Today's Top 20 Health IT Stories
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Here's 1 way the VA will help patients access data during its 10-year EHR transition
The U.S. Digital Service is helping the Department of Veterans Affairs ensure a seamless transition to its Cerner EHR, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter. - 1/14/19 -
Banner Health, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi among 19 HIMSS Davies Award winners in 2018
Nineteen hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations won HIMSS Davies Awards in 2018. - 1/14/19 -
ONC releases 'snapshot' of new interoperability standards: 4 notes
The ONC has released the 2019 reference edition of its interoperability standards advisory, according to an agency blog post published Jan. 14. - 1/14/19 -
AI tool can measure physicians' diagnostic performance, study finds
Researchers have developed a way to quantitatively measure physicians' clinical reasoning abilities using artificial intelligence and machine learning, according to a study published in JAMA Network. - 1/14/19 -
Change Healthcare, Health Fidelity to use machine learning in coding tool
Change Healthcare is teaming up with Health Fidelity to offer a risk adjustment tool for Medicare Advantage, ACA commercial and Medicaid payers, the companies confirmed Jan. 14. - 1/14/19 -
Cyberattacks, cloud-based storage & more: 4 hospital CISOs share insights
Four hospital and health system chief information security officers discuss the latest cybersecurity threats and health IT trends. - 1/14/19 -
The most important technology to hit healthcare? Humana Chief Digital Health & Analytics Officer says AI
Heather Cox, Chief Digital Health and Analytics Officer of Humana, shares her thoughts on voice recognition and innovation in the healthcare ecosystem. - 1/14/19 -
Data.gov offline because of government shutdown
When users visit data.gov — the federal government's catalog of open data sets — they are met with a note that the website will be unavailable until further notice "due to a lapse in government funding," FedScoop reports. - 1/14/19 -
EHR vendors stock report: Week of Jan. 7-11
Three of the major publicly traded EHR vendors saw their stock prices rise last week. - 1/14/19 -
Golden Valley Memorial Hospital live-tweeted its EHR go-live: 10 highlights
Clinton, Mo.-based Golden Valley Memorial Hospital recently deployed a new EHR — an often stressful process familiar to many hospital CIOs. - 1/14/19 -
4 ways the AMA is supporting the emerging digital health space
As the digital health market hits its highest funding milestone to date, the American Medical Association is bolstering its programs for startups, AMA News Editor Kevin O'Reilly writes for the organization. - 1/14/19 -
UC San Diego patients like Apple health records, initial survey finds
Researchers revealed some of the first data collected on how patients use Apple's health records feature in a viewpoint article for JAMA Network. - 1/14/19 -
Rush is the US' first 5G hospital — Here's what that means
Hospitals are beginning to take interest in 5G, the newest generation of cellular internet connectivity. In fact, a healthcare network in Chicago recently became the first 5G-enabled hospital in the U.S. - 1/12/19 -
IBM releases 1st quantum computing system for commercial use: 4 notes
IBM unveiled what it calls the first integrated quantum computing system for commercial use. - 1/12/19 -
Dr. Eric Topol: China has a 'decided advantage' in healthcare AI
China might be gaining an edge in the artificial intelligence race — particularly in healthcare — on account of its less-stringent privacy regulations, according to an article in Wired. - 1/12/19 -
Cerner's chief client officer: 9 trends shaping healthcare
John Peterzalek, chief client officer at Cerner, recently shared nine trends he expects to shape the healthcare industry in 2019. - 1/12/19 -
Cerner debuts weight-loss program for health plan members with help from Delaware health system
Cerner made a new weight-loss surgery program available to its health plan members Jan. 1 in collaboration with Newark, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System. - 1/11/19 -
6 barriers to healthcare interoperability, according to ONC
There are six overarching barriers limiting the electronic exchange of health information between hospitals today, according to a report prepared by the ONC. - 1/11/19 -
5 recent vendor contracts, go-lives
Here are five recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives: - 1/11/19 -
5 CMIOs on responsibilities & evolution of the role
Five chief medical information officers at hospitals and health systems across the U.S. share how their CMIO positions have evolved over the past few years and what their responsibilities look like today. - 1/11/19