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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

But in a time when our industry is facing high staff overtime and burnout, there’s simply no way that we can be aware of everything happening in health IT. What should be trending right now in health IT? We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., The following is what they had to share with us.

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How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

Healthcare IT Today

With 185 hospitals, it takes effort for HCA to maintain good quality health data across their entire organization. It means carefully mapping the data that is collected in its warehouses so that it is accurate, normalized, and semantically interoperable (the ability for computer systems to exchange data with unambiguous meaning).

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

This final rule does not apply to healthcare providers but instead is directed at health information networks and health information exchanges, as well as developers of certified health IT. Regulators have a greater success rate when engaging industry experts to develop rules in health IT.

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Will Oracle save the day with its EHR database?

David Chou

In a move that promises to shake up the healthcare industry, Oracle this month announced a bold vision after acquiring health IT giant Cerner for more than $28 billion. The combined companies will soon create a national health records database that pulls data from thousands of hospitals, said Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Preston Duren, Vice President of Cybersecurity Operations at Fortified Health Security The need for adequate cybersecurity has never been higher for the nation’s hospitals and health systems.