October 2020 Issue of Becker's Hospital Review ON THE COVER Top Hospitals for Patient Experience, State by State Using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS, Becker's has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in each state. Hospitals either received five or four patient summary star ratings. 'We alone can do our part': How US News' top 10 hospitals are addressing health disparities The COVID-19 pandemic and deaths of Black Americans such as George Floyd have spurred many health systems to take increased focus on addressing systemic racism and health disparities. As a result, organizations are implementing various initiatives, from outreach programs to education to recruiting a chief diversity officer. Medicare payment rules for 2021: 11 notes for hospital execs CMS in the past week has proposed Medicare payment rules for outpatient services and physicians for 2021 and finalized payment rules for inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and psychiatric facilities. How Northwell is planning for a COVID-19 resurgence and utilizing IT in the next 18 months for recovery When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, health systems across the U.S. canceled elective procedures and transitioned many team members to remote work. What makes a strong CEO-CFO partnership? 4 health system execs weigh in Whether navigating through the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic or deciding where to make investments in the year ahead, a strong partnership between C-suite executives is essential to hospitals and health systems today. 15 rural hospital closures in 2020 Nearly one in five Americans live in rural areas and depend on their local hospital for care. Over the past 10 years, 131 of those hospitals have closed. Anthem agrees to pay $27K medical bill after TV report airs After a nine-month fight, Anthem BlueCross BlueShield has agreed to pay a $27,000 medical bill for a North Carolina family after a local TV report aired, according to WBTV. Former Tennessee hospital CEO says he was asked to resign after participating in surgery Greg Neal told the Bristol Herald Courier he was asked to resign as CEO of Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center after participating in a surgical procedure without a medical license. 28 ways for men to be (better) allies with women The concept of allyship has never been more prevalent in the public sphere than over the past several months, as neighbors, colleagues, friends and family saw the renewed need to act in solidarity with the people in their lives who face prejudice. 13 big ideas in healthcare innovation Here are 13 key quotes about the role of innovation in healthcare that executives from hospitals and health systems across the country shared with Becker's Hospital Review in August: Texas hospital exits $20M Cerner EHR contract Nacogdoches (Texas) Memorial Hospital terminated a $20 million contract with Cerner this week, opting to instead remain using its current Cerner EHR rather than transitioning to the vendor's Community Works platform. Don't write off neck gaiters yet, researchers say Neck gaiters are still a viable option to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and are likely better than wearing no mask at all, researchers and health experts told The New York Times. 7 most common sentinel events this year Care management incidents were the most common type of sentinel event reported in the first half of 2020, according to data The Joint Commission released Aug. 12. Olesea Azevedo Olesea Azevedo, senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth since 2016, has focused on identifying meaningful diversity and inclusion efforts with a passion for ensuring each person is seen and heard for who they are. Jenni Alvey Asked what inspires them in their job, most provider-based CFOs will say, "caring for our patients," "making our community healthier," or "making healthcare more affordable and accessible." The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to put those aims to the test. Heather Geisler Heather Geisler, Henry Ford Health System's new senior vice president and chief marketing, communications and experience officer, will bring global brand builder experience to the position she begins Sept. 1. B.J. Moore Since announcing its strategic alliance to build a high-tech hospital with Microsoft in July 2019, Providence has zeroed in on innovations in patient care delivery, virtual communication tools and artificial intelligence across its Renton, Wash.-based health system. Robert Garrett The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare a sad truth in America: health outcomes are too often based on race, ethnicity and zip code, a track record that places us behind our global peers, one that needs our collective attention for once and all. Rick Evans In New York City, the summer has brought a strange and unfamiliar mix of both relief and anxiety. Eric Yablonka Stanford Health Care (Calif.) is in the heart of Silicon Valley and known for innovative partnerships with big technology companies as well as entrepreneurial companies to improve clinical care, research and innovation. Paul Rothman, MD As an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Paul Rothman, MD, began to develop his passion for research. In the decades since, his career has been driven by a desire to improve patient care by understanding the causes behind diseases. John Couris, Holly Graziadio & Stacey Brandt At Tampa General Hospital, we're focused on facilitating honest and transparent two-way communication with our team. In fact, an integral part of our organizational culture is providing platforms for an ongoing exchange of ideas. John Woolley Healthcare leaders should consider the pandemic an opportunity to reinforce their organization's core values, said John Woolley, president and CEO of Chandler, Ariz.-based Hatfield Medical Group. CFO / FINANCE 15 rural hospital closures in 2020 Nearly one in five Americans live in rural areas and depend on their local hospital for care. Over the past 10 years, 131 of those hospitals have closed. New York public hospital will go 'belly up' without changes, chairman warns The public benefit organization that runs Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., is at risk of going belly up without significant operational changes, Newsday.com reports. CMS terminates Missouri hospital's Medicare contract CMS has ended its provider agreement with Pinnacle Regional Hospital in Boonville, Mo. Mayo Clinic's operating income drops 48.7% Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic recorded a net operating income of $154 million in the second quarter of 2020, a decrease of 48.7 percent compared to the same period last year, according to recently released financial documents. Chicago's Mercy Hospital to close in 2021 After nearly 170 years of operation, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago will close in 2021, pending approval from the state review board. The hospital noted that it can no longer sustain monthly operating losses of $4 million. CEO/STRATEGY Kamala Harris on healthcare: 6 things to know about her policy positions Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced Aug. 11 that he selected Sen. Kamala Harris of California as his running mate. Biden's pandemic plans if elected: 7 things to know Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has discussed several changes regarding the White House's response to the pandemic if he is elected in November, according to STAT. Supreme Court to hear ACA repeal case Nov. 10 The U.S. Supreme Court announced Aug. 19 that it will hear a case over the legality of the ACA on Nov. 10. These 14 healthcare priorities are on Trump's 2nd-term agenda, he says President Donald Trump has released the "Fighting for You" campaign setting his agenda for his potential second term. 6 health systems advising big companies on COVID-19 safety Businesses are turning to medical experts at large health systems to inform COVID-19 safety protocols for their customers. WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP How Forbes' best employers in healthcare are improving their workplaces for women For a closer look at efforts to improve gender parity at U.S. health systems, Becker's Hospital Review asked organizations included on the Forbes 2020 list of America's Best Employers for Women to reveal how they've made their workplaces better for women in the last year. Read their responses below, presented alphabetically. American women more likely than men to skip medication due to cost, study finds Twenty-five percent of American women reported forgoing medications because they were unaffordable, compared to 14 percent of American men, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. Race and gender equity in academic medicine — a fireside chat with Harvard's Dr. Uzma Shah Academic medicine, like society more broadly, has a problem with race and gender equity. While underrepresented in top leadership roles in academic medicine, women make up more than 50 percent of medical students. This suggests the bulk of our nation's potential future physicians are learning in institutions that are not reflective of their ambitions. Women experience adverse reactions 2x more than men due to clinical testing gender bias, study finds Women are more likely than men to experience adverse side effects from prescription drugs because drug dosages have been historically based on clinical trials involving male participants, according to new research published in Biology of Sex Differences. Boehringer to pay $379K to settle suit alleging pay discrimination against female workers German pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim has agreed to pay $379,089 to resolve allegations that it paid 75 female employees at its St. Joseph, Mo., facility less than their male counterparts, according to the U.S. Labor Department. INNOVATION Providence: 8 innovation trends cultivating the 'next normal' post COVID-19 Technology and digital transformation will continue to play a vital role in health systems' recovery and transition toward the next normal after the COVID-19 pandemic. How Cedars-Sinai became more like Netflix, Google Maps during COVID-19 response Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is becoming more like Netflix and Google Maps in its COVID-19 response by using predictive analytics to meet the needs of patients and staff as the disease progresses, according to a Newswise report. Tackling the 'giant red flag' in healthcare digital transformation: Spectrum Health CIO Jason Joseph While the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the boundaries of care by accelerating adoption of virtual services and digital communication, there is still a long way to go on the healthcare digitization journey, according to Spectrum Health System CIO Jason Joseph. 20 health systems with investment arms Health systems across the U.S. have established investment arms that support digital health innovations and bring money back into the health system. 5 new details about Amazon's first health clinic in Texas Amazon inked a partnership with Crossover Health earlier this year to pilot a health clinic for employees in Texas. CIO/HEALTH IT Texas hospital exits $20M Cerner EHR contract Nacogdoches (Texas) Memorial Hospital terminated a $20 million contract with Cerner this week, opting to instead remain using its current Cerner EHR rather than transitioning to the vendor's Community Works platform. Epic walks back mandatory on-campus return, allows remote work through end of year Epic told its employees Aug. 12 that they will now be permitted to work from home through at least the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement emailed to Becker's Hospital Review. Teladoc-Livongo has a combined market cap of $38 billion: 5 new details on the transaction Teladoc and Livongo merged Aug. 5 in an $18.5 billion deal that was accelerated by the pandemic. The combined company has a market cap larger than Johnson & Johnson, and aims to start making changes as early as next week. HHS tied billions in COVID-19 aid to reporting data through TeleTracking: 7 details HHS linked COVID-19 funding for hospitals to reporting their data through the TeleTracking Technologies portal, according to the New York Times. VA deploys 1st go-live of EHR modernization program: 3 details The Department of Veterans Affairs on Aug. 24 announced the first go-live of its EHR modernization program, launching a new centralized scheduling solution at an Ohio VA medical center. CMO/CARE DELIVERY A timeline of emerging infectious diseases in history The world has entered "a pandemic era" in which humans' impact on the environment may cause new infectious diseases to emerge more frequently, Anthony Fauci, MD, and his colleague David Morens, MD, wrote in an article for Cell. COVID-19 patients test positive for 3 weeks, UPMC analysis findsA systemwide analysis of COVID-19 retesting data at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center found patients generally tested positive for three weeks, the Pittsburgh-based health system said Aug. 10. 'I'm fighting a war against COVID-19 and a war against stupidity,' says CMO of Houston hospital After two hours of sleep a night for four months and seeing a member of his team contract the virus, Joseph Varon, MD, is growing exasperated. Don't write off neck gaiters yet, researchers say Neck gaiters are still a viable option to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and are likely better than wearing no mask at all, researchers and health experts told The New York Times. Fauci: Temperature checks often 'notoriously inaccurate' Anthony Fauci, MD, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the White House and NIH have abandoned temperature checks to screen for coronavirus, according to ABC News. THOUGHT LEADERSHIP How AdventHealth's CHRO Olesea Azevedo determines whether diversity and inclusion efforts are real or window dressing Olesea Azevedo, senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth since 2016, has focused on identifying meaningful diversity and inclusion efforts with a passion for ensuring each person is seen and heard for who they are. A new challenge for hospitals: reimagining their real estate footprints Asked what inspires them in their job, most provider-based CFOs will say, "caring for our patients," "making our community healthier," or "making healthcare more affordable and accessible." The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to put those aims to the test. Henry Ford's new marketing chief on building trust, surprise and delight in healthcare Heather Geisler, Henry Ford Health System's new senior vice president and chief marketing, communications and experience officer, will bring global brand builder experience to the position she begins Sept. 1. Where the Providence, Microsoft 'hospital of the future' partnership stands 1 year later: 3 Qs with CIO BJ Moore Since announcing its strategic alliance to build a high-tech hospital with Microsoft in July 2019, Providence has zeroed in on innovations in patient care delivery, virtual communication tools and artificial intelligence across its Renton, Wash.-based health system. Let's create a more just healthcare system and start in how we train future physicians The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare a sad truth in America: health outcomes are too often based on race, ethnicity and zip code, a track record that places us behind our global peers, one that needs our collective attention for once and all.  

