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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. It also demonstrated the power and utility of increasingly powerful yet affordable connected health devices, which could be distributed to populations who need them most as important sentinel surveillance tools. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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CIOs tackle barriers to innovation, telehealth integration, analytics and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Moving to connected health and telemedicine. COVID-19 placed tremendous pressures on healthcare provider organizations that did not have enough beds, equipment or personnel to handle infected citizens while still providing emergency and chronic care to other patients. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Who will regulate mHealth? Patient Engagement at Crossroads; New Alliance Takes On Interoperability

Chilmark Research

The announcement of CommonWell Health Alliance was likely the biggest story to come out of HIMSS (Allscripts acquiring longtime HIE partner dbMotion may have been a close second). The greatest challenge facing CommonWell, however, may be the market itself as adoption of HIE tech within the ambulatory sector remains a challenge.

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