Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is looking to hire engineers to develop a custom chip for more sophisticated health information tracking and applications, according to a CNBC report.CNBC said it got the information from a job...
View ArticleGeisinger, Merck co-launch new FHIR-enabled patient apps
Geisinger and Merck have collaborated on a pair of new web-based applications, designed to make it easier to incorporate patient data into health systems' electronic health records for better care...
View ArticleHRSA to give $125 million to community health centers for IT-enabled quality...
The Health Resources and Services Administration is awarding $125 million in grants to 1,352 community health centers nationwide, seeking to bolster their technology infrastructure and ability to offer...
View ArticleDigital transformation is changing IT consulting, Black Book says
The digital transformation underway in healthcare is not only altering the tech landscape but also the nature of consulting services and arrangements that hospitals are inking with outside firms.It’s...
View ArticleHIMSS19: New focused communities to help personalize Global Conference
HIMSS is debuting a new set of communities ahead of, during and after the HIMSS19 Global Conference.Called HIMSS Circles, they’re an opportunity for like-minded people to convene at the conference, get...
View ArticleVets group sues Trump administration to end 'Mar-A-Lago Council' influence on VA
Veterans’ advocacy group VoteVets and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday, to stop the influence of three friends of President Donald Trump from...
View ArticleRelentless focus on innovation wins Ochsner a HIMSS Davies Award
Ochsner Health System has won a 2018 HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award, honored for the accomplishments of its innovationOchsner group, or Team iO, and its broader efforts to improve patient safety and...
View ArticleVA Cerner EHR Project CHIO Genevieve Morris resigns
Genevieve Morris, chief health information officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization stepped down from her role this morning, just one month...
View ArticlePoll: Should the VA put Cerner EHR plans on hold?
Genevieve Morris, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs EHR modernization project CHIO, resigned from her leadership position on Friday, just a little more than a month on the job. Morris’ departure...
View ArticleEpic, Cerner, Allscripts gaining traction in a European EHR market that's in...
The electronic health record market has largely settled on a few major players in the U.S., even if it's still somewhat in flux. But a very different set of circumstances in Europe has led to some...
View ArticleHarris Healthcare acquires Iatric Systems, will run it as an independent...
Harris Healthcare acquired Iatric Systems for an undisclosed sum. Boxford, Massachusetts-based Iatric, which specializes in integration tools to help hospitals optimize electronic health records and...
View ArticleGAO to review DoD Cerner EHR implementation status
In an amendment tucked into the Senate appropriations bill passed on Aug. 23, the Government Accountability Office will be required to conduct its own review of the Department of Defense MHS Genesis...
View ArticleHow to Protect EHRs at Scale and With Crypto-Agility
Sponsor: CSSPrimary topic: Privacy & SecurityTopic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Financial/Revenue Cycle ManagementPrivacy & SecurityResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleHIMSS Media Insights on Technology Disruption in Healthcare
Sponsor: OraclePrimary topic: AnalyticsTopic: AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceElectronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Resource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleJudy Faulkner touts global interoperability network at Epic users conference
Epic is working to take interoperability global, CEO Judy Faulkner told more than 10,000 attendees at the company's annual Users Group Meeting."You've eliminated the silos from within your...
View ArticlePatient safety demands more robust testing of EHR usability, says Pew
Pew Charitable Trusts says not enough attention is being paid to electronic health record usability from a safety point of view. And given that federal certification requirements don't address two key...
View ArticleNationwide prescription safety alert system proposed by House bill
A House bill introduced on Aug. 30 would create a nationwide Prescription Safety Alert System, designed to better protect patients at risk of opioid overuse.If passed, the Analyzing and Leveraging...
View ArticleVA leadership woes: Readers nearly deadlocked on EHR project path
Since March, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has seen a lot of leadership turnover: 40 senior staffers by the Democrats count in May. The agency lost two more in late summer, with the departure...
View ArticleIT investment needed for better medication management, boosting patient safety
Hospital chief medical information officers are almost unanimous in recognizing the patient safety improvements that have been brought about by better medication management processes, according to a...
View ArticleVA CIO nominee pledges to fix cybersecurity, EHR modernization
Improving communication at the Department of Veterans Affairs as it transitions onto modern technology platforms would be a top priority for President Donald Trump’s nominee for the VA Chief...
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