Today's Top 20 Health IT Stories
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EMR chatbot takes 2nd place in Northwell Health's 2018 innovation challenge
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health unveiled the winners of its third annual innovation challenge May 15. - 5/17/18 -
Senate votes to save net neutrality: 4 things to know
The U.S. Senate approved a measure 52-47 on May 16 to subvert the Federal Communications Commission's plan to dismantle so-called "net neutrality" regulations, USA Today reports. - 5/17/18 -
Mayo Clinic study uses AI to detect heart rhythm disorder
An artificial intelligence algorithm is able to identify patients with congenital Long QT syndrome using limited electrocardiogram data, according to an abstract published May 10 at the Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions conference in Boston. - 5/17/18 -
Intermountain expands precision genomics DNA test to all providers
Providers across Intermountain Healthcare now have access to RxMatch, the Salt Lake City-based health system's precision genomics service. - 5/17/18 -
Offloading IT headaches to the cloud is a win for healthcare
Moving data from on-premise deployment into the cloud is a tech shift that has seen rapid adoption in a number of industries. Now, even hospital administrators are starting to embrace the value of cloud technologies and are beginning to ask questions in preparation for the shift to the cloud. - 5/16/18 -
Sutter Health fixes systemwide computer failure, launches investigation
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health resolved its systemwide computer network outage around 9 a.m. May 16 after more than 24 hours of downtime, according to The Sacramento Bee. - 5/16/18 -
What Dr. Tom Price, an Allscripts VP and 2 physician C-suite leaders predict about interoperability in the next 5 years
Healthcare leaders discussed the nuances of policy, technology and market pressures during a keynote panel May 10 at Becker's Hospital Review Health IT + Clinical Leadership 2018 conference in Chicago. - 5/16/18 -
U of Texas physician group accidentally shared 2.8k patient email addresses
The Davis Clinic, which is owned by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's physicians organization, sent multiple mass emails exposing 2,800 email addresses primarily belonging to its patients, according to Chron. - 5/16/18 -
Amazon's new partnership with Kaleido signals move into blockchain
Amazon's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, is teaming up with a recently launched startup to give AWS customers easy access to blockchain technology. - 5/16/18 -
Cerner collaborates with rehab data company
Cerner entered into a collaborative agreement with Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, a nonprofit that provides comprehensive rehabilitation data. - 5/16/18 -
Technology and strategy are a winning combination
In a recent blog post, IBM Watson Health follows the two-step approach that the Radiology Associates of San Luis Obispo followed to change their operations that resulted in increased financial gains and more satisfied radiologists. - 5/16/18 -
Sutter Health's computer network outage forces surgery cancellations
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health was forced to turn away some emergency room patients and cancel surgeries at many of its Northern California hospitals and clinics after a systemwide computer network outage began at 10:30 p.m. May 14, according to The Press Democrat. - 5/16/18 -
Phishing campaigns use these 3 applications as disguises
Phishing campaigns tended to masquerade as one of three common applications during the first quarter of 2018, according to a Rapid7 report. - 5/16/18 -
DHS issues cybersecurity warning on GE Healthcare's ECG product: 5 notes
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center released an advisory May 8 detailing vulnerabilities discovered in a set of GE Healthcare and Silex Technology devices. - 5/16/18 -
Change Healthcare updates clinical decision support solution
Change Healthcare introduced InterQual 2018, the latest edition of its flagship clinical decision support solution. - 5/15/18 -
Clover Health leverages precision medicine for new in-home primary care program
Clover Health, a healthcare data and technology company, established an in-home primary care program that features genomic testing integration capabilities. - 5/15/18 -
NIH is seeking a chief data strategist
The National Institutes of Health posted a job listing May 14 for a chief data strategist and director of its recently established Office of Data Science Strategy. - 5/15/18 -
GAO: Medical records are still too challenging to obtain — 7 things to know
Despite a HIPAA-granted right to their own medical records, patients still struggle to easily access their data, according to a May Government Accountability Office audit. - 5/15/18 -
Meet Epic's newly registered lobbying firm, Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas
Epic registered with a new lobbying firm, Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, according to a disclosure registered in April and reported May 15 by Politico Morning eHealth newsletter. - 5/15/18 -
A 5-step approach to reigning in clinical data
Healthcare organizations are constantly bombarded with data and sifting through all of that information may seem like a daunting task. However, that data holds valuable insights and the potential to provide a better understanding of the health system as a whole, making the tedious work worth it. - 5/15/18