Today's Top 20 Health IT Stories
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Hospitals must look beyond the EMR for precision medicine programs, KLAS finds
Hospitals looking to establish precision medicine programs may need to investigate niche vendors, rather than relying on EMR functionalities, according to a KLAS Research report. - 11/14/18 -
16 hospitals, health systems seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent
Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to June 2018 ONC data. - 11/14/18 -
The gizmos are coming! The gizmos are coming!
How to survive the deluge of patient-contributed data with a predictable, clinically relevant approach - 11/14/18 -
Is the patient in? Using automated, mobile apps to reduce patient no-shows
Even with advances in IT, curbing patient no-shows has amounted to healthcare practitioners being busy doing something, but slightly different than the day before. - 11/14/18 -
Riverside Health System joins forces with augmented reality app maker
Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health System partnered with Index AR Solutions, a provider of enterprise augmented reality applications. - 11/14/18 -
Allscripts rebrands payer, life sciences business
Allscripts has rebranded its payer and life sciences division under the name "Veradigm." - 11/14/18 -
How to get physicians involved with buy-in: Q&A with U of Mississippi Medical Center assistant CMIO
Jaimin Patel, MD, assistant chief medical information officer at Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center, shares his best strategies for team motivation and how the medical center is helping patients navigate the healthcare system. - 11/14/18 -
Google has brought on C-level execs from these 3 hospitals in past year
Google is scooping up executives from leading U.S. hospitals, signaling its growing interest in the $3.4 trillion healthcare industry. - 11/13/18 -
3 thoughts on digital health & patient activation
Digital technology has the potential to upend the healthcare delivery system as we know it — but will the industry be able to unlock this potential in a way that is meaningful for the new generation of healthcare consumers? - 11/13/18 -
Allscripts ranks as No. 1 in Black Book's survey: Top 10 integrated EHRs
Allscripts ranked as the top integrated EHR, practice management and revenue cycle management platform for health systems and integrated delivery networks, according to a survey from Black Book Market Research. - 11/13/18 -
Cellular technology’s role in transforming the connected health ecosystem for diabetes management
November 14th is World Diabetes Day, raising important awareness of the hundreds of millions of people living with diabetes globally and the challenges they, their families and their healthcare providers regularly face. - 11/13/18 -
Google's new health unit takes over AI sister company, DeepMind
Alphabet's artificial intelligence arm DeepMind revealed plans on Nov. 13 to bring its health business into Google's newly formed health unit, which will be led by the former CEO of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, David Feinberg, MD, CNBC reports. - 11/13/18 -
Health First Florida phishing attack may have compromised 42,000 patients
Health First, a nonprofit community health system comprising four hospitals in Brevard County, Fla., is notifying 42,000 patients to a potential compromise of their personal information, Florida Today reports. - 11/13/18 -
600 providers weigh in on their information security backup systems
Ninety percent of providers have installed an off-site backup system for their data, according to the 2018 HealthCare's Most Wired survey. - 11/13/18 -
Saint Anthony Hospital selects GeBBS for HIM compliance audit & coding services
In a recent press release, GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a leading technology-enabled provider of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and Healthcare Information Management (HIM) Solutions, announced that Saint Anthony Hospital has selected their HIM Compliance Audit & Coding Solutions. - 11/13/18 -
Amazon adds 3 'HIPAA-eligible' AI tools to cloud service
Amazon's cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services, has added three machine learning tools to its set of "HIPAA-eligible" services. - 11/13/18 -
Athenahealth's revenue hits $330M in Q3: 4 things to know
Athenahealth released its earnings results for the third quarter of 2018 on Nov. 9. - 11/13/18 -
Texas health system recovers from ransomware attack: 4 things to know
Altus Baytown (Texas) Hospital posted a notice to its website alerting patients to a potential compromise of their protected health information stemming from a September ransomware attack. - 11/12/18 -
Upstate University Hospital worker inappropriately accessed 1.2K medical records
Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is notifying 1,216 patients of a breach after it learned that an employee had accessed their medical records without authorization, according to syracuse.com. - 11/12/18 -
Epic signs agreement with Exact Sciences: 4 things to know
Exact Sciences Corp., a molecular diagnostics company based in Madison, Wis., has entered into an agreement with Epic, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. - 11/12/18