 September 2020 Issue of Becker's Hospital Review ON THE COVER 10 most, least concentrated hospital markets The hospital market in New York City is the least concentrated in the country, while Springfield, Mo., is home to the most concentrated market, according to an analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute. Hospital margins could sink to a negative 7% this year: 5 things to know The COVID-19 pandemic has created financial challenges for hospitals and health systems, and, without additional federal aid, half of US hospitals could be operating in the red in the second half of this year, according to an analysis released by the American Hospital Association on July 21. Viewpoint: No need to clap for healthcare workers — just wear a mask Jeremy Rose, MD, remembers what 7 p.m. in April once sounded like in New York: city residents rushing to fire escapes and balconies with pots and pans, clapping and cheering on front-line healthcare workers as they ended their shifts. Average signing bonuses for 5 recruited medical specialties Internal medicine physicians saw the greatest average signing bonus offered to recruits this year among the five most requested medical specialties, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2020 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives. 7 hospitals buying land for expansions Below are seven hospitals or health systems that purchased or announced plans to buy land for expansions since Jan. 1, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review. Hospitals overbilled Medicare $1B by upcoding claims, inspector general finds Hospitals overbilled Medicare $1 billion by incorrectly assigning severe malnutrition diagnosis codes to inpatient hospital claims, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General. Fitch: Nonprofit hospital margins unlikely to recover until COVID-19 vaccine Median financial ratios for nonprofit hospitals and health systems improved before the COVID-19 pandemic, which will provide some financial cushion to withstand financial pressures, according to a report from Fitch Ratings. Walmart Health expanding to Florida, Illinois Walmart plans to expand its standalone health clinics to Florida and Illinois, the company said June 22. 10 best healthcare companies for women to advance Thirty-five companies made Parity.org's 2020 list of the Best Companies for Women to Advance, 10 of which are in the healthcare industry. Pandemic sped up Mayo's digital transformation by 10 years, Dr. John Halamka says John Halamka, MD, joined Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic in January to lead the health system's digital transformation as president of Mayo Clinic Platform. Kaleida cites $25M Cerner EHR expense among reasons for 2019 loss Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health reported a $24 million loss on $1.86 billion revenue in 2019 and partially blamed an EHR investment for the loss, according to a Buffalo Business First report. Geisinger settles lawsuit over NICU infections that killed 3 infants Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has reached a settlement with the families of infants who died or were injured as a result of contracting bacterial infections while in the neonatal intensive care unit at Geisinger Medical Center, according to the Times Leader. Texas CMO warns about 'COVID parties' occurring in multiple states after patient death A Texas hospital has reported a patient death linked to a "COVID party," gatherings that have occurred in multiple states, according to The New York Times. Carl Armato + Pam Oliver, MD Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health was one of three major health systems competing to expand in North Carolina by securing a deal to partner with or own New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. Recently, Novant Health received the answer it was hoping for: It was selected as the medical center's ideal partner. Alexa Kimball, MD From addressing staff anxiety to retraining physicians to practice in an intensive care unit, unparalleled challenges have confronted physician group leaders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Kelly Hancock, DNP, RN Kelly Hancock, DNP, RN, became Cleveland Clinic's first chief caregiver officer June 19, bringing 27 years of experience at the organization. Michael Dowling I am not exaggerating when I tell people that my organization, Northwell Health, has been through a war. What other metaphor even comes close? Peter Fine Between driving growth, meeting clinical objectives and navigating complex payer dynamics, there don't seem to be enough hours in the day for healthcare executives. Cliff Robertson, MD Cliff Robertson, MD, joined Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health in 2014. During his tenure, CHI Health has been ranked among IBM Watson Health's 15 top health systems; CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, Neb., opened a trauma center; and CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island, Neb., achieved Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. CFO / FINANCE Jackson Health 'on a disastrous course' after missing out on COVID-19 relief aid, CEO says Jackson Health System, a safety-net system based in Miami, has recorded losses of $78 million this year and has been shut out of federal funding meant to help hospitals hardest hit by the pandemic, according to the Miami Herald. Quorum exits bankruptcy, names new CEO Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health has emerged from bankruptcy, about three months after entering the Chapter 11 restructuring process. For-profit providers must pay taxes on COVID-19 relief funding, IRS says The IRS clarified that for-profit providers must pay taxes on COVID-19 relief payments. Hospitals overbilled Medicare $1B by upcoding claims, inspector general finds Hospitals overbilled Medicare $1 billion by incorrectly assigning severe malnutrition diagnosis codes to inpatient hospital claims, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General. Hospital margins could sink to a negative 7% this year: 5 things to know The COVID-19 pandemic has created financial challenges for hospitals and health systems, and, without additional federal aid, half of US hospitals could be operating in the red in the second half of this year, according to an analysis released by the American Hospital Association on July 21. CEO/STRATEGY Beaumont Health CEO, CMO target of no confidence petition A no-confidence petition on Beaumont Health President and CEO John Fox and Executive Vice President and CMO David Wood Jr., MD, is being circulated by some physician leaders at the Southfield, Mich.-based health system, according to Crain's Detroit Business. Intermountain CEO: 7 things I've learned from the pandemic Expansion of telehealth. Primary care investments. Unaffordable healthcare costs. None of these topics are new to healthcare, but the COVID-19 pandemic has provided fresh insight into just how important they are in the delivery of care. CEO coronavirus response swayed by 3 biases CEOs don't have road maps for unprecedented situations like the coronavirus pandemic, and instead rely heavily on their existing skills and personality traits in their response. AdventHealth CEO amid Florida COVID-19 surge: 'I wouldn't hesitate to go to Disney' As Florida recorded more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19, the CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth said July 12 he would feel comfortable visiting Walt Disney World Resort, which has opened up two of its parks, according to CBS News. Quorum is ready to grow after shedding 16 hospitals Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The for-profit hospital operator's new CEO says the company is now set up for growth, according to the Nashville Business Journal. WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP Leading a physicians group through COVID-19 challenges: 6 questions with Harvard's Dr. Alexa Kimball From addressing staff anxiety to retraining physicians to practice in an intensive care unit, unparalleled challenges have confronted physician group leaders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Female researchers are publishing less than men: 3 ways to help close this gap Early research shows women in academic science and medicine are publishing less than their male peers, likely due to them shouldering more childcare and household responsibilities during the pandemic, reports STAT. 64% of female physicians cite work-life balance as major career challenge: 4 takeaways The stress of balancing personal and professional demands is the biggest career challenge among female physicians, according to a new report from Medscape. 10 best healthcare companies for women to advance Thirty-five companies made Parity.org's 2020 list of the Best Companies for Women to Advance, 10 of which are in the healthcare industry. 28% of men say gender equity gains come at their expense, Pew finds Nearly three in 10 men say that progress toward gender equity comes at their own expense, according to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center. INNOVATION Pandemic sped up Mayo's digital transformation by 10 years, Dr. John Halamka says John Halamka, MD, joined Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic in January to lead the health system's digital transformation as president of Mayo Clinic Platform. MIT, Brigham and Women's Hospital design reusable N95 mask Bioengineers at Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology teamed up with clinicians at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital to design N95 masks that can be sterilized for reuse. Henry Ford Health System pilots no-touch digital health screening kiosks Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System launched a pilot of 10 digital health screening kiosks, which can capture and monitor vital signs without touching the individual, according to a July 20 Detroit Free Press report. CU Anschutz Medical Campus' innovation fund secures $50M CU Healthcare Innovation Fund secured $50 million in committed capital to invest in early stage healthcare companies. These 5 healthcare startups have received millions in investments in 2020 Large health systems and venture capital firms nationwide are investing millions in startups whose products could bring critical innovation to healthcare delivery. CIO/HEALTH IT Cringeworthy conversations: 5 health IT leaders sound off on language they find most annoying Health IT leaders have struggled to keep their eyes from rolling at such vague terms as disruption and innovation for years, but new abstract and overused language continues to pop up in their work conversations. US insurers cutting telehealth coverage as COVID-19 cases surge After changing policies to cover telehealth more broadly during the pandemic, some insurers are scaling it back even as COVID-19 cases surge in some states, according to USA Today. Cerner employees told to work from home through end of 2020 Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner will not reopen its company offices until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Kansas City Business Journal.  The AWS-Cerner collaboration 1 year in: What they've accomplished and where they're headed Cerner and Amazon Web Services inked an agreement in July 2019 aimed at improving efficiency and lowering costs. University Health System to begin $170M Epic EHR implementation San Antonio-based University Health System decided to move forward with its Epic EHR implementation after a two-month delay, according to the San Antonio Express-News. CMO/CARE DELIVERY COVID-19 infection control failures at Pennsylvania facility put 128 residents in immediate jeopardy Conditions at Spring City, Pa.-based Southeastern Veterans' Center placed 128 of 154 residents in immediate jeopardy, a June inspection found, as reported by The Washington Post. Former VA nursing aide pleads guilty to 7 murder charges A former nursing aide at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia pleaded guilty July 14 to seven counts of second-degree murder and one count of assault with the intent to commit murder, the U.S. Justice Department said. Geisinger settles lawsuit over NICU infections that killed 3 infants Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has reached a settlement with the families of infants who died or were injured as a result of contracting bacterial infections while in the neonatal intensive care unit at Geisinger Medical Center, according to the Times Leader. How researchers' understanding of airborne COVID-19 transmission has evolved: A timeline of key studies, reports Since March, researchers worldwide have published several studies exploring how the new coronavirus interacts with the air. These findings have evolved as the world continues to learn more about the new virus. Two-dose COVID-19 vaccines could complicate efforts to immunize billions of people A COVID-19 vaccine that requires two doses may be more effective at protecting against the disease, but would also make the effort to immunize billions of people much more complicated, Bloomberg reported. THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Cleveland Clinic's first chief caregiver officer on supporting 70,000 employees during crisis Kelly Hancock, DNP, RN, became Cleveland Clinic's first chief caregiver officer June 19, bringing 27 years of experience at the organization. Michael Dowling: COVID-19 put my system through hell and back I am not exaggerating when I tell people that my organization, Northwell Health, has been through a war. What other metaphor even comes close? Living Like a Leader: A day with Banner Health CEO Peter Fine Between driving growth, meeting clinical objectives and navigating complex payer dynamics, there don't seem to be enough hours in the day for healthcare executives. Corner Office: CHI Health CEO Dr. Cliff Robertson on the 2 questions he answers for employees Cliff Robertson, MD, joined Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health in 2014. During his tenure, CHI Health has been ranked among IBM Watson Health's 15 top health systems; CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, Neb., opened a trauma center; and CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island, Neb., achieved Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.  

