self-described digital health evangelist with a focus on video and telemedicine.
Epic's EHR: Challenges and lessons learned at Mass General

MGH CIO talks about the hospital's recent move to Epic's EHR. The hospital has encountered EHR challenges including moving off homegrown systems and a staggered implementation.
CIO Halamka advocates for patient data sharing in healthcare

Patients should freely and openly share health data so that data breaches won't matter, CIO John Halamka says. He also believes that choice should be up to each individual.
Healthcare information security tops purchasing survey

In a TechTarget survey, health IT buyers said they are looking at security compliance ahead of analytics and EHR systems. Meanwhile, mobility is up as well.
The adoption of cloud in healthcare from a CIO's view

CIO Harun Rashid discusses the adoption of cloud in healthcare as well as the barriers and concerns many health IT professionals have when it comes to cloud computing.
Cloud EHR vendor CEO Jonathan Bush hits health IT hot topics

Jonathan Bush, CEO of cloud EHR vendor athenahealth Inc. talks about his plans to enter the midsize hospital market, cloud health IT technology and consumerization of health.
Preserve the patient-provider relationship with cybersecurity

CIOs share the healthcare cybersecurity strategies and technologies they are using to secure their organizations at HIMSS 2016.
Hospital CTO finds virtualization and security in Citrix

In a video shot at HIMSS 2016, the CTO of Children's Hospital Los Angeles and a Citrix healthcare executive talk about the benefits of virtualization and security in health IT.
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.
Managing and securing all parts of healthcare mobility

Healthcare mobility, the practice of supporting different mobile devices and operating systems, is appealing to physicians, but difficult for IT departments to protect.
Analyzing the expansion of healthcare desktop virtualization

The existence of desktop virtualization in healthcare settings is becoming more common because IT departments must keep up with technologically advanced physicians and devices.
CIO Halamka on the benefits of telemedicine

Many are wary of telemedicine and the ways that people could potentially abuse it. However, one healthcare CIO believes telemedicine benefits are too great to pass up.
Providers leery of cloud, but not vendor neutral archives

While providers are tying imaging to EHR-based workflows via vendor neutral archives and PACS, many are still leery of the cloud, imaging expert Michael Gray said in this video.
Vendor neutral archives will coexist with PACS 3.0

Vendor neutral archives, PACS 3.0 let healthcare providers use medical images from diverse sources, independent consultant Michael Gray said in this video from RSNA 2015.
Medication adherence app shown at Connected Health

Medisafe, an mHealth medication adherence app, was showcased at Connected Health Symposium. The startup, which has two million-plus users, is now looking for bigger partners.
Healthcare interoperability is 'non-negotiable,' military says

Cerner's president discusses what the company is doing to make healthcare interoperability a reality -- and the Department of Defense takes a firm stand.
Cerner's Zane Burke, military IT expert discuss DoD EHR contract

Representatives of Cerner and the DoD sat down with SearchHealthIT at the CHIME15 Fall CIO Forum to discuss the details of the DoD EHR contract.
AHIMA CEO talks ICD-10 transition, information governance

AHIMA CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon talked about the ICD-10 transition and said information governance is needed to control the "tsunami" of information created by EHRs.
CIO talks health IT security at CHIME CIO Forum

SearchHealthIT caught up with Ochsner CIO Patrick Anderson to talk about health IT security. Anderson touched on topics such as IoT security, third-party apps and more.
Experience shaped Halamka's healthcare interoperability view

Outspoken CIO John Halamka didn't just pull his opinions on health IT out of thin air. In fact, his personal experiences helped shape his stance on healthcare interoperability.
John Halamka uses big data analytics in healthcare to fight wife's cancer

When his wife was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, CIO John Halamka turned to big data analytics in healthcare.
Experts predict bleak results after ICD-10 implementation date

As the Oct. 1 ICD-10 implementation date looms on the horizon, three experts question whether ICD-10 will provide value to physicians or patients.
Hospital updates families with mHealth application

In this video, learn how Miami Children's Health System transmits patient data and updates families using HealthGrid's mHealth app system.
GreatCall CEO sees consumerization of healthcare

As retail health clinics and other consumer healthcare options sprout, hospitals have competition, the CEO of GreatCall said in this video interview.
FHIR gaining support as interoperability standard

The CEO of health IT standards group HL7 International said the health IT industry is coalescing around FHIR as a new interoperability standard.
Jump in medical codes could benefit patient outcomes

Albert Oriol, CIO of Rady's Children's Hospital, says the expansion of medical codes coming with ICD-10 should help produce more detailed data.
Health data security and interoperability key for CIOs

Healthcare CIOs at the CHIME forum at HIMSS 2015 say health data security, interoperability, and analytics and wellness data are atop their agendas.
CHIME leaders advocate for a national patient identifier

In this video, CHIME leaders Russ Branzell and Chuck Christian push for a national patient identifier and discuss interoperability concerns.
Top ONC official touts agency's role in precision medicine

The chief health information officer for ONC says the agency has a leading role in President Obama's precision medicine initiative.
ONC informatics official says EHR usability promotes safety

ONC's Andrew Gettinger, M.D., maintains that the easier EHRs are to use, the safer they will be for patients.
Webcast: Health care storage virtualization and data management strategy

Experts from San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital discuss how their storage virtualization project brought the IT infrastructure up to date.
An introduction to mobile health technology

Physicians are increasingly using mobile devices to update patient records, fill prescriptions and even email patients. This video discusses the most popular devices and apps.
How HL7 standards affect meaningful use

SearchHealthIT.com asks John Quinn, chief technology officer of Health Level Seven International, what CIOs and physicians need to know about HL7 standards and meaningful use.
New platform to support open source EHRs, more apps

Harvard SHARP grant recipient Dr. Kenneth Mandl is developing a platform for cheap, open source EHRs and other apps. He tells the story of Apple's lack of interest.

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