Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2019

Not long ago, I shared the results of a survey concluding that healthcare organizations generally felt pretty confident about the state of their cybersecurity defenses, despite having had WannaCry wipe the floor with them just two years before. The survey, […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2019

For the 26th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, and we’re taking a look back at the last decade of Health IT. Hard to believe that it’s almost 2020, but as we enter the new decade join us as we look back.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2022

For all its good and ill, meaningful use drove action and adoption of EHR in healthcare. However, the key to change was healthcare organizations having a common goal. What made the difference? Ok, $36 billion in stimulus money helped.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Healthcare organizations often operate on disparate electronic health record (EHR) systems, each with their own unique structure and data format. Additionally, the absence of universally accepted standards impedes the seamless flow of information between healthcare providers, payers, and other stakeholders.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated in healthcare, its vast potential comes into sharper focus; its shortcomings are becoming more apparent as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Healthcare systems in the clinical setting can immensely benefit from risk evaluation and asking the following questions: What if healthcare providers can’t access patient data when they are using electronic health records (EHR) systems to connect with patients?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

Furthermore, the transition to electronic health records (EHRs) has reinforced the need for tightened identity and access management processes. Awareness of an organization’s potential entry points is especially critical with the increased usage of connected medical devices and telehealth services.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Within healthcare, the technology and expertise exist to help providers, payers, public health, health information exchanges, and healthcare IT companies exchange data.

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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

MARCH 31, 2023

We reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community for these answers. The following is what they had to say on how to stay safe and can be used as a little check list for your healthcare cybersecurity efforts. Updating cybersecurity software regularly is essential against digital threats.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In 2024, healthcare organizations will turn to vendors to facilitate robust data analysis and reporting of SDOH findings.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hospital and healthcare services provider Universal Health Services has restored its network after being offline for more than a week in the wake of a massive cyberattack which forced it to shut down systems at locations across the US. The health system had disconnected the network to prevent the propagation of a malware attack.

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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. The focus group study, which was conducted by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, involved bringing together a group of CIOs who were members of CHIME.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. There are many drivers converging in healthcare that underscore the critical role patient engagement plays in determining providers’ long-term success.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Importance of Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare cybersecurity is vital and is becoming more important every day because medical organizations are continuing to rely on hospital information systems like electronic health records (EHRs) and physician order-entry systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A new report by a security vendor says that it has seen a big increase in the volume of threats against healthcare organizations during the first three quarters of this year. The report, by Malwarebytes, says that it saw a 60% increase of threats at healthcare organizations when comparing all of 2018 with just the […].

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the search for some of these answers to help ease your burden, we have reached out to our incredibly brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on communication platforms. Communicating through these various channels should happen in a CRM system that runs connected to the EHR but is separate from it.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. To support these efforts, we expect healthcare IT leaders to adopt new approaches to network management, including AI-enhanced monitoring (AIOps) and observability.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. But what most healthcare professionals don’t realize is that AI can do so much more than respond to patient messages.

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