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Some users forgo Fitbits after Google sale November 18, 2019 How Apple helped inspire Stanford's new hospital | Philips warns hospitals of flaw in data systems | CommonSpirit aims to change healthcare with strategic, purposeful innovation | How Apple, Amazon & other tech giants use healthcare data November 15, 2019 Google almost posted X-rays, personal data online until NIH stepped in | Amazon launches data exchange - Deloitte, Change Healthcare already use it | AHA closes on $50M strategic venture fund | Walmart to expand standalone health center model, CEO says November 14, 2019 VUMC triples operating income after Epic rollout | Federal investigators probe Ascension, Google project | Dr. Toby Cosgrove joins American Well board | Brigham Health president Dr. Elizabeth Nabel outlines innovation investment focus November 13, 2019 Ascension leader shares 8 reactions to reports on system's work with Google | Cerner issues layoffs | Baylor Scott & White CEO Jim Hinton: Digital-physical fusion solidifies legacy brands' future in healthcare | How tech disruptors improve patient care November 12, 2019 Google project collects data on millions of Ascension patients: WSJ | How Cerner, Amazon & 5 others performed in Q3 | Patient says Mich. med group employee posted health record on social media | How to engage the health system workforce with new tech November 11, 2019 Why Partners HealthCare invested $80M in 2 new funds to fuel growth | Amazon Care app, employees' 'first stop for healthcare': 6 takeaways | Ore. hospital alerts patients of data breach | In 2020, AI to focus on behavioral health, SDOH & more November 8, 2019 Texas health department to pay $1.6M for HIPAA violations | Tim Cook: 4 thoughts on Apple's healthcare offerings today & in the future | To get executives on board with new tech, put ROI before AI | 3 key priorities for CISOs November 7, 2019 Providence debuts health-focused radio station | 61 hospital and health system CISOs to know | How Intermountain is tackling clinical data entry burden from CIO Marc Probst | Maine healthcare provider notifies 22,000 patients of data breach November 6, 2019 $3M HIPAA settlement for stolen flash drive at U of Rochester | How the Cerner, Amazon partnership is unfolding | How 4 hospital execs approach cybersecurity | Transformational leadership in health IT: 5 takeaways November 5, 2019 Highmark lays off 107 IT employees temporarily | The right health IT investments to fuel hospital strategy from 4 system leaders | UVM Health Network to begin $150M EHR deployment | Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan tests new employee health plan November 4, 2019 Google developing enhanced EHR search functions | NY hospital unable to access patient data after ransomware attack | Data integrity in healthcare poses a major challenge to ROI: 3 notes | Meditech posts 2% Q3 revenue increase November 1, 2019 Data breach at Utah med center may affect 20,000 patients | How Penn Medicine analyzes data to improve patient experience | CMS selects Geisinger, Mayo among 25 participants in AI challenge | Emory gets $10M investment in center for innovative medicine October 31, 2019 Apple reportedly poaches Columbia U Medical Center cardiologist | IT, rev cycle partnerships to define the future of healthcare | Former Cleveland Clinic spinoff exec that committed fraud sentenced | Optum acquires patient monitoring startup October 30, 2019 Rush CIO Dr. Shafiq Rab: The best strategy for transforming the revenue cycle with IT | Prisma notifies 19,000 patients, volunteers of data breach | 12 top healthcare innovations for the next decade | UT Health, Cardinal, Amazon Web Services partner October 29, 2019 Facebook connects users to clinics for flu shots, preventive services | How big tech will affect healthcare: 4 key thoughts | 6 health IT partnerships in the past 15 days | UPMC to build network of hospitals in China October 28, 2019 Cerner partners with Uber Health: 5 things to know | Big tech in healthcare: key thoughts on Amazon, Google and Walmart from 2 execs | St. Louis medical center alerts 152,000 patients of data breach | 5 CIOs share tips for EHR customizations October 25, 2019 Geisinger Health Plan alerts patients of data breach | Cerner posts 7% rise in revenue for Q3 | Building the 'next generation EMR' from Northwell CIO | Mayo uses facial recognition software to match patients with MRIs October 24, 2019 Amazon buys tech startup to power primary care program | IT security enhancements linked to uptick in heart attack deaths | Cleveland Clinic names top 10 innovations for 2020 | How WakeMed is leveraging data from CMIO Dr. Neal Chawla October 23, 2019 Texas Health Resources says 82,000 patients affected in billing error | UPMC looks to transform shuttered hospital into IT hub | 130,000 patient data breach at Mont. health system | How Intermountain's chief health information officer tackles innovation October 22, 2019 Cleveland Clinic, American Well to form digital health company | Partners HealthCare pours $80M into investment funds for digital tech, AI, life sciences | SSM Health CIO Sony Jacob: How to tackle healthcare's wicked problems | 10 'best hospital cities' October 21, 2019 Houston Methodist innovation VP: 'Disrupt or be disrupted' | Microsoft partners with Humana: 5 details | VA left thousands of patient records viewable in shared drives | Indiana U gets $60M to establish AI initiative for digital health October 18, 2019 Malicious bug on Mission Health website rerouted financial info to hacker | Cerner acquires IT consulting firm | Inspira Health CIO: The key to EHR customization | Google names chief health officer October 17, 2019 Mayo Clinic's Dr. Douglas Wood: 'There is no innovation without action' | Ore. medical center EHR encrypted in ransomware attack | Walmart plays offense & defense in healthcare strategy | HSS CIO promotes the shift to digital, women in tech October 16, 2019 Amazon's $72B healthcare opportunity: 3 ways it could expand | Cerner to transfer nearly 1,300 more employees to Adventist | Lehigh Valley Health Network CIO: Innovation that's worth the investment | Fla. clinic alerts 520,000 patients of data breach October 15, 2019 Texas health system alerts entire patient database of data breach | 17 trends in health IT today | Ala. health system resumes services after week-long computer outage | NewYork-Presbyterian's innovation recipe: 80% people, 15% process, 5% tech October 14, 2019 Philadelphia health dept. website exposes thousands of hepatitis patients | Centra Health resumes billing after 3-mo. EHR shutdown | AWS data extraction tool now HIPAA-eligible | The intersection of big tech, Wall Street and healthcare October 11, 2019 Cleveland Clinic CIO Edward Marx: The moral responsibility to go all-in on digital tech | La. clinic hit by ransomware | Embrace - don't fear - technology, says NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi | 5 things Cerner has done in the past 10 days October 10, 2019 Ala. system's services still down after ransomware attack | The biggest IT challenge isn't tech — it's collaboration | Amazon's 5 latest health-related job openings | Good Samaritan CIO on team innovation, systemwide value of IT October 9, 2019 Cerner CEO on the strategy behind its Amazon partnership | The focus of University Hospitals' investment arm | 8 hospitals, health systems hit by ransomware attacks | Texas Medical Center partners with Denmark on digital health innovation October 8, 2019 Cancer Treatment Centers of America alerts 3,200 patients of data breach | The strategy behind building a top innovation team at 7 health systems | Top 10 health technology hazards for 2020 | How Cleveland Clinic is applying telemedicine October 7, 2019 Ala. system pays hackers after ransomware hits 3 hospitals | What innovation looks like at Penn Medicine - top priorities & goals | UAB Medicine notifies 20,000 patients of data breach | VA, Cerner EHR rollout: 6 updates October 4, 2019 Epic initiates another campus expansion | Kaiser Permanente alerts 1,000 patients of data breach | Independence Blue Cross opens innovation center | Cerner sends 360 jobs back to Adventist October 3, 2019 Walmart unveils healthcare pilot programs: 6 details | Providence St. Joseph CIO B.J. Moore: How the CIO role will change in the next 3 years | Ind. hospital alerts 9,100 patients of data breach | Meditech partners with Apple Health Records October 2, 2019 3 Ala. hospitals halt admissions after ransomware attack | Novant to open health clinics inside Walgreens | Meditech, Google Cloud partner: 3 things to know | The most interesting patient-facing innovation at 5 health systems October 1, 2019 Calif. clinic to close after ransomware wipes out patient records | Northwell, Allscripts to build voice-enabled EHR | The value of telehealth, digital health from Stanford Children's CMIO | Dr. Robert Califf to spearhead Alphabet's health strategy September 30, 2019 Ransomware attack locks CHI Health providers out of EHR database | Mayo Clinic CIO says Google will not have patient data access | How Cleveland Clinic's care model translates to China | 7 recent vendor contracts, go lives - Meditech, Cerner, Epic & more September 27, 2019 UnityPoint's innovation strategy: 'You cannot be afraid to go all-in' | Will Amazon's telemedicine program go beyond employees? | Jonathan Bush joins primary care startup Firefly | VA confirms new delays for Cerner EHR rollout September 26, 2019 Partners HealthCare's investment strategy: An inside look | Sam's Club launches healthcare pilot program for members | Data breaches impacted 710,000 patients in August | Dr. Rebecca Kaul: Tech can't be the centerpiece of innovation September 25, 2019 40+ health systems with great innovation programs | Hundreds of medical records found in trash outside NY clinic | Why University Hospitals launched an investment arm | Amazon Care: 5 notes on Amazon's new virtual medical clinic September 24, 2019 U of Ky. Healthcare reroutes EMS patients after software issue | Best Buy may have $46B healthcare opportunity | What CMIOs need to know before launching a new access management strategy | Providence St. Joseph CMIO's case to cap EHR customization September 23, 2019 Wyo. health system halts admissions after ransomware attack | CommonSpirit's Rich Roth: 3 key headwinds for 2020 + 2 big questions | Allina Health MyChart glitch sent false alerts to thousands of patients | Walmart Health taps Zotec for RCM services September 20, 2019 Presbyterian Health Plan alerts 56,000 patients of phishing attack | AMA grants $400K to 15 medical institutions - Cleveland Clinic, Beth Israel & more | IT's role in Providence St. Joseph’s growth strategy | KLAS: Epic is making a mark on small practices September 19, 2019 Dr. Thomas Graham: NYU Langone's model of embedded innovation | 3 times EHR adoption led to operating loss in the past year | Humana expands telehealth offerings | LifePoint Health's strategy to engage patients for meaningful feedback September 18, 2019 How Penn Medicine is overcoming interoperability challenges | Hospitals win challenge to site-neutral pay cuts | Novant Health's innovation, AI institute gets 1st partner | 4 exec moves at Cerner this year September 17, 2019 Millions of patients' health data is unprotected online | Former Nationwide Children's researchers charged with stealing trade secrets | U of Illinois-Chicago opens 3 healthcare simulation centers | MidMichigan Health innovation chief on EHR customization September 16, 2019 Judy Faulkner: The 'yes, if' strategy behind Epic's culture | How CommonSpirit's innovation team supports overall strategy | Obama's tech chief on splitting healthcare CIO, CTO roles | Walmart Health sees 1st patients: 6 details September 13, 2019 NJ physician pleads guilty in $1.2B telemedicine fraud scheme | Moody's: Healthcare cyberattacks on the rise | Security in digital healthcare: insights from Hackensack Meridian Health CIO | Cleveland Clinic opens telehealth-equipped neurology unit September 12, 2019 Ohio hospital hit with 2-notch credit downgrade amid IT transition | Aurora Health Care, Ciox Health to pay $35M for medical records overcharges | Good Samaritan CIO on lowering the EHR burden | Temple Health's email, scheduling systems breached September 11, 2019 Why payers may be fueling ransomware attacks | Mayo Clinic taps Google for analytics, innovation | CMIO Dr. Lauren Koniaris: Hackensack Meridian Health's key to team innovation | 3 rural hospitals select Cerner EHR September 10, 2019 Fla. health system reaches first-of-kind HIPAA settlement | Telemedicine co. CEO pleads guilty in $424M fraud scheme | NYU Langone Health's digital health offerings put patients in control | Utah physician group ransomware attack affects 320K patients September 9, 2019 The role of IT In Providence St. Joseph’s growth strategy | Cleveland Clinic, Google Assistant partner | 10 largest data breaches in 2019 so far | Amazon's 5 latest health-related job openings September 6, 2019 UCLA launches innovation hub for medical tech, digital health | NM hospital alerts 14K patients of data breach | How UC Irvine Health navigates patient engagement efforts | Apple's 5 latest health-related job openings September 5, 2019 Cerner to lay off 255 workers to cut costs | UC Health employees fall victim to phishing attack | How Penn Medicine is overcoming interoperability challenges | America's Most Innovative Leaders: 24 are in healthcare September 4, 2019 Providence Health Plan alerts 122K members of data breach | The strategy behind innovation at Jefferson University Hospitals | Mayo, Oxford select Cerner EHR for London facility | CVS moving to change healthcare: A timeline September 3, 2019 Stolen laptop puts health information of 7K Texas hospital patients at risk | Why AMA, AHA pushed back on Apple's Health Records | Atlantic Health exec: 'Collaboration is the fuel for innovation' | AHN warns patients of 'phone number spoofing' August 30, 2019 U Chicago, Google move to dismiss lawsuit over patient data sharing | How the CIO role will evolve | 14 healthcare privacy incidents in August | Apple Health, Allscripts partnership & 12 other health IT notes August 29, 2019 Mount Sinai alerts 33K patients of collection agency data breach | Epic unveils patient data research initiative, new software | CommonSpirit exec: Think beyond data, tech with analytics platform build | Lafayette General launches 2nd innovation fund August 28, 2019 Why Judy Faulkner says Epic is successful after 40 years + what's next | EHR-related medical malpractice claims tripled since 2010 | Atlantic Health's innovation chief on breaking down barriers to growth | Wis. lab alerts 114K customers of data breach August 27, 2019 Stolen flash drive potentially exposes 27K Nev. hospital patients' info | Vanderbilt EHR pilot aims to restore humanity in medicine | U of Ill. partnership to develop precision medicine tech | VA Cerner EHR rollout to experience months-long delay August 26, 2019 Presbyterian Healthcare Services alerts 183,000 patients of data breach | The most dangerous trend in health IT from 5 execs | Medical City Healthcare CIO: Consumerism isn’t just a buzzword | 12 Cerner implementations, go-lives August 23, 2019 Mass General alerts 10,000 patients of data breach | How Providence St. Joseph forms engaged digital patient relationships | Apple Health, Allscripts partner | VA health record digitization has 5-mile-high backlog August 22, 2019 Patients struggle to get medical records from closing Pa. hospital | Ascension's chief strategy, innovations officer: the role 'starts and ends with people' | Texas physician, hospital at odds over inaccessible health records | Rush launches EHR app August 21, 2019 Hackers steal Calif. hospital's website domain, email addresses | Apple health leaders leaving amid disagreements | Fla. lab testing company alerts 30K patients of breach | How a Phoenix health system slashed hours off daily EHR time August 20, 2019 How Mayo Clinic continues EHR innovation after $1.5B tech upgrade | Shipping mishap potentially exposes Conn. health system patient records | Brigham and Women's launches preventive genomics clinic | 7 recent contracts, go-lives: Epic, Apple & more August 19, 2019 Michigan Medicine alerts 5,500 patients of phishing attack | Excela sends bad checks to 800 patients | How WakeMed CIO Dr. Peter Marks sees data driving health in the future | Mo., Kan. HIEs to share EHR data of 20M+ patients August 16, 2019 Meet Kaiser Permanente's 1st chief digital officer | 11 Epic implementations, go-lives in 90 days | 451-bed Mo. hospital names new CIO | CVS Health joins $9M funding for startup August 15, 2019 Mercy's IT arm launches network for clinical data, analytics | Cerner campus put on lockdown amid threat of area shooter | How expectations of CIOs are changing | 3 lessons NewYork-Presbyterian learned from using AI to reduce LOS August 14, 2019 Hackers demand $1M+ in bitcoin from Wash. hospital | Samsung CMO to become Microsoft VP of healthcare, CMO | UC Health CIO Tom Andriola: Managing risk, hype-vs.