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• Change Healthcare gives clients the keys to security analytics

  

  Health technology vendor Change Healthcare is helping clients more quickly respond to data threats.

  Cyber security Joseph Goedert July 19

  Cyber security Joseph Goedert July 19

• HIT Think Fostering a culture that supports evidence-based practice

  

  Staci Porter

  Regional nursing officer Zynx Health

  These key indicators show an organization’s readiness for guidelines that often are embedded in EHRs or workflows to support patient care.

  Clinical decision support systems July 19

  Clinical decision support systems July 19

• LabCorp still recovering from weekend ransomware attack

  

  LabCorp, one of the nation’s largest provider of diagnostic testing services, is attempting to recover from a massive ransomware attack.

  Ransomware Joseph Goedert July 19

  Ransomware Joseph Goedert July 19

• Obamacare fix said to be prepared after risk payments halted

  

  The Trump administration is preparing a regulation that would allow the resumption of billions of dollars in payments to health insurers in Obamacare.

  Obamacare July 19

  Obamacare July 19

• Publicis Health acquires Payer Sciences

  

  The newly acquired health marketing agency uses data and analytics to help clients navigate payer behavior and the reimbursement environment.

  Health data Kathryn Mayer July 19

  Health data Kathryn Mayer July 19

• EHR performance standards needed to ensure usability, safety

  

  The design, development and implementation of electronic health records must be improved to ensure the usability of EHRs for clinicians and safety for patients.

  EHR implementations Greg Slabodkin July 19

  EHR implementations Greg Slabodkin July 19

• Don Rucker: Evaluation and Management codes not working in EHR era

  

  National Coordinator for Health IT supports CMS proposed rule to reduce E&M documentation burden on clinicians.

  EHR documentation Greg Slabodkin July 19

  EHR documentation Greg Slabodkin July 19

• 10 keys to reducing wasteful care variations

  

  Leading health organizations say IT can play a crucial role in efforts to create effective care delivery standards.

  Clinical decision support Fred Bazzoli July 19

  Clinical decision support Fred Bazzoli July 19

• HIT Think How cloud computing is changing the role of the CIO

  

  Eric Helmer

  Global vice president, Strategic Services Group Rimini Street

  Healthcare IT leaders must make peace with a new shared decision making reality.

  Cloud computing July 18

  Cloud computing July 18

• Cyberattacks on providers, agencies are rising this year

  

  Sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of people have been compromised in attacks on healthcare organizations and government offices this year.

  Data security July 18

  Data security July 18