This week in health IT news, Tom Andriola, vice president and CIO for the University of California System and UC Health, told healthcare CIOs that IT is increasingly influencing their…
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Community Healthcare IT Leaders Showcase Data-Driven Successes
by Editorial Team April 16, 2018As community hospitals and community health centers, and other smaller healthcare organizations look to leverage Health IT solutions to deliver better patient outcomes, they face challenges accessing state of the…
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As HIMSS 2018 Approaches, Wolf Sees Vital Role for Data in Delivering Value for Healthcare Organizations
by Jenna Sindle February 27, 2018HIMSS 2018 is nearly here. While each year’s event is important in its own right, this year’s event according to HIMSS’s new president Harold Wolf III will assume a vital…
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The Challenge of Legacy Health IT Systems and Adjudication Engines For Payers
by Phil Teplitzky December 21, 2017For healthcare providers, the process of getting paid is still one of the more time consuming practices in healthcare, especially for those using legacy health IT systems and adjudication engines.…
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IT Pioneer Receives Award while VA Progress in Health IT is Analyzed
by Editorial Team December 14, 2017This week in health IT news, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) looked into the current state of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)’s progress in health IT and came up…
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Defense in Depth Strategy Protects Healthcare Organizations from Cyber Attacks
by Shayda Windle November 20, 2017The most valuable asset without a doubt for healthcare organizations is patient data. The recent global WannaCry malware outbreak, one of the largest healthcare security threats on record, wreaked havoc…
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National Mutual Aid System Enables Quicker Emergency Response Time
by Shayda Windle November 16, 2017There is no doubt that mutual aid – the ability to connect resources across all areas of emergency response and jurisdictional boundaries – is of utmost importance when it comes…
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What Does the EU General Data Protection Regulation Mean for You?
by Shayda Windle November 7, 2017The countdown to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here, with enforcement taking place next year, on 25 May 2018. The EU GDPR is arguably the most important…
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Using “art” and “interpreting healthcare data” in the same sentence may seem as sensible as comparing an octopus to a bicycle. Isn’t data supposed to be objective? So how and…
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Pharmaceutical Companies Bring Drugs to Market More Quickly with Modern IT Infrastructures
by Shayda Windle October 24, 2017There is no doubt modern IT infrastructures are a critical component for pharmaceuticals companies to thrive in this competitive digital age. Without a flexible, agile infrastructure, they aren’t able to…