Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

We reached out to our network of security experts to get their opinions and perpsectives on the Ascension ransomware attack and what healthcare should learn from it. Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The following is a guest article by Anthony Murray, Chief Interoperability Officer at MRO In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the quest for interoperability has become paramount. While the vision of seamless data exchange promises improved patient care and streamlined operations, the journey is not without its hurdles.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 29, 2024

In an era where data breaches and cyber threats loom large over every industry, healthcare stands at a critical crossroads. As the custodians of some of the most sensitive and personal information, healthcare organizations must urgently adopt a tech company mindset and prioritize robust cybersecurity measures.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As technology grows, we have fallen into the practice of taking images of our private health data and have also stored them in smart devices using wallets. With regulations still catching up on AI-powered solutions, it is too early to say how much personal data we have already given to firms to use or abuse freely. What do I mean?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.

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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 9, 2024

As the next phase in the evolution of interoperability, SDC allows for the secure and near real-time sharing of health data between devices at the point of care, regardless of the manufacturer. Hospitals want to use devices of their choosing and have them connect to one another so they can act on clinical data more easily.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

In the spirit of prevention of burn out, where technology can automate administrative burden, make chart reviews more efficient, use ambient listening capabilities to reduce time spent in the EHR will have a positive impact on the clinical burnout epidemic.

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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. Focus group leads asked the […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Cybersecurity Explosion. Healthcare Consolidation. Big Tech Entering Healthcare. Data Blocking & Interoperability. . * Government Regulations – Meaningful Use. Cloud Acceptance. Physician Burnout. * Legal Cases & Violations

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to worry about cybersecurity for healthcare. Instead with how deeply personal and important the information and data that we hold is in the world of healthcare, we need to be prepared for the absolute worst. This leads up to NIST-approved data protection at the record-level.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions Value Based Care Predictions And now, check out our community’s Value Based Care predictions.

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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 18, 2023

The following is a guest article by Peter Newton, Senior Director of Products and Solutions at Fortinet Personal medical and financial data is incredibly valuable, which is why healthcare organizations are high-value targets for cybercriminals.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hospital leaders will invest in innovative, scalable and affordable options which provide a broad range of real-time data sources in one vertical view to their clinicians, allowing for more relevant and meaningful patient interaction. Christian Hardahl, Global Health Care Solutions Manager at SAS Patients push to own their health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Providing this context and 360-degree view of the patient can be done by aggregating data from a variety of sources — imaging, patient records, labs, etc. Many clinical data records can be exchanged between providers and regional public health agencies through health information exchanges.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Interoperability and artificial intelligence will play a large role in the innovation of healthcare technology in 2024 and will be necessary to control the rising needs in healthcare data management and analytics. This will be enabled by advances in data analytics and technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

As behavioral health practitioners, we must make our voices heard from the very beginning of the generative AI conversation to bring the evidence-based data and experience to the conversation. Embrace the value while protecting the data. It is all too easy for non-clinicians to bear on what is a therapeutic clinical experience.

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