Today's Top 20 Health IT Stories
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Fujifilm expands RIS Revenue Cycle Solutions with Availity Partnership
Availity and Fujifilm have recently announced a new partnership in health IT to provide an integrated system increasing ease of access for patients. - 6/19/18 -
Availity Announces New Chief Technology Officer
In a recent press release, Availity has named Damien Creavin its new Chief Technology Officer. - 6/19/18 -
Most millennials willing to let insurers mine their data for a premium discount, survey finds
A new survey reveals 9 percent of consumers, including most millennials, are willing to allow insurers to use their digital data from Facebook, fitness apps and smart home devices if it reduced their premiums by more than 50 percent, reports Bloomberg. - 6/19/18 -
Grant Medical Center faxes woman medical records of other patients
For nearly one year, a woman in Westerville, Ohio has been receiving faxes of other patient's medical records from Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, according to a Fox28 report. - 6/19/18 -
Industry experts weigh-in on what Watson Health layoffs might mean for healthcare
As most of the nation knows at this point, IBM laid off an undisclosed number of employees from its Watson Health group, with at least 40 workers cut from its Cleveland office. - 6/19/18 -
Intelligence augmentation & connected technology: The dynamic duo for improving care
With the industry shifting to value-based care, health systems are continually upgrading their technologies to meet patient needs with more efficient, higher-quality care. - 6/19/18 -
Will CMS's PI rule review be a sweet change or is it just pie in the sky?
Federal healthcare organizations such as CMS have spent billions of dollars over the years trying to bridge the gap between medical data and quality patient care with interoperability requirements and data integration, the mesh used to try and bridge the gap. - 6/19/18 -
Noise and the healthcare product improvement matrix
“I get told dozens of times a day what problems I have and how such and such a product can fix them.” - 6/19/18 -
Greenway Health adds Qardio's remote monitoring platform to marketplace
Greenway Health is teaming up with Qardio, a digital health company, to integrate Qardio's remote monitoring platform with its EHR and practice management solutions. - 6/19/18 -
Deloitte integrates ConvergeHEALTH Patient Connect with Apple HealthKit, ResearchKit
Deloitte integrated its ConvergeHEALTH Patient Connect patient engagement tool with Apple's HealthKit, CareKit and ResearchKit frameworks, the audit and consulting firm confirmed June 18. - 6/19/18 -
Royal Devon & Exeter in UK taps Epic for EHR: 3 things to know
The U.K.-based Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust's board has approved a £42m (roughly $55 million) clinical transformation program dubbed My Care, which includes the implementation of an Epic EHR, the hospital confirmed June 6. - 6/19/18 -
New York HIE offers $76K to help providers connect EHRs
HealthlinkNY, which operates one of New York state's health information exchanges, will offer $76,000 in funding to encourage providers to fully connect and contribute data to the HIE, HealthlinkNY announced June 15. - 6/19/18 -
Mayo Clinic looking to store health records on blockchain
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is looking for ways to store patient data on blockchain, a decentralized, digital ledger that promises enhanced security, and the provider has signed a joint working agreement with the London-based startup Medicalchain. - 6/19/18 -
MercyAscot selects InterSystems and Umbrellar to progress toward digital transformation
MercyAscot, one of New Zealand’s leading private healthcare providers, has signed contracts with two IT providers, InterSystems and Umbrellar, in a major step towards replacing and extending its existing patient administration and clinical information systems. - 6/19/18 -
At least 12 Washington Health System employees suspended following potential HIPAA violation
Approximately a dozen Washington (Pa.) Health System employees were suspended after an internal investigation of alleged inappropriate access to patient records, a health system official confirmed to the Observer-Reporter June 18. - 6/19/18 -
Why AMA refers to 'augmented intelligence,' not 'artificial intelligence,' in new policy
The American Medical Association passed its first policy addressing artificial intelligence — which it refers to as "augmented intelligence" — during its annual meeting in Chicago, which ran June 7 to June 13. - 6/19/18 -
Ransomware attacks down despite general hike in cyber intrusions
The incidence of ransomware attacks is decreasing, despite cyberattacks generally rising in the last year, according to ISACA's fourth annual "State of Cybersecurity" survey. - 6/19/18 -
Ascension launches subsidiary to boost hospitals' automation efforts
St. Louis-based Ascension's shared services subsidiary Ministry Service Center in Indianapolis is launching a company called Agilify to help healthcare organizations advance intelligent process automation. - 6/19/18 -
MD Anderson slapped with $4.3M penalty for HIPAA violations
An HHS administrative law judge upheld an HHS Office for Civil Rights finding requiring the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to pay $4,348,000 in civil penalties for HIPAA violations related to the organization's encryption policies, HHS confirmed June 18. - 6/19/18 -
Quest Diagnostics and Cleveland HeartLab Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence Reaches a Milestone
A recent press release by Quest Diagnostics announces a new milestone reached, as they've acquired Cleveland Heart Lab. - 6/18/18