Cleveland Clinic has named Sarah Hatchett as its new senior vice president and chief information officer.WHY IT MATTERSHatchett had served as interim chief information officer at Cleveland Clinic since August 2023, when the health…
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to do more to help health systems, health plans and other healthcare organizations manage the increasingly disruptive fallout…
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Happy Friday everyone! The good news if you’re reading this is that you made it through another week. It’s almost time to kick off your weekend and have some fun. That’s why we’re excited…
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is offering new money for innovations around AI data quality and technology adoption for behavioral health.WHY IT MATTERSIn a new special emphasis notice under its…
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A new artificial intelligence approach developed by investigators in Cedars-Sinai’s Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute has been shown to detect abnormal heart rhythms associated with atrial fibrillation that might otherwise be unnoticed by physicians.WHY…
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In yet another ripple from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, the Medical Group Management Association has sought assurances from HHS’ Office for Civil Rights that the onus for sending HIPAA breach notifications to affected patients…
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Happy Friday everyone! I know it’s been a while since we’ve done an edition of Fun Friday since we’ve had so much great content to share from the ViVE and HIMSS conferences, but we’re…
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The Joint Commission this week announced its new Telehealth Accreditation Program for eligible hospitals, ambulatory and behavioral healthcare organizations.The program, with an effective date of July 1, is designed to offer updated and more…
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At its first-ever Health Summit in Nashville on Tuesday, Oracle announced a new cybersecurity-focused service for its healthcare customers, Autonomous Shield.WHY IT MATTERSThe launch of the new Autonomous Shield Initiative is meant to help…
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Sequoia Project on Monday announced the launch of Common Agreement Version 2.0, an update to the document most recently released this past November.ONC…
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