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Bonus Features – May 26, 2024 – Only 43% of hospitals routinely exchange data, about 70% of organizations want to change archiving vendors, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

News and Studies The National Institutes of Health’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) launched the Universal Patching and Remediation for Autonomous Defense (UPGRADE) program with $50 million in funding to develop tools for hospital IT teams to enhance cybersecurity measures and combat ransomware.

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More Hospitals Achieving Interoperability Goals

Healthcare IT Today

New research from the ONC has found that a meaningful percentage of hospitals are engaged in data sharing, with a growing number making patient health information available from outside sources. Though the data goes back a couple of years, it’s still a worthwhile look at where data sharing trends are among hospitals.

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How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

Healthcare IT Today

HCA Healthcare , one of the leading providers of care in 20 states and in the United Kingdom, has smartly been investing to improve the quality of the health data they collect. When you say the words ‘data quality’ to people, they interpret it differently,” said Dr. Technically, yes, that is poor quality data.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

Mateusz Krempa, COO at Piwik Pro Broader reflection and discussion on HIPAA-compliant technologies would help the industry see beyond popular solutions and identify tools that balance successful data processing with regulatory requirements. Ownership means an organization knows where the data is stored and who has access.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The FHIR-based API will enable Te Toka Tumai Auckland's new PAS to reconcile data "within the wider information systems environment." " This means "[w]e will know when a patient’s data was last accessed from the NHI," explained Brian Biggs, customer relations and sales director for InterSystems New Zealand.

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Tech and the future of care work – five research midpoint observations

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The solution, of course, relies on data sharing among the participating care providers. Moving forward, there is an uphill climb towards interoperability across systems. And personalized care plans associated with response systems will increasingly be built on health data, family input and care status changes, as done with CareDaily.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Stephen Sofoul, SVP, Data & Decision Science Services at MultiPlan A critical challenge lies in the shortage of experienced financial analysts or data analysts capable of effectively analyzing the wealth of information that the healthcare industry holds.