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How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

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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. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dr. But poor quality data also happens when every facility uses a different term for a social security number.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

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Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds. Lastly, most healthcare IT expenditure over the last ten years has been focused on digitizing patient records, and investment in cybersecurity capability has lagged other industries.

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$15M Singapore-London partnership to help stem APAC's growing healthcare cybersecurity woes

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A S$20 million grant from the National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF) has been awarded to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Imperial College London to develop ways to better protect health data and wearable devices.

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More Hospitals Achieving Interoperability Goals

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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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Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’

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This seeks to combine cognition with recognition — essentially AI that can reason and think beyond basic patterns in data, the same way any clinician would. Transforming healthcare does not just have to happen in the hospital — it’s about what happens long before a hospital visit is required.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

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Hospitals across the nation are using connected health and RPM to great effect during the pandemic. To help healthcare CIOs, CMOs and other leaders find connected health devices and RPM technologies, Healthcare IT News has compiled this comprehensive listing of vendors. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.