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 VA Executives Call for Modifications to House EHR Reform Proposals
EHR Intelligence - (Thursday April 20, 2023) By Hannah Nelson April 20, 2023 – While Veterans Affairs (VA) executives support elements of reform bills that would hold its EHR modernization (EHRM) project to a higher standard, the agency is requesting modifications before…  Memora Health Snags $30M for Platform That Digitizes Complex Care
MedCity News - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Every patient has questions about their health or treatment, but care teams don’t have the capacity to be available around the clock — it’s a well-known fact that the healthcare workforce is stretched across… |
 Parent of 2 Major Massachusetts Health Insurers Suffers Ransomware Attack
Health IT Security - (Thursday April 20, 2023) By Jill McKeon April 20, 2023 – Massachusetts-based Point32Health, the parent of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, posted a notice on its website regarding a “cybersecurity ransomware incident” that it discovered on…  HIMSSCast: How Intermountain is using AI to scale its value-based care efforts
Healthcare IT news - (Thursday April 20, 2023) As hospitals and health systems work to improve quality and reduce cost, their analytics and business intelligence capabilities are getting more advanced as artificial intelligence helps turbocharge their population health and value-based care efforts.One… |
 Hal Wolf on HIMSS23: “It feels like we are all back”
Healthcare IT Today - (Thursday April 20, 2023) At the HIMSS23 media briefing held yesterday, the number of attendees was announced as 35,000 – a significant increase over 2021 and 2022’s attendance. This result led Harold (Hal) Wolf, President and CEO of…  Tech may not be an easy solution to health systems’ financial challenges
MobiHealthNews - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Health systems are facing a difficult financial future as labor costs soar and the population ages, increasing demand just as hospitals have less resources to serve them, said panelists at the 2023 HIMSS Global… |
 HIMSS study suggests digitally mature hospitals perform better on safety
Digital Health - (Thursday April 20, 2023) A research project combining data from HIMSS on the digital maturity of hospitals and patient safety ratings data from the Leapfrog Group has shown an empirical link between digital maturity and performance against patient…  Extended Deadline for HIPAA Telehealth Compliance Granted
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday April 20, 2023) The Office of Civil Rights is offering healthcare providers a 90-day transition period to comply with the HIPAA Rules for telehealth from May 12 to August 9, with OCR continuing its enforcement discretion and… |
 HIMSS23: EHR Vendors Showcase New GPT Features through Demos
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday April 20, 2023) EHR vendors, Epic and eClinicalWorks, have launched a generative artificial intelligence (GPT) features at the HIMSS23 conference. The tools enable provider organizations to search and summarize contextual information with natural language searches powered by…  Implementing ‘Code Dark’ Protocol in Healthcare Emergency Response
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Healthcare organizations are increasingly concerned about ransomware attacks, which are the most significant threat to hospitals and healthcare facilities. Nate Lesser, CISO of Children’s National Hospital, emphasized the importance of cybersecurity as a team… |