-reality for AI | Mayo Clinic to send drugmaker 100K DNA samples August 13, 2019 MU Health Care data breach lawsuit: Dozens more patients join | Meet Suja Chandrasekaran, CommonSpirit's new chief information and digital officer | How AdventHealth Orlando is building a future in genomics | 4 ways Cerner is growing innovation efforts August 12, 2019 Former patient sues Lehigh Valley, claims physician inappropriately accessed medical records | Allscripts posts 31% increase in bookings for Q2 | Innovation's role in healthcare from 6 execs | 4 things Epic has done in the past 4 months August 9, 2019 The tech trends shaping hospital strategy | Allscripts to pay $145M settlement over Practice Fusion HIPAA, MU investigation | Patients file lawsuit against MU Health Care over data breach | Mercy, Baptist Health & more to partner with health tech startups August 8, 2019 CommonSpirit names chief information and digital officer | Mo. hospital pays hackers to unlock computer system | Patients struggle to get records from shuttered Mich. clinic | OSF HealthCare's CIO: 4 unconventional characteristics of a great IT team August 7, 2019 UPMC-backed data alliance partners with Amazon Web Services: 5 details | Duke, Cerner launch health network for clinical research | 7 recent hospital advances in innovation | $74M settlement approved to resolve Premera Blue Cross data breach suit August 6, 2019 Trinity Health adds CXO, CIO | Epic consulting firm unveils Cerner business line | Partners HealthCare's chief innovation officer: Innovation platforms will be instrumental in hospital growth | 2 MU Health Care employees fall victim to phishing attack August 5, 2019 U of Vermont seeks to expand $150M Epic EHR implementation | Presbyterian alerts 183,000 patients of data breach | WakeMed CIO Dr. Peter Marks: Key tech to enable patient engagement | Meditech Q2 revenue drops 4% to $119.9M August 2, 2019 Ballad Health to establish new innovation hub | How the health system CISO role is evolving | Best patient experience innovations at 17 health systems | How an Ariz.-based hospital's 4-person IT team responded to a ransomware attack August 1, 2019 Calif. VA hospital staff used unsecure texts, email to transfer patient records | New era of 'patients as partners': Q&A with NewYork-Presbyterian CXO | 19 healthcare privacy incidents in July | Allscripts CEO Paul Black on interoperability, APIs & more July 31, 2019 OSF HealthCare's investment arm launches 2nd $75M fund | US News' Best Hospitals 2019-20 | Ohio payers now required to cover telemedicine | EHR snooping: Best efforts to bust, punish and prevent it July 30, 2019 Fla. hospital attributes spike in lawsuits against patients to EHR conversion | Surescripts-Amazon PillPack battle over patient data heats up | U of Alabama warns medical providers of data breach | Cerner inks partnership with Amazon Web Services July 29, 2019 EHR vendor patient data found for sale online | Ala. medical center recovering from ransomware attack, FBI is involved | Ore. health innovation center receives $80M | VA transfers 23.5M patient records to new Cerner EHR July 26, 2019 Kaiser's VC arm joins blood test startup's $160M funding round | How UC Health's analytics chief will create a data-driven decision-making culture | Feds: Outcome Health collected $500M in mail, wire fraud | Cerner's growth strategy: 3 details July 25, 2019 Providence St. Joseph IT execs on the inspiration for the Microsoft 'hospital of the future' partnership | Merck innovation fund leads $30M health data management firm investment | Cerner Q2 revenue up 5% | 6 health system cyberattacks in 30 days July 24, 2019 Former Sutter exec says he reported IT shortfalls, was fired after computer outage | UPS launches drone business to hospitals | Hackers access 3,700 patient records at Texas hospital | 4 health system IT execs: Apple, Amazon, Google in healthcare July 23, 2019 Cancer Treatment Centers of America alerts 3,900 patients of data breach | 12 big EHR, patient record issues in 2019 | IBM: Average healthcare data breach cost hit $6.5M | 100+ AI companies to know in healthcare July 22, 2019 How Providence St. Joseph is investing in tech, innovation in 2019 | Mass. hospital loses power for 7 hours | 40 states have expanded telemedicine coverage, pay since 2017 | JPMorgan: The tech that could save 80% of cost, time for physician credentialing July 19, 2019 Hackers try to reroute payroll deposits at Texas health system | How Hospital for Special Surgery built a culture of innovation | Philips leads $6.8M funding round for health tech startup | Wis. health system to outsource IT jobs July 18, 2019 Optum takes over John Muir IT in unusual partnership | Michael Dowling: 5 suggestions for tech companies, venture capitalists | Clinical Pathology Laboratories alerts 2.2M patients of data breach | How Johns Hopkins CMIO boosted data sharing July 17, 2019 Hospital CIOs earn most in Pacific region: How 7 regions stack up| Why UVM Health Network's CIO values candidate attitude as much as skill | Dell, Microsoft put millions behind AI startups | 8 Prime Healthcare hospitals join Calif. data-sharing network July 16, 2019 Cybersecurity: Calif. medical center notifies 21K patients of ransomware attack | Phishing attack exposes nearly 15K LA County patients' information | Essentia Health alerts patients of data breach | Hackers gain access to Vermont ACO email account July 16, 2019 NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi: Telehealth strategy for underserved populations, ER efficiency | Google's 5 latest health-related job openings | Venture funding for digital health cos hits $5B+ | Providence St. Joseph CCO on the EHR evolution July 15, 2019 Covenant Health cites slow adoption of $83M Epic EHR in operating loss | How Ascension approaches direct-to-consumer virtual care | Emerson Hospital CIO: How AI, precision medicine fit into health IT strategy | 7 health IT leadership changes July 12, 2019 What's next for Boston Children's big innovation team | Premera Blue Cross to pay states $10.4M after breach | Atrium Health taps Scripps Health CIO for IT exec role | 11 health systems' innovation initiatives in 2019 July 11, 2019 Providence St. Joseph, Microsoft collaborate to build 'high-tech hospital' | Anthem poaches Apple employees | Benefis CIO Mark Simon: Thoughts on limiting tech burden | 5-hospital Tanner Health begins Epic EHR rollout July 10, 2019 CIO salary tops $235K on average, CHIME survey finds | Jefferson Health rolls out digital platform monitoring patient mental health | Amazon's 5 latest health-related job openings | Cigna, Celene join $23M funding round for AI-powered health startup July 9, 2019 Hospital CFOs are stepping into cybersecurity roles | US warns against Microsoft Outlook vulnerability | 5 cybersecurity leaders on their roles, big threats | Data breaches cost $408 per record: 5 notes July 9, 2019 5 new healthcare data chiefs - UC Health, Mount Sinai & more | MUSC CMIO Dr. David McSwain: Key thoughts on health IT leadership | Partners HealthCare enrolls 100K patients in genetic research database | Apple's 5 latest health-related job openings July 8, 2019 $32M Cerner EHR install at Wash. state facilities delayed for years | Facebook seeks director of health partnerships | SCL Health, Google & more: 76 health IT leadership changes | CHI St. Joseph, Texas A&M expand telemedicine partnership July 5, 2019 UC Health appoints 1st chief data and analytics officer | Providence St. Joseph Health buys Epic consulting firm | 55 EHR contracts, go-lives in 2019 | Mount Sinai, Novant Health & more: 12 AI initiatives launched at hospitals so far this year July 3, 2019 What Cleveland Clinic looks for in the ideal IT team member: CIO Ed Marx | 2019 guide to cringeworthy health IT conversations from 8 leaders | IBM to lay off 2,000 employees | 88% of hospital execs feel threatened by Optum, CVS Health, Amazon July 2, 2019 Cybersecurity - Summa Health employees fall victim to phishing attacks | Data breaches cost hospitals $408/record: HHS | 239,000 patient records vulnerable in insurance database security incident | 79 healthcare privacy issues in 2019 July 2, 2019 Calif. hospital delays $4M Meditech EHR implementation | Cedars-Sinai CTO: The key to technology adoption | UnitedHealth Group invests $8.25M in data science education | Driscoll Health System appoints new CIO July 1, 2019 Ransomware attack causes Calif. health group to turn to paper records | How 3 CIOs recruit, retain top talent | 275+ telehealth companies to know - 2019 | Cleveland Clinic uses AI, medical records for personalized care June 28, 2019 Providence St. Joseph Health acquires Epic consulting firm | How UPMC CIO Ed McCallister leads his IT team to success | NewYork-Presbyterian gets $50M grant for telemedicine innovation institute | Livongo files for IPO June 27, 2019 Google, U of Chicago hit with lawsuit over patient data sharing | How to balance strategy with execution: Ed Marx, Dr. Maia Hightower, Aaron Miri, Matthew Grob | Cedars-Sinai joins LA bioscience org | Change Healthcare grows interoperability partnership June 26, 2019 Former UPMC employee gets 1 year in prison for disclosing 111 patient records | U of Missouri launches precision medicine institute | UNC offers telehealth visits through Epic | How a community hospital CIO tackles cybersecurity June 25, 2019 [Cybersecurity] UMass Memorial alerts 4,600 patients of phishing attack | Balancing consumerism with security: Hospital for Special Surgery CISO | Vision, dental insurer reports 9-yr data security breach | 70% of IT execs confident in data privacy June 25, 2019 Lehigh Valley Health Network to share EHR data with CVS | Franciscan Health employee wrongly views 2,200 patient records | Allscripts, HFMA team up on healthcare finance, decision analytics project | Allegheny Health Network to implement ICU telehealth June 24, 2019 26 UHS hospitals experience Cerner EHR outage | CMS' 1st health informatics chief out after 4 months | Edward Elmhurst CISO: Cybersecurity issues, trends on the horizon | Johns Hopkins All Children's moving to Epic June 21, 2019 IT error deletes patient records at Creighton University pharmacy | Cleveland Clinic, Atrium, MemorialCare add $3M to digital health startup's $14M financing | Johns Hopkins CTO on physician technology buy-in | Cerner, Google & more: 16 health IT notes June 20, 2019 NY hospital system, medical group lose EHR access after separate cyberattacks | Geisinger CIO: Consumerism drives hospital IT investment trends | 70% of health IT execs confident in data privacy | 16 hospitals seek Epic, Allscripts, Cerner talent June 19, 2019 EMR problems result in paper documentation at Wash. hospital since Saturday | Medical records found blowing away outside shuttered Chicago facility | Geisinger CDIO: Tech won't solve people problems | Baptist Health moves from 4 EHRs to Epic June 18, 2019 Humana says hackers posed as physician group, possibly exposed patient data | Georgia 25-bed hospital alerts 10,970 patients of data breach | Lessons learned from Hancock Regional's response to ransomware attack | Epic, IBM more - 16 health IT notes June 18, 2019 Cerner update sparks 3-day EHR downtime for 5-hospital system in Ariz. | Children's Hospital of Los Angeles CISO on his expanding role | Amazon's PillPack pharmacy accused of consumer privacy violation | Mount Sinai launches AI-enabled pathology center June 17, 2019 $1B+ IPO – Change Healthcare ups offering again | Orlando Health's Epic exec: 3 insights | IBM to pay $14.8M to settle Maryland HIE false claims violation allegations | Alabama hospital to pay $300K after not responding to data breach June 14, 2019 $27M contract - Icahn School of Medicine to develop tech measuring infecious disease exposure for DOD | The changing CMIO role - MidMichigan Health's Dr. Pankaj Jandwani | Allscripts buys prescription drug start-up | Colo. hospital launches ER chat bot June 13, 2019 Intermountain begins 50K patient DNA mapping initiative | Sutter sued for allegedly sharing patients' data with Facebook, Google | Geisinger's Dr. Richard Schreiber: The CMIO's changing role | Quest Diagnostics faces lawsuit over 11.9M patient data breach June 12, 2019 DOJ pursues slew of EHR cases: 5 things to know | Rush University Medical Center transitions to Google Cloud: 3 notes | OSF HealthCare CSO: The digital transformation to on-demand healthcare & what comes next | $15.7B - Salesforce acquiring Tableau Software: 4 things to know June 11, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Security incident leaves Arizona hospital's website down for 2+ months | Opko Health alerts 422,600 patients of data breach | 83% of hospitals say cyberattacks up over past year - 4 attacks to watch for | Moody's: How the Quest Diagnostics, LabCorp data breaches may affect their businesses June 11, 2019 Epic, Humana partner: 5 key details | How Saint Peter's Healthcare System's CIO shifted the culture to make its 3rd EMR implementation a success | Tennessee hospital blames billing system switch for financial troubles | 5 common Qs on health system chief digital officers, answered June 10, 2019 59 hospital, health system CISOs to know - 2019 | Revenue trends for 4 $1B+ health IT companies - Optum, Cerner & more | Geisinger names Dr. David Vawdrey chief data informatics officer | Albany Med CIO George Hickman: Core concepts for setting IT strategy June 7, 2019 What Cleveland Clinic looks for in the ideal IT team member from CIO Ed Marx | Louisiana hospital partners with Apple | Cerner signs $140M contract | 7 health IT