Healthcare workers are at increased risk of workplace violence. A recent WHO report shows that between 8% and 38% of healthcare workers suffer physical violence at some point in their careers.  By Michael Hartland, SnapComms - 5/22/18

Earlier this month, Elliot Management — an investment management firm with a history of restructuring management teams at various organizations — made an unsolicited bid for athenahealth that may be worth almost $7 billion. Athenahealth has yet to respond to Elliot Management, leaving many experts in the health IT sector curious about the company's future.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 5/21/18

Emergency contact information housed in EHRs may be able to help predict a patient's risk for various hereditary conditions, according to a study published in the journal Cell.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 5/21/18

Eighty percent of companies worldwide plan to cut down on the amount of personal data they collect ahead of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect May 25, according to an IBM survey released May 16.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 5/21/18

Allscripts closed its acquisition of mobile patient engagement company HealthGrid Holding Co., the EHR vendor confirmed May 21.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 5/21/18

Recording medical conversations between physicians and patients can alleviate problematic record-keeping and improve patient treatment adherence. However, the growing practice is being both eased and complicated by smartphone technology and artificial intelligence, prompting questions about safe data usage, according to STAT.  By Morgan Haefner - 5/21/18

Innovation is a word that frequently instills fear into leadership. Innovation means new and new is synonymous with change and risk. Managing risk frequently tops the governance priority list, whereas discussions about innovation often go by the wayside.  By Jim Finkelstein, President and CEO, FutureSense, LLC & Sheila Repeta, Senior Consultant, FutureSense, LLC - 5/21/18

Most of us are drawn to healthcare because of an intense desire to help care for patients.  By Graham Gardner, MD, MBA, CEO & Co-Founder, Kyruus - 5/21/18

In a recent press release,  Hammes Company (hammesco.com), one of the nation’s top healthcare developers, participated in a panel discussion about the shift in how healthcare is delivered and managed during the joint presentation by Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) South Florida and American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health conference on Friday, May 4.  By Staff - 5/21/18

Blink Health, a health technology company focusing on prescription drug pricing, named Susan Lang chief strategy officer.  By Anuja Vaidya - 5/21/18

In a 5-4 decision led by the conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, Epic came out victorious in a case involving individual employee arbitration decided May 21.  By Julie Spitzer - 5/21/18

Machines are better than us; for some things. They’re faster. They process repetitive information and data more precisely and accurately. And they’re much more focused – they don’t get distracted by incoming texts on a smartphone. They don’t take vacation or call in sick.  By Brian Wells, CTO, Merlin International - 5/21/18

All three of the major publicly-traded EHR vendors saw their stock prices rise last week.  By Julie Spitzer - 5/21/18

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health will soon offer a new type of laboratory test at its primary care clinics, according to The Bismarck Tribune.  By Julie Spitzer - 5/21/18

DrChrono is offering current Practice Fusion customers discounted pricing, free data importing services and an iPad to transition to the DrChrono cloud-based EHR platform.  By Julie Spitzer - 5/21/18

Lucian Newman III, MD, cofounder and CMO of Vincari, and Mercedes Dullum, MD, a regional medical director at Nuance, shared insights into how an artificial intelligence solution may improve clinical documentation during a May 10 presentation.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 5/21/18

University College London Hospitals entered into a three-year partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, also in London, to bring artificial intelligence capabilities to the U.K. National Health Service, The Guardian reports.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 5/21/18

In a shareholders meeting one day after Cerner signed a $10 billion, 10-year deal to be the Veterans Affairs Department's new EHR vendor, Cerner President Zane Burke suggested reports that disparaged its work for the U.S. Defense Department were "fake news" that may have involved "one of our competitors," The Kansas City Star reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 5/21/18

The economic realities in the current healthcare environment often push leaders to focus on productivity and cost-cutting measures that all too often add to a physician's growing list of responsibilities despite their well-thought intentions.  By Julie Spitzer - 5/21/18

Audit, tax and advisory services firm KPMG developed a solution to enable clients to move finance, human resources and supply chain functions to the Oracle Cloud, KPMG announced May 14.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 5/21/18