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Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Virtual Care service is currently being provided through WACHS's command centre, outpatient services, metropolitan health services that offer remote patient access, and business meeting rooms. The task force, which is composed of senior leaders and subject matter experts, recently met for its first meeting.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

They handle data like protected health information (PHI), intellectual property (IP), clinical trial data and payment card data, giving attackers many options to cash in, and healthcare is a critical infrastructure industry that can be hardest hit by ransomware attacks. Ryan Witt, Vice President, Industry Solutions at Proofpoint, Inc.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In this installment, you will share in expertise from: Andy Crowder, chief information and analytics officer at Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health. Tina Esposito, chief health information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, based in Downers Grove, Illinois. " Eric Jimenez, Artesia General Hospital.

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Are you ready to become the hospital of the future?

American Well

Not surprisingly, the hospital of the future will require technology solutions like telehealth to meet growing patient demands for remote access to health information and providers. Hospital IT: Driving change. In today’s hospital, IT teams are in charge of driving innovation and making the technology decisions.

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Are you ready to become the hospital of the future?

American Well

Not surprisingly, the hospital of the future will require technology solutions like telehealth to meet growing patient demands for remote access to health information and providers. Hospital IT: Driving change. In today’s hospital, IT teams are in charge of driving innovation and making the technology decisions.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. We need to refine the Ryan Haight Act to develop a telemedicine registry that can safely prescribe controlled medication virtually.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

However, given the sensitive nature of healthcare data and the increasing frequency of cyberattacks targeting the healthcare sector, every hospital should consider establishing or partnering with a SOC. Smaller hospitals and health care systems also benefit from having a SOC because they also handle sensitive data.