10 most-read health IT stories of September

The following 10 stories most captured the attention of Becker's Hospital Review Health IT & CIO readers this month, starting with the most read.

 

1. Down the rabbit hole at Epic: 9 key points from the Users Group Meeting

Close to 18,000 people gathered at Epic Systems' headquarters in Verona, Wis., the week of Sept. 19 for the vendor's annual Users Group Meeting. Hospital and health system leaders shared their experiences with Epic's platform, and Epic leaders discussed new developments and offerings in its software suite. This idea of collaborating to build on successes, and doing so with a humanitarian mindset, was the underlying theme of the executive address, delivered by Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner. Read more

2. Boston Children's 2014 hacker explains why he did it

In April 2014, Boston Children's Hospital was struck with a series of cyberattacks attempting to infiltrate and crash the hospital's website by overwhelming its capacity. The cyberattacks were in response to a high-profile case involving a 15-year-old patient in which the court took away parental custody, citing medical child abuse. Now, the mastermind behind the attack has spoken out, detailing why he initiated the attack. Read more

3. Banner Health algorithm unintentionally forecast which patients are most likely to die

In 2009, a team of researchers at Phoenix-based Banner Health set out to create an algorithm that would warn providers when patients were most at risk for contracting sepsis. The algorithm didn't work, but the failure had an unexpected result, reports BuzzFeed News. Read more

4. 9 health IT executives on what it takes to be a Most Wired hospital

In July, Hospitals & Health Networks released its annual Health Care's Most Wired list, which measures U.S. hospitals' and health systems' level of IT adoption. Read more

5. Not in Silicon Valley anymore: The new health IT hubs

For a long time, tech and innovation went hand-in-hand with visions of Silicon Valley and New York City. But new hubs of health-focused startups are emerging, as digital health companies lay roots in mid-sized metro areas. Read more

6. These tech jobs among those receiving highest pay raises in 2017

Technology workers' salaries are projected to increase more than salaries for other professional occupations in 2017, according to a report from Robert Half Technology. Read more

7. 21 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent

The top three vendors hospitals use to attest to the meaningful use program are Cerner, MEDITECH and Epic, according to June 2016 ONC data. Here are 21 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking EHR and IT expertise for these systems in the past two weeks. Read more

8. 16 latest healthcare data breaches, security incidents

Here are the 16 latest healthcare data breaches or security incidents that occurred or were reported within the past four weeks. Read more

9. The ethics of labeling frequent fliers in the EHR

Hospitals often identify patients who make frequent, repeated visits to emergency departments as "frequent fliers," sometimes making a note of such in the EHR, but doing so may have clinical consequences and attach a stigma to these patients, according to a viewpoint in JAMA. Read more

10. Thriving outside of Silicon Valley: 9 other digital health startup hubs to know

Although the real "birth" of the Silicon Valley mythos can be traced all the way back to the Palo Alto, Calif., garage where the founders of Hewlett Packard launched their company in 1939, global awareness of the tech-mecca exploded in the 1970s and has grown exponentially in decades since. Read more

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