leadership changes | Allscripts projects 9% growth June 6, 2019 [Cybersecurity] U of Chicago patient data mistakenly exposed | Hackers may soon listen in on how smartphone users type to intercept passwords | Threats & vulnerabilities of med device cyberattacks: 4 Qs with UC Davis' Dr. Jeff Tully | 2 data breaches of 19.2M patients + 12 other health IT notes June 6, 2019 UnityPoint Health launches $100M venture fund to invest in digital health | 88% of hospital execs feel threatened by Optum, CVS Health, Amazon: 4 notes | Novant Health opens Institute of Innovation & AI | Phoenix Children's CMIO Dr. Vinay Vaidya on the investment that saved $1M per year, boosted physician productivity June 5, 2019 DOJ alleges Kan. hospital made false claims about EHR technology | How Atrius Health reduced its annual EHR clicks by 50M | UC Health CIO Tom Andriola: The components of an elite health IT team | CHS hit with securities fraud class-action lawsuit June 4, 2019 71 community hospital CIOs to know - 2019 | Apple to add 2 health features, more activity tracking | Cancer Treatment Centers of America notifies 16,800 patients of another phishing attack | Walmart joins blockchain collaborative to track patient drugs June 3, 2019 11.9M patients' data exposed in Quest Diagnostics vendor breach: 5 things to know | HSHS to complete $112M, 4-year EHR initiative in June | Cerner's 1st shareholder dividend 20% higher than expected | NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi: How telemedicine, AI & robotic process automation equalizes access to care May 31, 2019 Baltimore asks feds for $18.2M in cyber-damages | Bon Secours Mercy to sell stake in RCM company for $1.2B | Blockchain breakdown: How the tech will affect health IT | 'Beyond horrifying': Cardiologists warned UNC Children's of heart program issues May 30, 2019 Allegheny Health Network EHR, IT systems disrupted | EHR vendor agrees to $900K HIPAA settlement | Even after death, sharing medical records isn't easy | Amazon releases tool for text, data extraction | St. John's Health CIO on opportunities to improve patient experience with tech May 29, 2019 Banner launches innovation group | Cerner unveils social determinants of health collaborative | Optum partners with digital therapy startup Talkspace | Mount Sinai names 1st chief data officer | Why AI projects fall through May 28, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Baltimore shutdown caused by leaked NSA cyberweapon | TriHealth notifies 2,400 patients of data breach | Computer systems analysts earn most in NJ | Healthcare clearinghouse alerts 1.5M people of data breach May 28, 2019 Epic expects its electricity needs to double by 2028 | Change Healthcare ups IPO to $200M | Database admin salary by state | Apple acquires pediatric asthma monitoring startup | 8 latest health IT leadership changes May 24, 2019 Google shuts down Baltimore gov't Gmail | Ind. EHR provider settles HIPAA violation for $100K | HHS names CIO | Pitt, Carnegie Mellon creating robotic 'Trauma Care in a Rucksack' May 23, 2019 Penn Medicine employee 'misused' patient info | Average systems software developer salary in all 50 states | 210+ RCM companies to know | Former Verily leader named 'mental health czar' of California May 22, 2019 Thousands of patient records found in Texas dumpster | Meet Orlando Health's Epic install team | Interoperability among office-based physicians is stagnant | AI links city's good mood days to risky behaviors May 21, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Ransomware hits Baltimore, health dept. locked out | How hospitals responded to Microsoft vulnerability | 5 things to know about medical device vulnerabilities | States most, least prepared to manage health emergencies May 21, 2019 What 7 health systems, vendors charge for e-visits | 'Smart' HSAs coming to market in 2020 | 150 top places to work in healthcare | KLAS: Epic leads in practice management May 20, 2019 JPMorgan buys healthcare payment firm InstaMed for $500M+ | Boston Medical Center creates EHR tool to screen for patients' social needs | 41 healthcare companies make Fortune 500 | Optum funnels $16M into AI startup May 17, 2019 Phoenix Children's Hospital experiences EHR downtime | Haven's COO is out | Leapfrog's 41 'straight-A' hospitals | IBM's AI detects healthy vs. cancerous breast tumor cells | How hospitals are responding to Microsoft vulnerability May 16, 2019 Secret Service: ProMedica employee stole patient info | UPenn Medicine offers free, open-source AI tool for data analytics | AI hearing aid can 'read minds' to amplify voices | 10 revenue-generating physician specialties | 9 health IT startups on CNBC's 'Disruptor 50' list May 15, 2019 Microsoft warns of WannaCry-like vulnerability | Cisco enterprise routers have major security flaws | Why patients are giving up on portals | 5 best, worst states for healthcare in 2019 | Seattle Children's EHR data extraction startup raises $3M May 14, 2019 [Cybersecurity] NewYork-Presby contracts with device makers to run cybersecurity tests | No experience needed for cybersecurity jobs | Oregon State Hospital alerts patients of phishing attack | R.I. is launching a cybercrime hotline May 14, 2019 Viewpoint: Tech, hospitals making 'fortune' from incompatible IT | Most health IT-related safety events go unresolved | 27 exec moves | Memorial Hermann staffer 'improperly' used patient credit card info May 13, 2019 Medical records found in Mich. dumpster | AI can prevent hours of unnecessary testing | 4 health IT exec moves | FDA dubs AI retinal scanner that detects Alzheimer's a 'breakthrough device' | Federal gov't to investigate secret recordings at Calif. hospital May 10, 2019 Anthem hacker indicted | Matchmaking service connects hospitals to tech startups | Mount Sinai launches hub for genomic, machine learning research | Is Mayo primarily a school or med center? Federal judges will decide May 9, 2019 Montefiore adds measles alert to emergency response system | Novant creates division for digital patient experience | Google AI could soon detect lung cancer earlier than radiologists | How CHI is transforming nursing with virtual integrated care May 8, 2019 Wash. hospital files for bankruptcy, cites rev cycle vendor issues | Ford competes with Uber, Lyft on med transport | Allscripts subsidiary subpoenaed | AI can detect breast cancer risk 5 years before onset May 7, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Medical imaging firm to pay $3M HIPAA fine | 14,000 patient files stolen from Miss. physician practice | How hospitals are training staff to recognize phishing attempts | Why Microsoft is saying goodbye to passwords  May 7, 2019 Emory plans $1B 'health innovation district' | Most-Googled disease by state | IBM Watson imaging AI goes live in 1st health system | New Ariz. law affects medical records at closing hospitals | SSM Health offers $25 virtual visits to any patient  May 6, 2019 NYU Langone adds measles alerts to EHR | Cleveland Clinic, Brigham, Stanford execs on healthcare's most promising tech | Recursion Pharma releases 300-gig dataset to improve biotech AI | How EHR vendors fared in Q1 May 3, 2019 Vulnerability found in Philips EMR | FBI investigates co-founders of genomics startup | VA, DOD progress on interoperable EHR is 'terrible,' lawmakers say | Why Microsoft is saying goodbye to passwords May 2, 2019 15 most common passwords | Hancock Regional CEO details ransomware attack | One lucky startup can win access to BCBS data on 170M patients | Cerner chief people officer to retire May 1, 2019 Why Dr. David Feinberg left Geisinger for Google | Most large hospitals buying EHRs in 2018 chose Epic | EHRs decrease care quality, 44% of physicians say | Amazon to help companies scale blockchain networks April 30, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Virus exposes info of 198,000 Calif. patients | Microsoft breach targeted cryptocurrency users | 5 reasons healthcare is increasingly susceptible to cyberattacks | How health records could benefit from blockchain April 30, 2019 Drone delivers kidney for transplant to U of Md. | InterSystems execs gift Mass General $200M for vaccine research | 23AndMe, Michael J. Fox Foundation create genetic database for Parkinson's | 9 vendor contracts, go-lives April 29, 2019 HHS redefines HIPAA fines | IU Health, WakeMed test blockchain for drug delivery | 1 in 4 outpatient providers might replace EHRs | Ex-Google leader creates app for patients to record physician notes April 26, 2019 Patient sues IU Health for allegedly altering medical records | Cerner revenue up 8% | Baystate faces class-action suit after phishing attack | Genomics startup abruptly shutters | EHRs may put chemo patients at risk April 25, 2019 Breakthrough AI tool can turn thoughts into speech | Vendors cause 44% of breaches | Lyft tackles social determinants of health | Surescripts faces antitrust lawsuit | Ranks of female CIOs growing April 24, 2019 Doctor On Demand, Humana launch health plan | Athenahealth cuts jobs | Mayo, Hartford HealthCare among health systems backing medtech startups | Tim Cook on Apple's healthcare impact | Hacker who stopped WannaCry pleads guilty to creating other malware April 23, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Millions of patient records exposed in rehab center data breach | Calif. hospital sued after secretly recording 1,800 surgeries | Scammers using DNA swabs for identity theft | Wash. State University settles $5M data breach suit April 23, 2019 Maine hospital mistakenly emails patient info to newspaper | JPMorgan to launch blockchain payment system | U of Calif. granted CRISPR patent | 100 great hospitals in America | Viewpoint: AI won't steal jobs April 22, 2019 EmCare reports breach | Cerner's $4.5B campus expansion continues | Facebook, Google scrutiny bolsters HIT startup recruitment | CNIO salary: 9 things to know April 19, 2019 Haven to recruit in NYC | Express Scripts is testing blockchain | HHS outlines next steps for interoperability | Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes wants to obtain WSJ, FDA records April 18, 2019 IBM stops sales of Watson for Drug Discovery | Best Buy to sell telehealth devices | NYC Health + Hospitals goes live on $1B Epic platform | Why health IT needs more nurses | 50 companies investing in blockchain April 17, 2019 Yale New Haven tests driverless hospital shuttles | Cerner could grow margins 9%, investor says | 1st US patients treated with CRISPR | How this ACO is adopting blockchain tech | 1st-year MDs spend more time with EHRs than patients April 16, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Hackers target payment portal at Blue Cross of Idaho | 23,000 affected in Palmetto Health phishing attack | 45% of consumers think they can keep PHI safer than providers | 3 cybersecurity trends April 16, 2019 Inova Health halts genetic tests after FDA warning | Microsoft email platforms hacked | Cleveland Clinic CIO Ed Marx: Digital medicine 'saved my life' | Amazon Alexa is years away from linking patients to physicians April 15, 2019 Highmark lays off 239 IT staff + 6 other layoffs | Blockchain developer unveils EHR | Google disbands another AI advisory board | 11 health IT exec moves | Venrock's 2019 health IT forecast April 12, 2019 MD Anderson appeals $4.3M HIPAA fine | Theranos just got 5 patents approved | Cerner launches EHR-agnostic tool for bundled payments | What a $1.2B fraud scheme means for telemedicine | Uber IPO: 5 healthcare notes April 11, 2019 Partners to give all clinicians AI tools this year | CHS launches Apple's health records feature | Wire fraud scam targets direct deposits at Kan. behavioral health system | Google Cloud, Deloitte to collaborate on healthcare data tools April 10, 2019 24 charged in $1.2B telemedicine fraud scheme | Investors drive Cerner board shakeup, new strategy | 17 healthcare CEOs make list of overpaid execs | Wis. researchers develop software to map antibiotic resistance April 9, 2019 [Cybersecurity] 12,000 patients at risk in phishing attack on Baystate Health | Texas hospitals record most cyberattacks | Cybercriminals congregate on Facebook | VA medical center inadvertently shares PHI of 4,000+ veterans April 9, 2019 Apple could make $313B in healthcare by 2027 | Wash. hospitals may resort to fax while HIE is down | Podcast: Cleveland Clinic CIO Ed Marx on motivating teams | IT disturbance downs Ky. hospital EHR April 8, 2019 Calif. hospital apologizes for secretly recording patients | Microsoft to shut down medical records service | Epic turns 40 | Tele-visits linked to uptick in antibiotic overprescribing April 5, 2019 Walgreens to invest $300M in digital health | EHR matching improves with standardized names, addresses | Trump admin forcing Chinese investors out of HIT startup | MSK execs fostered culture of profits over patients, review finds April 4, 2019 Amazon's Alexa is HIPAA compliant | IBM's AI knows who wants to quit | Athenahealth chairman: Healthcare spending must be run like a business | FDA names new CIO April 3, 2019 Malware exposes need to encrypt medical imaging | IBM to invest $1B in AI jobs | Amazon system can de-identify medical images | Telehealth use up 53% in 2017 April 2, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Woman claims $26 overcharge for med records, files class-action suit | 10 healthcare privacy incidents in March | Insurers create cybersecurity software evaluation program | IBM, JPMorgan post most blockchain jobs April 2, 2019 San Diego hospital faces lawsuit for secretly recording 1,800 patients | 8 health, tech companies fail on pay equity | Uber hires legal director from McKesson | EMR parody account on Twitter draws physician following April 1, 2019 Mich. ENT practice refuses to pay hackers' ransom, closes | University Health invests $170M in Epic EHR | Mount Sinai to launch digital health institute | 6 vendor contracts, go-lives March 29, 2019 ER shifts can require 4K EHR clicks | Allina adds iPhone health records access | Where healthcare communication breaks down & how to fix it | HHS wants to eliminate EHR gag clauses | VA picks EHR support vendor: 3 notes March 28, 2019 IBM age discrimination lawsuit grows | Providence St. Joseph digital unit confirms layoffs | Start from scratch on EHRs, Northwell Health CEO says | Clover Health to cut 140 tech jobs, replace them with healthcare experts March 27, 2019 Patient sues UConn Health, says breach exposed her to bank fraud | UPS tests drone delivery for hospitals | CMS' final interoperability rule is here: 5 notes | UCLA Health settles data breach lawsuit for $7.5M March 26, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Phishing attack jeopardizes PHI of 350,000 Oregonians | Navicent employee emails targeted in cyberattack | 5 can't-miss health IT conversations | Blockchain app allows patients to sell their data March 26, 2019 Judge tosses Epic's worker wage lawsuit | Google Home, Amazon Echo enter OR | Shuttered Ariz. hospitals give patients 90 days to access EHR | Duke creates blockchain incubation lab March 25, 2019 FDA: Medtronic defibrillators could be hacked | HHS tests blockchain | 4 US hospitals among top 10 in the world | Hospital leaders share how they're thriving