From security laggards to cyber warriors
The real enemies of good cybersecurity -- and its closely related cousin, patient safety -- are often intangible: apathy, ignorance and indecision. Not the many threats we face today. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Security, Workforce Development, Leadership, Data Science, Data management, Quality Care, Interoperability Source Type: blogs
Teaming for value-based reimbursement: Benefits of health system and retail pharmacy collaboration
(SPONSORED) Two healthcare business strategists from McKesson explain how hospitals and retail pharmacies can work together to improve the health of their patients as well as their own financial health. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Finance, Financial management Source Type: blogs
The future of meaningful use Stage 3
On Jan. 14, thirty-one healthcare organizations sent the following letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell. Given the recent comments of CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt at the J.P. Morgan Annual Health Care Conference, we remain optimistic. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, EHR, Regulation, Public Policy Source Type: blogs
Beware the millennials: New year brings need for new security measures
Here are six steps to making sure even those employees least concerned with privacy and security don ' t expose your health data. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: blogs
Reduce claims underpayments and denials through integration
There is one constant in today ' s healthcare climate: change. As hospitals and health systems navigate the shifting landscape of revenue cycle management, there is a unique opportunity to align strategies for the better by leveraging the right information, expertise and systems. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Finance, Financial management Source Type: blogs
The science of healthcare innovation: Interview with Dr. George Day, part 1
Roy Smythe, MD, interviewed Dr. George Day to drill down into the science of innovation and give readers some flavor of the need to understand innovation at this level. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics, Clinial and business intelligence Source Type: blogs
' The Trouble with Tribbles': surprising places ePHI lurks, and how to protect it
One of my all-time favorite Star Trek original series episodes is entitled " The Trouble with Tribbles. " In this episode, Captain Kirk urgently races to a space station that ' s in distress. Once at the space station, he and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise encounter small furry creatures that purr and resemble something between a small cat and a cute guinea pig that are called Tribbles. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Security, Data Science, Data management, Interoperability Source Type: blogs
The Science of Healthcare Innovation: Interview with Dr. George Day, Part 2
Editor ' s note: This is the second segment in Roy Smythe’s two-part interview with Dr. George Day on the nature and application of science-based innovation to advance the new model of healthcare. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics, Clinial and business intelligence Source Type: blogs
Thoughts on the Senate HELP Committee's draft legislation
On Jan. 20, Senators Alexander and Murray released the Bipartisan Senate Health Committee Staff Draft of Bill to Help Improve Health Information Technology for Doctors& Their Patients. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy, Regulation, Interoperability, Core Technologies Source Type: blogs
Navigating interoperability and the quandary of information blocking
To realize interoperability healthcare organizations must acknowledge the risks of information blocking and work to mitigate concerns by fostering education, initiating open communication and incentivizing appropriate action. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: blogs
Q & A: Doctors See New Future Enabled by FHIR
(SPONSORED) Two physicians working at the intersection of healthcare and technology recently chatted about what FHIR will mean to practitioners at the point of care. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Patient Access Source Type: blogs
Beyond EMRs: What ’s next for health IT?
Health leaders are now thinking beyond their EMR to the next phase of health IT. This post-EMR phase is commonly being referred to as “the second race.” (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Why your health IT marketing is probably not working
(SPONSORED) How to rise above all the marketing chatter is perhaps one of the most difficult marketing questions to tackle. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics, Clinial and business intelligence Source Type: blogs
6 predictions for 2016
One of the great things about a list of predictions is that seldom does anyone come back and see how accurate you were!
In spite of that, these are based on my best sense of the top priorities facing information technologists in the arenas of advanced health technology, mobile health, analytics, clinical research and precision medicine.
Here they are: (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
4 critical focal points for healthcare innovation, Part 1: Chronic and behavioral care
Editor ' s note: This is the first segment of Roy Smythe’s four-part series that takes a deeper look at healthcare innovation from the perspective of four Contemporary Provider Challenges: Chronic and Behavior Care, Operations 2.0, Patient as Consumer and Post-Acute Care. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
