As Health Data Management wraps up 27 years of reporting on the healthcare information technology industry today, it gives me a chance to pause and reflect, and to look hopefully toward the future for the industry.
February 13
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DATA SETS
Rising pressure for combining organizations to produce quick benefits makes IT analysis critical in the earliest plans for consolidation.
February 2
As healthcare organizations move data and applications offsite, it becomes increasingly important to assess all costs and risks.
January 23
Changes to information technology and billing systems will be essential to cope with the new coding guidelines.
January 14
A group representing healthcare security pros warns that hospitals and healthcare organizations could be top priority targets because of their relatively weak security.
January 9
As organizations aim to integrate various types of images into clinical systems, HIT executives need to take steps to maximize benefits and minimize risks.
January 7
Payers’ applications of HIT, tech giant moves into healthcare and growing uses of artificial intelligence topped the charts this past year.
December 22
Our most popular compilations run the gamut from the most powerful women in healthcare IT or predictions about how information technology will affect care delivery.
December 17
Rapid changes in the healthcare industry are placing new challenges on information technology.
December 16
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HIT THINK
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Value-based care platform provider Apervita says it is the first company to be certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for electronic clinical quality measures using a clinical quality language-based engine.February 12
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The Federal Communications Commission will soon move to issue a final order for its new $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, which is intended to boost the use of telehealth for underserved patient populations.February 12
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Healthy Blue of Louisiana plans to provide its members with access to medical and behavioral healthcare via telehealth.February 11
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to delay the first go-live deployment for its $10 billion Cerner electronic health record system, which was originally slated for next month.February 11
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Two members of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at advancing telehealth through the development of a plan for adoption and coordination by federal agencies.February 11
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The Sequoia Project is putting together a work group to inform its efforts to develop the Common Agreement, the baseline technical and legal requirements for health information networks to electronically share data nationwide.February 11
HIT TOOLKIT
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A new cloud-based application has been built to streamline specimen collecting, tracking and labeling, while also automating laboratory receiving and processing procedures.July 23
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Three critical access hospitals in Montana have selected the Evident electronic health records system of CPSI as well as its TruBridge revenue cycle management software.July 23
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The recent data breach at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services demonstrates the risk that hired third-party vendors pose to healthcare organizations.July 18
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A recent survey suggests that a majority of healthcare organizations are now putting data in the cloud, often without sufficient security protection.July 17
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Providers may be placing too much trust in cybersecurity practices that are not sophisticated enough to deter high-level attacks by hackers.July 17
