Evariant lands $42.3M in new funding
Evariant, which offers a CRM platform for healthcare providers, raised $42.3million in a Series C round of financing. Goldman Sachs led the funding, with participation from Series A and B financing leads Health Enterprise Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Jason Kreuziger from Goldman Sachs, has joined the Evariant Board of Directors.
Analytics
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 29, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Analytics Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Push on to make transparent medical records the national standard of care
Perched on an exam table at the doctor's office watching the clinician type details about their medical problems into their file, what patient hasn't wondered exactly what the doctor is writing?
Quality and Safety
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 29, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kaiser Health News Tags: Online Only Clinical Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Population Health Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Big Data Byte: A Beginner's Approach to Analytics
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 28, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Bailey Tags: Analytics Electronic Health Records Source Type: news
Big Data Byte: Clinical Systems Integration
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Big Data: Clinical Systems Integration
Charles Macias, MD, Director of the Evidenced-Based Outcomes Center at Texas Children's Hospital, talks about the organization's drive to improve outcomes through analytics by integrating systems across clinical care, operations and finance.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 28, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Bailey Tags: Analytics Population Health Source Type: news
5 key takeaways from Cybersecurity Act of 2015
When President Barack Obama signed The Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which was included in the federal omnibus government spending package, the legislation included nine pages of healthcare-related cybersecurity measures.
While these definitions lay out the necessary processes to instate a real plan for the future of healthcare security, a lot of work needs to be done for this to be accomplished.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 28, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Policy and Legislation Privacy & Security Source Type: news
10 most recent HIPAA breaches
As the year 2015 draws to a close with a warning that healthcare – more than ever before – has become a target for cyber security attacks, we list the most recent data breaches reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights. All 10 were reported in December.
1. 12/01: Centegra Health System, Il, affected 2,929 people.
A mailing snafu may have exposed personal information of patients.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 28, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Policy and Legislation Privacy & Security Source Type: news
Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2015
In 2015, heath IT got BIG.
Electronic Health Records
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 28, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records ICD-10 & Coding Interoperability Meaningful Use Population Health Source Type: news
Halifax Health implements Wolters Kluwer clinical decision support in ED
Aiming to improve sepsis outcomes, Halifax Health has implemented Wolters Kluwer POC Advisor clinical decision support platform in its emergency department.
[See also: Clinical decision support: no longer just a nice-to-have]
Decision Support
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records Quality and Safety Workflow Source Type: news
Patient engagement and population health: 2015 in review
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More than ever, patients are a priority
Patient-centered care is changing how providers prioritize their technology resources and shape their engagement strategies. We look back on a year of insights and advice from those most committed to connected care and population health.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Mobile Patient Engagement Population Health Quality and Safety Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
ONC publishes interoperability specs for 2016
Christmas has come early: ONC just unwrapped the 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory.
Interoperability
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Interoperability Meaningful Use Source Type: news
National Science Foundation gives $10 million to cloud, mobile security team
The National Science Foundation will provide a $10 million grant to researchers at several top universities to support their work on cloud and mobile network security in healthcare.
The five-year grant from NSF's Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace, will fund Trustworthy Health and Wellness, or THaW.org, a research group led by David Kotz, a professor of computer science at Dartmouth College.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Privacy & Security Source Type: news
2016 predictions for health IT
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2016 predictions for health IT
As the year ends and we archive the accomplishments and challenges of 2015, it's time to think about the year ahead. Here, John Halamka, MD, offers his predictions for 2016.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Halamka Tags: Analytics Cloud Computing Meaningful Use Source Type: news
Make the most of accountable care and meaningful use with information mobility
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Accountable Care
Make the most of accountable care and meaningful use with information mobility
If you're anything like most hospital leaders, accountable care and meaningful use initiatives are renting a lot of space in your head these days. But like many of your peers, chances are you face major challenges to meet regulatory requirements and to operate efficiently under evolving care models.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 22, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Ron Nielson Tags: Accountable Care Meaningful Use Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Chief information security officers share tips for privacy protection
CISOs share tips for privacy protection
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CISOs: Healthcare's new rock stars2015 was the year of the healthcare data breach. It was also the year where those in charge of protecting data found their moment in the spotlight. As some of the most in-demand professionals around, chief information security officers are on the front lines of a challenging new era. In October, we profiled six of them. Here's some of what they had to say.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 22, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Sabbah Tags: Online Only Data Warehousing Industry News Interoperability Medical Devices Privacy & Security Quality and Safety Hospitals IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Vendors Source Type: news
Bill expanding meaningful use hardship exemptions passes in Congress
A blanket hardship exception from 2015's meaningful use reimbursement penalties passed both the House and Senate last week as part of the Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, offering providers wider latitude for securing exemptions from possible fines.
Meaningful Use
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Source: Healthcare IT News - December 22, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