amid healthcare's transition March 22, 2019 Trump names chief technology officer | Dr. Scott Gottlieb: EHRs need stricter regulations | UPS wants in on healthcare | Mount Sinai expands EHR offerings | Former Aetna CEO: Watch Jeff Bezos March 21, 2019 Walmart's tech chief leaves amid e-commerce rebrand | DrChrono offers free EHR trial | 277,000 patients affected in Zoll data breach | 5 most, least innovative states March 20, 2019 IBM director talks Aetna blockchain ecosystem | CEOs see pay raises after cyberattacks | Amazon, Microsoft most preferred by CIOs | The healthiest county in each US state | 6 vendor contracts, go-lives March 19, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Update: 50 Northwestern employees fired for accessing Jussie Smollett's records | IBM launches blockchain global payment network | Ariz. Medicaid alerts 3,100 patients of breach | HHS finds vulnerabilities in cybersecurity testing March 19, 2019 Patient sues Northwestern after records posted to Twitter | NY hospital, Cerner settle over billing problems | Former Theranos employees say they can't find work | 1 in 5 patients have noticed an EHR error March 18, 2019 CHS made false EHR claims, whistleblowers say | Stanford: Apple Watch heart features show promise | Fax server error exposes thousands of physicians' notes | Change Healthcare files for $100M IPO March 15, 2019 Walmart publishes case study for employers on fixing healthcare | Beaumont CIO on reducing IT budgets post-merger | Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan's Haven may be forming CIN | OhioHealth picks Epic March 14, 2019 Vendor data breach hits Mass. hospital | Boards with CIOs, tech experts linked to higher company revenue | Facebook back up after 14-hour outage, longest in its history | 16 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic talent March 13, 2019 Amazon has 150+ PhD economists, their work mostly secret | Dr. Eric Topol: AI will 'restore the care in healthcare' | National Cancer Institute director tapped to lead FDA | Google receives 1B+ health questions daily March 12, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Foreign cyberattack on NC paramedics affects 20,000 patients | Trump's 2020 budget: 5 notes on IT funding | 5% of hospital budgets go to cybersecurity | FBI director: US cyber threats 'unlike anything we have had in our lifetimes' March 12, 2019 Cleveland Clinic launches AI center | EHR-related diagnostic errors ranked No. 1 patient safety concern | Cerner VA project needs tech experts | Northwestern to deploy Allscripts at Qatar surgery center March 11, 2019 Walmart is a tech company now | Update: Ransomware attack on billing vendor affected 5 health systems | The 293 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS | 12 health IT exec moves March 8, 2019 Kaiser apologizes after patient receives grim prognosis over video | Cerner billing system issues prevent NY hospital from collecting $38M | Livongo Health prepares for $1B IPO | Molina offering Prime memberships to tackle social determinants of health March 7, 2019 Epic froze app store amid privacy concerns | Chicago hospital fires dozens for snooping in Jussie Smollett's medical records | Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan unveil name of health venture | Net neutrality gets another chance March 6, 2019 Cardiologists warn against Apple's health push | IBM Watson names 100 top hospitals | FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb resigns | 270,000 people alerted of ransomware attack on Health Alliance Plan, Michigan Blue Cross March 5, 2019 [Cybersecurity] 45,000 patients affected in Rush data breach | Moody's: Hospitals at high risk for cyberattack | Alphabet unveils security data platform | Lyft partners with blockchain startup | 13 healthcare privacy incidents in February March 5, 2019 Ochsner borrows from Apple store model | Blind advocacy group sues Epic, again | Oscar Health members use telemedicine 5 times above average | Viewpoint: EHR gag clauses are a patient safety issue March 4, 2019 CVS-Aetna selects CIO | Amazon invests $2M to test AI at Beth Israel Deaconess | Beth Israel Lahey will not install single EHR in near-term | 7 recent go-lives | Amazon wipes anti-vaccine documentaries from Prime Video March 1, 2019 IBM, Vodafone partner on 5G to boost AI, blockchain efforts | 5 ways blockchain could improve healthcare | Fitbit shares drop 12% amid Apple competition | 14 health IT key notes February 28, 2019 Teladoc revenue up 79% in 2018 | EHR workarounds 'pervasive' at New England teaching hospital, study finds | Apple CEO talks privacy, trust for iPhone health records | Wearables bolster BestBuy earnings February 27, 2019 CVS earmarks $325M for digital healthcare in 2019 | VA defends pace of $16B Cerner conversion | How cloud is changing the CIO role | 94% of CIOs expect workforce to include robots by 2025 February 26, 2019 [Cybersecurity] 326,000 patients affected in UConn Health breach | 'Cryptojacking' is the new cyberthreat | Medical records sell for $1K on dark web | Senate takes on healthcare cybersecurity February 26, 2019 Cedars-Sinai to equip 100 rooms with Amazon Alexa | Christina Care joins Apple's iPhone health records | 31 exec moves | Fla. hospital unveils telehealth app as part of rebranding February 25, 2019 Bankrupt Ariz. hospitals ordered to give patients EHR access | GE rethinks healthcare IPO after $21.4B biopharma sale | Trumps calls for 5G | Phoenix ACO to launch blockchain wallet for physicians, patients February 22, 2019 Samsung, AT&T jump into ring for healthcare wearables | $26 device detects sepsis in under 3 minutes | Allscripts revenue up 17% | USA Today: Smartwatches save lives February 21, 2019 UW Medicine breach exposes 974K patient records | 'Big tech' takes on anti-vaccination content | 1 in 5 rural hospitals at high risk of closing | Providence St. Joseph Health's Dr. Michael Marino on top priorities for CMIOs February 20, 2019 EHRs inaccessible amid creditor dispute at closed Ariz. hospitals | Mayo's 2018 revenue climbs despite $1.5B Epic install | KLAS: Epic, athenahealth lead in patient-portal satisfaction | Amazon partners with blockchain developer February 19, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Hundreds of patient records found burning near Atlanta hospital | Facebook leaked health data, FTC complaint alleges | Minn. hospital alerts 2,000 patients of phishing scheme | NIH should strengthen information-security controls, OIG finds February 19, 2019 Walmart drops price of virtual visits to $4 | 6 healthcare startups expected to be $1B 'unicorns' | HIMSS: 3 notes on the health IT workforce | Apple hints at blockchain development February 18, 2019 'Big tech' moves into senior care | The future of care is virtual, Mount Sinai CMIO says | Premise Health completes Epic install + 8 more go-lives | How CMS' newest innovation model will change telehealth payments February 15, 2019 Sentara, Cigna join Aetna, IBM's blockchain network | AdventHealth notifies 42,000 patients of breach | Livongo Health CEO Zane Burke on leaving Cerner, company goals | St. Jude Children's Research wins award for cloud February 14, 2019 NYP surpasses 100K virtual visits: CIO Daniel Barchi reflects | St. Luke's Hospital now live on Epic | Healthgrades names 'America's Best Hospitals' 2019 | Biotech veteran to lead Alphabet's life sciences investments February 13, 2019 Tower Health attributes operating loss to Epic | Providers can now request Uber rides for patients | Debate champion defeats IBM's AI | Cerner will debut 'longitudinal records' by next year February 12, 2019 [Cybersecurity] 15M+ US patient records breached in 2018 | Email fraud in healthcare up 473% | 9 notes on AMA's comments on HIPAA changes | How Apple's emphasis on privacy, security helped nab VA deal February 12, 2019 Apple puts veterans' EHR data on their iPhones | Athenahealth goes private | Salesforce adds social determinants of health info to cloud | 100 hospital and health system CIOs to know February 11, 2019 Partners loses EHR access for several hours | HHS proposes interoperability rules: 7 notes | New Cerner tool aims to alleviate physician burnout | Cottage Health agrees to $3M HIPAA settlement | 102 women in health IT to know February 8, 2019 Catholic Health invests $100M+ in Epic EHR | 2018 marks record HIPAA settlements | 1,700 Trinity Health employees affected in restructuring | Apple hires prominent Kaiser Permanente obstetrician February 7, 2019 Cerner to lay off 129 from Ga. office | 4 questions with CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year Ed Kopetsky | Medical diagnostic test can't be patented, appeals court rules: 6 notes | NYT warns about 23andMe DNA tests | Scott Becker interviews Aaron Miri, CIO at Dell Medical School & UT Health Austin February 6, 2019 Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization CIO Bill Gillis on key areas for IT investment | MedStar, AMA lead campaign to improve EHR usability | Northwell Health adds AI for readmissions to its EMR | How 'big tech' fared last quarter: Earnings from Amazon, Google, Apple & more February 5, 2019 [Cybersecurity] CHS settles with 4.5M patients after data breach | Aetna settles HIV data breach for $1M | E-book: 9 HIT leaders on cyber recovery | Jim Cramer: Apple, Dexcom merger would be a smart healthcare move February 5, 2019 Amazon-Berkshire-JPM venture finds tech chief | Google may be building an EHR | Providence St. Joseph Health creates pop health company | How Hartford Health is improving its EHR February 4, 2019 OSU Wexner CIO talks IT budgeting | Amazon launches cloud certificate at 3 NY colleges | Verily seeks partners for health-tracking shoes | MIT algorithm might be able to 'de-bias' AI: 3 notes February 1, 2019 VA picks Cerner over Epic for scheduling tool | Yale New Haven adds patient 'stories' to EHR | GE revisits plan to spin off health unit | Amazon FY 2018 results | Mount Sinai CIO Kumar Chatani on reducing long-term IT costs January 31, 2019 Epic named 'Best in KLAS' overall software suite for 9th straight year | Spectrum Health sees spike in telehealth visits during winter storm | Athenahealth shareholders drop lawsuits | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent January 30, 2019 Healthcare is fixated on Amazon | Cleveland Clinic tackles physician burnout | How Chick-fil-A inspired Baystate to redesign nurse hiring | Microsoft takes on homelessness January 29, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Verity Health victim to 3 phishing attacks | U of Iowa Health reconsiders parental access to teen health records | Apple to fix FaceTime security flaw this week | 3 key insights on using blockchain for patient data January 29, 2019 Apple, Aetna create health app | Epic's arbitration agreement is valid, judge rules | Sharp HealthCare CIO Ken Lawonn's 5 most exciting projects of 2019 | Why Microsoft's head of healthcare once thought his role was a 'career-ending move' January 28, 2019 This startup wants to be the Amazon Prime of primary care | Stanford Children's CMO talks telehealth | Amazon sells hospital rooms | Physicians subpoenaed, allegedly after reporting EHR risks January 25, 2019 Lawsuit alleges age discrimination in Texas Children's IT dept. | Aetna, IBM + 3 others launch blockchain ecosystem for healthcare | 700,000 people affected in Alaska health dept. breach | Jim Cramer: Maybe Apple should look at Cerner January 24, 2019 23andMe cancer test gets FDA approval | Intermountain CIO Marc Probst talks health IT investments | AHA, hospital groups post interoperability agenda | 38 hospitals sue HHS over site-neutral payment policy January 23, 2019 Lehigh Valley CIO on health IT budget reductions | Vanderbilt to advise Epic on voice assistant project | Woman gets 15 years in prison for telemedicine scam | Cerner offers employees buyouts | IBM revenue up 1% in 2018 January 22, 2019 [Cybersecurity] New malware can bypass cloud security | Apple CEO to Congress: It's time to step in, protect our privacy | Why this nurse opposes naming hospital after Mark Zuckerberg | 7 tips to avoid falling victim to phishing attacks January 22, 2019 J&J, Apple to conduct heart study | HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 awardees in 2018 | 5 recent developments in AI | 3 Q's with Nationwide Children's CMIO Jeffrey Hoffman January 18, 2019 Epic go-live slows prescription refills at N.H. hospital | Former Apple health director's cancer startup raises $17M | How to establish patient-physician relationships via telemedicine | 12 health IT key notes January 17, 2019 McKinsey defines when to use blockchain | Apple Watch mulls Medicare collaboration + 7 notes on Apple's health strategy | Athenahealth was most expensive HIT acquisition of 2018 | 5 notes on EHR ethics January 16, 2019 Boston Children's taps machine learning for flu surveillance | 23andMe raised most digital health funding in 2018 | Apple should buy Epic, says Jim Cramer | Optum revenue tops $100B January 15, 2019 [Cybersecurity] New ransomware claims to donate profits to fictitious pediatric cancer charity | 4 hospital CISOs share insights on cyberattacks, cloud storage & more | Data breaches on the rise for Australia's nationwide EHR | Calif. AG tries to halt sale of 2 hospitals January 15, 2019 Walgreens, Microsoft forge healthcare partnership | Banner Health, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi among 19 HIMSS Davies Award winners | Patients like Apple health records, initial survey finds | 4 Qs with Humana Chief Digital Health & Analytics Officer January 14, 2019 This Mo. hospital live tweeted its EHR go-live: 10 highlights | Rush is the US' 1st 5G hospital: What that means | Cerner's chief client officer: 9 trends shaping healthcare | 9 HIT exec moves | Dr. Eric Topol: China has 'decided advantage' in healthcare AI January 11, 2019 Boston Children's hacker gets 10 years in prison | No. 1 JPM takeaway: Health systems are shifting to platform strategy | AI to change '100% of jobs,' IBM CEO says | Cerner plans pivot to platforms January 10, 2019 [Data analytics/AI] IBM CEO: Watson has not failed | How Mayo Clinic uses AI to detect 'silent' heart disease | NorthShore to offer DNA tests to 10,000 patients | Apple's 'greatest contribution to mankind' will be about health, CEO says January 9, 2019 Athenahealth faces shareholder lawsuit | 7 digital health 'unicorns' valued at $1B+ | Why Apple will succeed in healthcare | US News ranks 'Best Healthcare Jobs 2019' January 8, 2019 [Cybersecurity] Ex-Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish starts PE firm | Ariz. physicians prep for cyberattacks on med devices | Seagate VP shares blockchain insights | Hospital advertising costs spike after data breaches January 8, 2019 [Telehealth] Dr. Toby Cosgrove: 2019 will be the year of telehealth | Epic faces lawsuit: 4 things to know | Apple's EKG feature has a competitor | UPMC installs telemedicine kiosks in supermarket chain January 7, 2019 Best Buy makes foray into healthcare | VA appoints CIO | Former Allscripts president joins Zane Burke at wearables company | How blockchain could reshape healthcare in 2019 January 4, 2019 [Value-based care] Alphabet's Verily raises $1B | AMA CEO: More physicians need to join startups | Cerner adds drug pricing tool | Bundles cut spending for joint replacements | FHIR update is here January 3, 2019 [Data analytics/AI] Venture capital firms pour billions into digital health | Bill Gates: We aren't ready for deadly flu pandemic | Cleveland Clinic fires physician over anti-Semitic comments | Allscripts closes sale of Netsmart stake January 2, 2019 Partners HealthCare flags 'cranky' comments to improve EHR alerts | 10 biggest HIT developments of 2018 | How Microsoft's 2009 predictions for 2019 stack up | Glassdoor: 9 best hospitals to work for in 2019 December 31, 2018 Epic expands beyond hospitals | Ex-athenahealth CMO joins analytics firm | Pa. physicians mull legal action after weeks without pay | 3 common cyber risks for healthcare facilities December 28, 2018 [Value-based care] Amazon's 2019 healthcare move? Insurance, analyst predicts | Colo. hospital loses patient record access after national CenturyLink, Verizon outage | Medscape names best, worst physicians of 2018 | 143 female hospital leaders to know December 27, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Apple promotes AI chief | CHS to close 2 hospitals | 5 most-read AI stories in 2018 | CDC creates 'Oregon Trail'-style computer game to boost flu awareness December 26, 2018 Cerner, VA may close another major deal | Retiring Mayo CEO Dr. John Noseworthy on system philanthropy, controversies & the future | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | Wolters Kluwer Health CEO: 5 healthcare trends to watch in 2019 December 24, 2018 Morgan Stanley invests $32M in an EHR vendor | LifeBridge Health faces class-action suit over data breach | All of Amazon's healthcare moves in 2018 | How 9 hospitals, health systems show employee appreciation during holidays December 21, 2018 [Value-based care] Shared Savings ACOs get overhaul: 7 notes | Meet the 1st hospitals to join Humana's value-based care network | CIOs share top concerns about value-based care | 5 biggest Epic stories of 2018 December 20, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Alphabet's Verily, Walgreens partner to cut healthcare costs | Allscripts clients report downtime | 5 CIOs share how they gain buy-in on new tech | Fitbit data could help fight nurse fatigue December 19, 2018 Orlando Health to switch to Epic | Former Cerner president Zane Burke goes to wearables firm | GE files IPO to spin out health unit | 23 risks for healthcare organizations in 2019 December 18, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Google plans $1B NYC expansion | Vt. hospital notifies 32,000 of data breach | HHS seeks HIPAA input | Obama, Bill Gates pick top business books December 18, 2018 [Telehealth] Teladoc: CFO-COO resigns amid scandal, class action lawsuit | Providence St. Joseph's snags Microsoft exec as CIO | 5 details on Molina Healthcare's battle with founders | Telehealth's 3 drivers, 2 barriers going into 2019 December 17, 2018 Judge rules ACA unconstitutional: 8 notes | 64% of execs worry they'll be fired for EHR rollouts | 23 exec moves | Amazon explored buying at-home medical test company December 14, 2018 [Value-based care] Bomb threat scam hits hospitals | NewYork-Presby CIO talks 2019 strategic initiatives | ACOs saved $2.66B | Nearly 200 hospitals, clinics part of Apple's health records project December 13, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Google search can predict heroin overdoses | VA opens patient data to app developers | Why Amazon should focus on pop health in HQ2 cities | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent December 12, 2018 Colo. hospital to pay $111K HIPAA settlement | Allscripts to sell $525M Netsmart stake | Exec insight: What not to do as a leader & how to motivate IT teams | Aspire Health drops pursuit of hacker December 11, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Baylor Scott & White notifies 47,000 after breach | Security & the cloud: Penn Medicine's CISO weighs in; Google ramps up offerings | Michael Dowling: What not to do as a leader | U of Maryland Medical System investigates malware attack December 11, 2018 [Telehealth] Apple patents wireless earbuds with biometric sensors | Teladoc refutes alleged CFO misconduct | VA, T-Mobile partner on telehealth | 12 health systems with strong finances December 10, 2018 Why Flagler Hospital has a physician IT crew | Medical record errors are common, hard to fix | 4 notes on Amazon's healthcare hiring spree | Health IT trade groups push for HIPAA changes December 7, 2018 [Value-based care] Amazon hires pharmacy expert | Hospital mergers seen as threat to affordable care | Apple Watch's ECG app is here | 8 health IT key notes December 6, 2018 [AI/Data analytics] Memorial Sloan Kettering's hospital, data partnerships create 'web of conflicts' | Apple may add health monitoring to earbuds | Mass General explores using blockchain to share patient data | Primary care physicians most likely to report EHR-related burnout December 5, 2018 Google gifts $115K for rural clinic | 6 details on athenahealth's SEC filing | Trump's 'Mar-a-Lago Crowd' had hand in $10B VA-Cerner deal | Fla. physician group settles HIPAA violations for $500K December 4, 2018 [Cybersecurity] 12 states sue Ind. medical company over data breach | Renters find medical records in retired physician's home | Ascension CIO talks blockchain | 41K+ patients at risk in Cancer Centers of America phishing attack December 4, 2018 [Telehealth] Allscripts confirms layoffs | Tenn. nurse pleads guilty in $65.7M telemedicine fraud scheme | Retail-based telemedicine poses privacy concerns | Underserved populations use telehealth least December 3, 2018 Aetna, Ascension join blockchain effort | Cerner, Epic most popular for clinical surveillance | 6 latest hospitals to join Apple's health records project | IBM to host interoperability hearing November 30, 2018 [Value-based care] UnitedHealth's EMR passes tests at 3 ACOs, company trades at record highs | Amazon to build blockchain networks | 57% of execs wouldn't buy combined athenahealth, Virence product | Physicians sound-off: 6 ways to smooth value-based care transition November 29, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] 2 men indicted in hospital, Allscripts ransomware attacks | Piedmont CMIO Dr. Robert Budman on AI, apps + voice recognition | Accenture, Merck, Amazon expand data-driven drug discovery platform | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent November 28, 2018 Amazon rolls out EHR-mining software | Atrium Health hacked: 2.65M patients affected | UnitedHealth's EHR to serve 50M | HIMSS names 'Most Influential Women in Health IT' | Tower Health points to Epic install for operating loss November 27, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Hackers offer 'Black Friday' discounts for stolen info | UPMC must protect workers' data, court rules | Mercy Medical Center notifies 1.9k of breach | Columbia, IBM launch blockchain startup accelerators November 27, 2018 [Telehealth] NJ physician arrested in $20M telemedicine fraud scheme | Teladoc partners with Northwestern, USC for antibiotic stewardship study | Michigan hospital recommends woman raise $10K for heart transplant | Q&A with SSM Health CIO Dr. Philip Loftus November 26, 2018 Vanderbilt finances rebound post-EMR launch | 'Meaningful use' linked to shorter LOS | Patient info safe after attempted ransomware attack at Ohio, W. Va. hospitals | 5 top-paid hospital execs November 23, 2018 [Value-based care] Thank-you notes from 14 health system CEOs | 3 insights on data & analytics for value-based care | Walgreens, Humana seek equity stakes | Why Amazon's Jeff Bezos has a 'shadow' adviser November 21, 2018 WSJ: Apple, VA collaboration would put veteran records on iPhones | DeepMind, Google health record consolidation draws privacy concern | EHR payment adjustment exceptions due today | 6 realistic uses for blockchain in healthcare November 20, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Recipe for perfect cyber storm: Hospital for Special Surgery CISO shares | NY oncology center hit with phishing attack | Amazon-JPMorgan-Berkshire venture snags 1st female exec | 10 tech strategies CIOs will adopt in next 5 years November 20, 2018 [Telehealth] 4 dead in Chicago hospital shooting | Telehealth use up 50% in fee-for-service Medicare | Florida hospital brings telehealth to tourists with hotel deal | What to know about the future of telemedicine November 19, 2018 7 most valuable health tech startups that failed in 2018 | NorthShore unveils $20M personalized medicine fund | Is Amazon too big to fail? | How to join Apple's health records project November 16, 2018 [Value-based care] Walmart wants workers to travel for spine surgery | 10 'Most Wired' hospitals | CEO of top-earning Millennium ACO shares secrets to success | Idaho hospital offers 'Black Friday' deals on outpatient services November 15, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Amazon adds 'HIPAA-eligible' AI tools to cloud | 16 hospital seeking EHR, HIT talent | Google's new health unit absorbs AI sister company | Hospitals must look beyond the EMR for precision medicine November 14, 2018 EHR rollout stalls hiring for St. Louis physician group | Black Book: Top 10 integrated EHRs | Allscripts rebrands payer, life sciences business | LinkedIn's top 10 healthcare voices of 2018 November 13, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Heatlhcare.gov breach compromised info | 4-hospital Fla. system suffers phishing attack | Forbes names 30-under-30 in healthcare | 600 providers weigh in on info security backup systems November 13, 2018 [Telehealth] Teladoc, Jefferson collab on telehealth fellowship | Urban patients use telehealth more than rural | Highlights from CHS, Tenet, HCA, LifePoint, UHS Q3 earnings | Cigna to cover genetic counseling via telehealth November 12, 2018 Athenahealth sells for $5.7B | 100+ hospitals are live on Apple's health records | Physician viewpoint: How to remove 'stupid stuff' from EHRs | 11 vendor contracts, go-lives November 9, 2018 [Value-based care] Google hires Geisinger CEO | Mandatory bundles are back | Epic tool predicts sepsis risk | MIPS 2017 results: 12 notes | How Conn. Children's boosted efficiency in its ED November 8, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Google parent hosts healthcare event | FDA seeks clinicians for digital health team | AI falls short when analyzing data across health systems | NIH reopens genomic database after investigating privacy concerns November 7, 2018 Cerner to operate health center for Chicago plumbers union | 15 CMIOs share their 2019 focus | KLAS: 4 EMRs ranked by global customer satisfaction | Apple Heart Study hits 400K participants November 6, 2018 [Cybersecurity] SamSam is still wreaking havoc on healthcare | Amazon to split HQ2 between cities | HHS rebrands cybersecurity center after turmoil | 1 in 3 ransomware attacks target healthcare November 6, 2018 [Telehealth] Ochsner unveils telehealth for urgent care | Election day: 24 healthcare professionals on ballots nationwide | Daylight saving time stumps EHRs | Seattle telehealth startup raises $50M November 5, 2018 MRI installation disables iPhones at Ill. medical facility | Apple revenue up 16% | How physicians are helping patients vote | 10 recent vendor contracts, go-lives November 2, 2018 [Value-based care] Allscripts loses $36M in Q3 | Oschner, Walmart launch accountable care plan | 5 notes on CMS' home health model overhaul | CVS takes on Amazon with membership program November 1, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Mayo partners with AI firm | 23andMe moves into pharmacogenetics | Duke opens center for big data, precision health | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent October 31, 2018 Allscripts adds drug pricing tool to EHR | Amazon takes on opioid crisis | NYC Health + Hospitals debuts Epic at 11 facilities | LabCorp joins Apple's Health Records project October 30, 2018 [Cybersecurity] FDA releases cybersecurity guidance | Severe weather, cybersecurity are top hospital safety concerns | 25 new exec roles at hospitals in 2018 | HIPAA changes among most pressing issues facing HHS October 30, 2018 [Telehealth] FDA investigates tele-abortion provider | Walmart to add health clinics to parking lots | 4 notes from Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison's community report | Why telehealth is the next frontier for women's health October 29, 2018 BayCare to sell healthcare wearables | Athenahealth deal could be 2 weeks away | Pittsburgh hospitals treat victims of synagogue shooting | 4 vendor contracts, go-lives October 26, 2018 [Value-based care] IT employee allegedly helped defraud CHI of millions | Complexity of value-based payment models thwarts progress: 4 findings | ACA portal back online | 34% of payments were value-based in 2017 | Cerner revenue up 5% October 25, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Former Google lead to head up AI at Anthem | Dana-Farber, Biden Cancer Initiative partner on data nonprofit | Cloud drives Microsoft's 19% revenue spike | Can Facebook posts predict depression? October 24, 2018 Amazon, NIH partner | Microsoft to debut employee health plan | Rush integrates Epic portal, indoor GPS into app | eClinicalWorks adds clinical decision support for opioids October 23, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Trump administration to improve medical device security | Cyberattacks cost $6M annually | 14 healthcare startups to watch | Misdirected letters, faxes are most common Medicaid breach October 23, 2018 [Telehealth] Walmart, Doctor on Demand partner | Oscar to use telemedicine for complex conditions | 8 latest private equity deals in healthcare | 4 Q's with CoxHealth CMIO Dr. Louis Krenn October 22, 2018 Hack on Healthcare.gov jeopardizes 75K records | IBM Watson Health chief to depart | Hospital execs see jump in compensation | Philips launches AI incubator with 19 startups October 19, 2018 [Value-based care] A third of ACOs may leave shared savings program | UnitedHealth paying $69B toward value-based agreements | How 9 physicians became CMIOs | Former HHS, athenahealth leaders raise $360M to sell MA plans October 18, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Google creates AI to detect breast cancer | IBM's revenue drops again | MIT to open college for AI | AMA unveils digital health playbook October 17, 2018 UnitedHealth to debut EHR in 2019 | Epic's energy use to double by 2028 | 5 Q's with UC San Diego Health CMIO Dr. Brian Clay | Apple donates 1K watches for UNC medical school study October 16, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Anthem to pay record $16M HIPAA settlement | 16 latest hospital exec moves | Healthcare organizations take 55 days to detect a breach | Moffitt Cancer Center CISO Dave Summitt on risk assessment, security awareness October 16, 2018 [Telehealth] DOJ indicts 7 companies in $1B telemedicine fraud scheme | Doctor On Demand adds 3 leaders | Amazon seeks data scientist for health plan team | Physicians push back on CMS' telemedicine reimbursement proposal October 15, 2018 Kaiser Permanente + 3 others join