Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2020

Being a hospital CIO can be an unenviable – and sometimes nearly thankless – job even at the best of times. Things have arguably gotten even worse for health IT leaders as COVID-19 caseloads mount and the need to slap together solutions addressing the pandemic grows. Given this level of chaos, it’s predictable that cyberattackers […].

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hospital and healthcare services provider Universal Health Services has restored its network after being offline for more than a week in the wake of a massive cyberattack which forced it to shut down systems at locations across the US. The health system had disconnected the network to prevent the propagation of a malware attack.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A new report by a security vendor says that it has seen a big increase in the volume of threats against healthcare organizations during the first three quarters of this year. The report, by Malwarebytes, says that it saw a 60% increase of threats at healthcare organizations when comparing all of 2018 with just the […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2020

New research has concluded that healthcare CIOs see analyzing social determinants of health data as a top priority going forward, along with tackling data interoperability and cybersecurity. The focus group study, which was conducted by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, involved bringing together a group of CIOs who were members of CHIME.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2019

For the 26th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, and we’re taking a look back at the last decade of Health IT. Hard to believe that it’s almost 2020, but as we enter the new decade join us as we look back.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. When decommissioning healthcare systems to archive legacy data, there are often significant tradeoffs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Instead, patients will start to see consumer-grade tools that make it easy to download, register, book and conduct visits – all fully integrated into major EMRs. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

But what most healthcare professionals don’t realize is that AI can do so much more than respond to patient messages. AI can listen to patient visits and integrate accurate notes and next steps directly into the EHR. Take something simple and agreed upon across clinical guidelines, like genomic testing for EGFR in NSCLC.

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