Today's Top 20 Health IT Stories
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Two become one – IT security best practice in healthcare consolidations
There is an ongoing surge of consolidations in the healthcare industry; particularly among hospitals and healthcare clinics. - 10/5/17 -
MedeAnalytics names new chief technology officer: 4 points
MedeAnalytics, a healthcare analytics provider, selected Tyler Downs to serve as chief technology officer. - 10/5/17 -
Google's DeepMind launches AI ethics center
DeepMind, Google's artificial intelligence arm, launched an ethics and society research unit to evaluate its breakthroughs in AI science and application, according to a company blog post. - 10/5/17 -
Geisinger, Purdue Pharma team up to study effects of Apple Watch for treating chronic pain patients
Danville, Penn.-based Geisinger Health System and Stamford, Conn.-based Purdue Pharma began enrolling patients in their clinical trial, "Effect of Wearable Health Technology on the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Pain at Geisinger." - 10/5/17 -
Epic tool helps U of Maryland Medical System reduce CT angiogram orders by 10%
A new tool available to the Epic community helped Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System reduce unnecessary CT angiogram scans, which are both costly and involve harmful radiation, according to an Epic blog post. - 10/5/17 -
GAO: 24 agencies have weakness in core IT areas
The Government Availability Office found all 24 agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers Act — which includes HHS, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute of Standards and Technology — have weaknesses in at least one core IT area, according to a Sept. 28 report. - 10/5/17 -
4 thoughts on 'disruption' in healthcare from NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi
Hospital leaders must constantly consider the next wave of technological disruption to stay competitive in the healthcare industry, according to Daniel J. Barchi, senior vice president and CIO of NewYork-Presbyterian in New York City. - 10/5/17 -
St. Luke's University Health Network goes live on Epic: 4 questions with Revenue Cycle VP Richard Madison
In January 2016, Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network commenced its systemwide go-live on an Epic EMR for inpatient records. - 10/4/17 -
Harvard's Ash Center to investigate role of data sharing in health outcomes
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, a research center housed at the Cambridge, Mass.-based John F. Kennedy School of Management at Harvard University, unveiled a research effort focused on data sharing in healthcare Sept. 28. - 10/4/17 -
Survey: 3 common ransomware infection vectors
The plurality of corporate IT and security professionals — 42 percent — ranked ransomware as a moderate cyberthreat, according to a Crowd Research Partners report. - 10/4/17 -
Black Book: 94% of IT execs using McKesson EHR 'optimistic' about Allscripts acquisition
Ninety-four percent of CIOs and senior IT management executives at hospitals that employ the McKesson's Paragon EHR indicated being "confidently optimistic" of Allscripts' acquisition of the company, according to a Black Book survey. - 10/4/17 -
U Michigan to pursue precision health through interdisciplinary research initiative
Mark Schlissel, president of the Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan, unveiled a campuswide precision health research initiative at his annual leadership breakfast Oct. 3. - 10/4/17 -
CIOs cite AI as most 'problematic' tech to implement, survey finds
Ninety-five percent of CIOs indicated they expect their job to change due to the rise of digital technologies like artificial intelligence, according to a Gartner survey. - 10/4/17 -
Hospital leaders rank 'contracting' as No. 1 area of interest for blockchain deployment
Nineteen percent of hospital executives are in the process of or considering deploying blockchain solutions at their facilities, according to a Black Book survey. - 10/4/17 -
Dr. Eric Topol: 3 steps to shift medical data ownership to the patient
Three healthcare experts laid out a series of steps the healthcare industry must take to transfer data ownership from the provider to the patient in an op-ed published in JAMA Sept. 25. - 10/4/17 -
Harvard, MIT researchers to develop 'smart tattoo' for glucose monitoring
A team of researchers from Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing "smart tattoo ink" to monitor health conditions, the Harvard Gazette reports. - 10/4/17 -
Three benefits of blockchain-powered health data exchange
As the Internet of Things continues to reshape the infrastructure of nearly everything, blockchain technology is offering new potential of managing hyper connectivity between devices, software platforms and users. - 10/4/17 -
AccessOne and East Texas Medical Center partner to provide financing options to patients
In a recent press release, AccessOne, a leading provider of patient financing options designed to help patients manage their healthcare costs, announced East Texas Medical Center (ETMC), located in Tyler, Texas, as its newest partner. - 10/4/17 -
5 best practices to achieve the ‘quadruple aim’ and prevent physician burnout in the post-EHR era
A landmark JAMA report in 2012 revealed that career dissatisfaction is more common among medical doctors than it is for those in other careers, with 45 percent of physicians reporting at least one symptom of burnout. - 10/4/17 -
Hospital systems tap into big data: Actionable analytics optimize enterprise efficiencies, improve revenue cycle management
With increased mergers and acquisitions, hospitals, hospital systems and Integrated Delivery Networks face significant challenges to aggregate and compare colossal datasets, identify problems, and correct the issues. - 10/4/17