Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News In a temporary rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications for six months following the end of the public health emergency, through November 11. DirectTrust released the finalized criteria for the Trusted Network Accreditation Program (TNAP) Participant program, aligning accreditation requirements with the requirements necessary to participate with a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under TEFCA. The Health3PT Initiative is creating a vendor directory of organizations that currently have HITRUST e1, i1, or r2 certifications or will have them in the next 12 months. Studies A survey from data analytics vendor MDclone reported that only 16% of healthcare organizations successfully use data to define clinical best practices. It doesn’t help that 80% or organizations don’t have enough analyst resources to meet demand for knowledge work in performance improvement. Sixty percent of healthcare organizations h...
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