Karen DeSalvo through the years: A look back at her ONC tenure
Electronic Health RecordsGovernment & PolicyHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityMeaningful UsePatient EngagementPopulation HealthDeSalvo made her way from New Orleans to Washington and...
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Carequality says athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Epic, NextGen, Surescripts now...
Cloud ComputingElectronic Health RecordsGovernment & PolicyHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityThe framework will make interoperability work happening today widespread as more and more...
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University of Maryland unveils tool to gauge how public health taps EHRs in...
Researchers at the University of Maryland posted a new tool to help health officials and departments more effectively harness electronic health records, other IT and data during disease...
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FTC nails Practice Fusion with 20-year privacy practice order
On Tuesday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved a final order with EHR vendor Practice Fusion that will consent to a 20-year privacy practice order, stemming from its highly-publicized privacy...
View ArticleLeidos merger positions company for more health IT business worldwide, like...
Leidos, which along with Cerner and Accenture, last year won a $9 billion contract to provide the Department of Defense with a new electronic health record at DoD facilities worldwide, has recently...
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Does healthcare need a more modern way to define and measure EHR...
Industry experts and the federal government are divided on the best way to assess the state of the nation’s health IT interoperability.The Office for the National Coordinator for Health IT, for...
View ArticleMajority of healthcare leaders elevating cybersecurity as a priority,...
As cybercriminals continue to assault the healthcare industry, most health executives are elevating data security as a business priority, according to the 2016 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey, released...
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JAMA: EHRs aren't keeping up with evolution of other technologies
Use of electronic health records has come a long way in the past decade. But so has the ubiquity and maturity of many technologies. A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in...
View ArticleA look inside Epic's EHR design and usability teams
Janet Campbell is a software developer and vice president of patient engagement at Epic Systems.In that role, she is focused on patient portals and engagement features but also on home health and...
View ArticleMore than half of healthcare organizations cannot move imaging data between...
Enterprise imaging strategies are key priorities for healthcare leaders and many organizations are well on their way to implementing them; however, interoperability roadblocks remain a challenge, a new...
View ArticleApple buys personal health record startup Gliimpse for undisclosed price
Tech giant Apple appears to be taking a giant step further into healthcare with the purchase of startup Gliimpse, a personal health data company launched three years ago.It’s the fifth consumer health...
View ArticleJoy Grosser wins CIO post at UH Hospitals in Cleveland
Joy M. Grosser, a 20-year health IT veteran, will take the CIO post at University Hospitals’ 18-hospital network in Ohio, effective September 12.After an extensive nationwide search, University...
View ArticleONC's Draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory posted for public comment
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has made the new draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory available for stakeholder feedback.The ISA is meant as a catalog to help the...
View ArticleMaineHealth taps Marcy Dunn for CIO post, will lead Epic Systems work
MaineHealth has tapped a veteran chief information officer from a Long Island, N.Y., healthcare system to lead its organization’s information technology efforts.Dunn is senior vice president and CIO at...
View ArticleTexas Health revalidates EMRAM Stage 7 EHR status
Fourteen Texas Health Resources locations have been revalidated at EMRAM Stage 7, the highest level that can be achieved on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.The model, adopted in 2005, is a...
View ArticleEmory Healthcare and Stratus sign pact to develop IT infrastructure...
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Stratus Healthcare, an affiliation of 21 Georgia hospitals, have struck a new partnership to develop a clinically integrated network and strengthen access to...
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Running list: 2016 notable hires, promotions in health IT
Topic: AnalyticsEHRsElectronic Health RecordsNetwork InfrastructureWorkforceAuthor: Bernie MonegainSlideshow Image: http://m.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/New%20hires%202016_0.jpgSlideshow...
View ArticleUniversity of Rochester Medical Center names Thomas Barnett as CIO
Thomas Barnett will take the CIO post at the University of Rochester Medical Center, the organization revealed.When he assumes the chief information officer role on Oct. 10, 2016, Barnett will succeed...
View ArticleHIMSS tells CMS: Finalize 90-day reporting now, align requirements for MU and...
In a letter sent to acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt on Sept. 1, HIMSS reiterated its desire to see a less prescriptive EHR Incentive Program that works best for providers. Key to making that...
View ArticleDoD delays Cerner EHR modernization
The U.S. Department of Defense said it is pushing back its giant $4.3 billion EHR modernization project with Cerner at least a few months."During the testing of the system, we identified the need for...
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