Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Detlef Koll, Vice President Global R&D at 3M Health Information Systems Individual users will need to be diligent in reviewing draft notes to avoid incorrect or incomplete capture of information. Without proper oversight and reviews, overreliance on this technology could lead to incorrect prescriptions and treatments.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Storage of Information in Various Systems While serving diverse medical institution needs, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) parallel existence complicates information access and exchange between doctors, patients, and different medical centers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

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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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

In a recent Perspectives on Health Information Management article posted by the National Institutes of Medicine, “improving system usability and proper use” was cited as a valuable strategy to reduce this type of EHR risk. Level 2 help desk queries typically occur during peak clinical care times such as shift changes.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Many organizations are conducting a full analysis of their sites and some have found more than 50 tools that create privacy risks. Under this final rule, individuals and entities that violate the information-blocking requirements face a penalty of up to $1 million per violation.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024. The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr.

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