Apple's health records project | Athenahealth has at least 5 potential bidders | VA, DOD sign commitment to align EHR projects | Boston Children's CMIO Dr. Marvin Harper on his vision for 2019 October 12, 2018 [Value-based care] State of the health IT market: 5 notes | HCA, Dignity, Tenet join ranks in BPCI Advanced | WellCare inks value-based deal with 14K-physician group | How Bronson Healthcare's CMIO promotes the shift to value October 11, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Why Facebook wants physicians to have more data | Penn Medicine launches EHR project | How hospitals in the South are preparing for Hurricane Michael | Johns Hopkins predicts patient no-shows October 10, 2018 Amazon's Alexa can detect when users are sick | Cerner to release 'opioid toolkit' | MDs challenge proposed $14 payment for telehealth check-ins | Healthcare.gov scheduled for maintenance most Sundays of enrollment October 9, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Google+ to shut down after breach | Ga. hospital patient info exposed on Twitter | 4 ways the FDA is tackling medical device security | 4 Qs with Emory University Hospital's security officer October 9, 2018 [Telehealth] Mayo completes Epic transition | Physicians prescribe more antibiotics via telemedicine | Army strikes deal with Fitbit | 5 notes on Alliance for Connected Care's upcoming summit October 8, 2018 Cerner names physician 'all-stars' | 5 healthcare leaders on their hardest day at work | Geisinger CIO to chair CHIME in 2020 | Woman says Scripps keeps sending her other patients' records October 5, 2018 [Value-based care] Walmart's effect on value-based care | Value-based physician payments up 10%, Horizon BCBS says | BlackBerry uses blockchain to store patient data | Fitbit data used in murder case October 4, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Most-Googled health problems by state | Bill Gates: Blood tests are the future of healthcare | The biggest opportunities for AI in healthcare | iPhone adds mosquito emoji touted by public health experts October 3, 2018 Cerner taps 20+ businesses to support VA go-live | Advocate Aurora unveils 1st project under Matter collaboration | Firing of GE chief could jeopardize healthcare spinoff | Hartford HealthCare CEO Elliot Joseph: New tech doesn't reduce the cost of care October 2, 2018 [Cybersecurity] NY hospital fires employees for breaching patient info | Aspire Health seeks to subpoena Google after phishing attack | ECRI: Top 10 health IT hazards | 6 things to know about Facebook's data breach October 2, 2018 [Telehealth] Alexa schedules virtual appointments | How Cleveland Clinic upholds clinical quality in telemedicine | MDLive plans Chicago office | 5 insights on perfecting telehealth strategy October 1, 2018 Northshore University HealthSystem releases predictive test for prostate cancer | nThrive seeks merger with athenahealth | 4 vendor contracts, go-lives | 8 latest providers to join Apple's health records project September 28, 2018 [Value-based care] BPCI Advanced launches Monday: 7 notes | Athenahealth juggles multiple bids | 10 highest value healthcare states | 3 experts on analytics in value-based care September 27, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Optum, VC firms invest $33M in AI company | Spotify, Ancestry make DNA-inspired playlists | Athenahealth data offers best flu predictions | NIH creates 3 'All of Us' genome centers September 26, 2018 Sloan Kettering shifts fundraising away from AI as problems mount | Colo. hospital saves $5M on Epic with system affiliation | Ochsner, LSU unite for major HIT investments | Qualcomm: Apple stole trade secrets September 25, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Trump releases cybersecurity strategy | UMass Memorial pays $230K to settle data breaches | 19 exec moves | What the hospital digital revolution means for cybersecurity: 4 Qs with a NJ hospital CISO September 25, 2018 [Telehealth] Teladoc goes global | Sloan Kettering's partnership with AI startup is a conflict of interest, Propublica/NYT say | A Chicago hospital's approach to gun violence | SOC Telemed teams up with Sound Physicians September 24, 2018 Shrinking Epic costs improve finances at Temple University Health | Intermountain launches 'transformation center' | CVS-Aetna may leverage EHR data to coordinate care | 12 go-lives September 21, 2018 [Value-based care] 144 ACOs to know | 3 Boston hospitals fined $1M for HIPAA breach on TV show | 18% of physicians say value-based payments will improve care | 6 new Medicaid advanced APMs in 2019 September 20, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Amazon, Merck, Accenture to launch data-driven drug development platform | 15 hospitals physicians would recommend to family | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent | Fitbit wants to connect hospitals, insurers to users September 19, 2018 Cyberattack forces Ind. hospital to cancel elective surgeries | 72 community hospital CIOs to know | IBM sued for age discrimination after firing thousands | Stanford: 11 steps to improve EHRs September 18, 2018 [Cybersecurity] NY hospital worker fired for allegedly selling patient records | How well-versed is your organization in HIPAA? | 36 exec moves | Russian company linked to 600 Twitter accounts questioning ACA September 18, 2018 [Telehealth] Athenahealth shares sink 11% after Elliott Management backs out | 8 free telehealth services for Hurricane Florence victims | SnapMD raises $7M | Meditech launches app store September 17, 2018 Zuckerberg to tackle disease with sale of $13B Facebook stock | Cardiologists: Apple Watch's ECG could spur unnecessary care | KLAS: 5 top clinical documentation vendors | BIDCO CEO: Answers to healthcare's big questions 'lie largely in tech' September 14, 2018 [Value-based care] Netflix co-founder: Healthcare leaders need to develop 'tolerance of risk' | Cerner president sells 283K shares after resigning | 12 things to know about Apple's ECG-monitoring watch | Mandatory value-based care pilots are coming, Azar says September 13, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] FDA clears Apple Watch's new ECG feature | 23andMe is hiring | Elon Musk: Months from 'merging' the human brain with AI | Cigna establishes $250M fund for data analytics startups September 12, 2018 Epic implementation stunts Advocate Aurora's operating income | NY nonprofit hit with $200K HIPAA fine | Dignity Health software denied nurses overtime pay, lawsuit says | Hospitals prepare for Hurricane Florence September 11, 2018 [Cybersecurity] North Korean programmer charged in WannaCry attacks | Partners HealthCare's CISO talks cyberattack prevention | 8 most dangerous malware strains | 9 exec retirements September 11, 2018 [Telehealth] Silicon Valley telehealth conference asks hospitals, vendors: 'What would Amazon do?' | Patients turn to urgent care over telehealth | 20 hospital exec moves | EHR vendors stock report September 10, 2018 Cerner President Zane Burke to step down | 7 ways Google is changing healthcare | 4 go-lives | Northwell CEO Michael Dowling: 3 most undervalued elements of care delivery September 7, 2018 [Value-based care] Elliott Management, Bain Capital favored in bidding for athenahealth | Physician-led ACOs outperformed hospital-led models | CJR shows early success | 4 hospitals join Apple health records project September 6, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Mayo, GE, Deloitte to scale precision medicine platform | 23andMe tests 'premium' service | Cerner president sells $10M in shares | Cigna hires global chief data, analytics officer September 5, 2018 Apple is hiring for its health business | Trump's tariffs could slow cloud market | Theranos shuts down | Premera Blue Cross accused of destroying evidence in data breach case September 4, 2018 [Cybersecurity] New ransomware masquerades as Barack Obama | UPenn Health's CISO on new threats to hospital systems | 11 hospital exec resignations | PwC: Healthcare among industry leaders for blockchain September 4, 2018 [Telehealth] Bezos backs age-related diseases startup | 5 ways millennials, seniors adopt virtual care | NewYork-Presbyterian's net income tumbles 47% | 7 recent vendor contracts, go-lives August 31, 2018 [Value-based care] Health IT may be holding Next Gen ACOs back | Indeed: 25 best hospitals to work for in 2018 | 10 best, worst performing MSSP ACOs by shared savings | 12 health IT key notes August 30, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Dr. Toby Cosgrove: AI is essential for healthcare | Texas Children's fires nurse for Facebook post | JPMorgan poaches top Google AI exec | Director of analytics is best-paid AI job August 29, 2018 Vanderbilt says Epic rollout dragged operating income down 68% | 6 highlights from Judy Faulkner's 2018 executive address | NYC is a hub for AI | 4 barriers to interoperability, according to Beth Israel Deaconess CIO Dr. John Halamka August 28, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Philips issues another cybersecurity alert | Google's new sister company to tackle cybersecurity | 5 biggest healthcare breaches in 2018 | Basic EHRs extend physician tenure, study finds August 28, 2018 [Telehealth] CVS, Walgreens point to one thing Amazon lacks: Face-to-face healthcare | St. Luke's Health System unveils virtual hospital | Healthcare - no easy answers: A quick commentary from Scott Becker | Fitbit collects 150B hours of heart data August 27, 2018 Central Maine Healthcare CEO speaks out amid EHR woes | Epic to replace 5 EHRs at NY system | Prioritization essential to data security, CIO says | Epic's user group meeting: 2009 to today August 24, 2018 [Value-based care] Cerner beats Epic on Forbes' best employers list | Sentara CEO Howard Kern: What if Jeff Bezos ran our health system? | BlackBook ranks value-based care IT consultants | 10 latest hospitals to join Apple's health records August 23, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] KLAS: Hospitals say predictive tools don't live up to hype | Fitbit says it can solve med student depression | Salesforce expands healthcare portfolio | DOD hires 1st chief data officer August 22, 2018 Amazon hires top Mass General cardiologist | This health system put a Broadway spin on its Epic go-live | NYU School of Medicine, Facebook partner to improve MRIs | Morgan Stanley: 450 hospitals at risk of closure August 21, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Elected official allegedly behind hack affecting 258K in Wis. | Cedars-Sinai CISO Chris Joerg on what to do post-cyberattack | Viewpoint: 22 ways HIPAA creates privacy lapses | Homeland Security issues alerts for some Philips medical devices August 21, 2018 [Telehealth] 250+ telehealth companies to know | HHS loses CIO | SOC Telemed is now largest US acute telepsychiatry provider | Hospital execs say Amazon will be more disruptive than Apple, Google August 20, 2018 Cerner takes over IT department at Texas hospital | Northwell invests $500K in health tech startup | Jupiter Medical Center names CIO | 5 latest health IT contracts, go-lives August 17, 2018 [Value-based care] All of US News' top 20 hospitals use Epic | Amazon may create insurance price comparison tool | Providence Health accused of $188M upcoding scheme | 11 health IT key notes August 16, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Japan's 10 'AI hospitals' to curb physician shortage | HIT doesn't work 'by virtually any measure,' medical group exec says | HCA investors cash out | Google's DeepMind develops AI for triage August 15, 2018 Maine health system CEO blames EHR for high turnover | 10 MDs to follow on Twitter | IBM Watson refutes reports of troubled tech | Apple gears up to make custom health data chips August 14, 2018 [Cybersecurity] 5 biggest HIPAA fines since 2008 | McAfee: Hackers can alter patient vitals | OpenEMR's software left 100M patient records vulnerable | Healthcare documents found in parking lot of R.I. hospital August 14, 2018 [Telehealth] Teladoc, CVS partner | Amazon, Google & 4 more to tackle interoperability | UCSF, Dignity to merge patient engagement tools | How the FCC influences healthcare August 13, 2018 UnitedHealth a 2nd-round bidder for athenahealth | Epic to host conference for providers who don't use its EHR | N.H. hospital evacuates after 10 staffers fall ill | 12 health IT leadership changes August 10, 2018 [Value-based care] Amazon to open clinics for employees | CMS wants to overhaul ACO program | Feds investigate CHS over EHR incentives | Opinion: GM's contract with Henry Ford should worry insurers August 9, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Apple closes enrollment for heart study with Stanford, American Well | Boston Children's to sequence 3K patients' DNA | Dell Medical School opens data hub to power predictive analytics projects | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, IT talent August 8, 2018 Northwestern lays off 60 after Epic go-live | Trump loyalists forced Shulkin out of VA over Cerner deal, ProPublica reports | 20% of healthcare orgs to use blockchain by 2020 | Information-blocking rule delayed again August 7, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Man guilty of 2014 hacking of Boston Children's computer network | 5 privacy concerns for Amazon's healthcare efforts | SamSam ransomware has extorted $5.9M from victims since 2015 | 18 healthcare privacy incidents in July August 7, 2018 [Telehealth] Teladoc revenue up 112% | 9 hospitals join Apple Health records | Henry Ford, GM enter 'direct to employer' healthcare contract | 6 challenges in pediatric telemedicine August 6, 2018 Apple is hiring for its new health clinics | Cerner, Allscripts, Amazon post Q2 earnings | Hedge funder speculates Elliott Management won't buy athenahealth | Piedmont Athens Regional trades in Cerner EHR for Epic after acquisition August 3, 2018 [Value-based care] HHS mulls HIPAA changes | 9 things to know about the IPPS final rule | Lahey Health is Google's largest healthcare partner | Ascension CEO Dr. Anthony Tersigni: We must ensure value-based reimbursements continue to help, not hinder August 2, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] IBM Watson for Oncology adds regional data to address shortcomings | Apple's Q3 revenue up 17%: 5 notes | Ex-Mount Sinai, Google execs launch women's healthcare company | 5 things to know about the Federal Data Strategy project August 1, 2018 eClinicalWorks fined $132K for failure to properly report safety events | Ascension names 1st chief digital officer | Federal cybersecurity lapses put patient data at risk, GAO finds | Mount Sinai's tech-enabled clinic offers 90-min appointments July 31, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Hackers deface a Kaiser website | 1.4M patients' info exposed in UnityPoint breach | Fewer HIPAA penalties in 2018, report suggests | Cyberattacks targeting supply chain on the rise July 31, 2018 [Telehealth] Teladoc rebrands | Female HIT leaders to know | Shark Week gives a nod to telemedicine | NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi on great reads, HIT misconceptions July 30, 2018 Sutter's IT leadership departs | Google, Accenture partner on cloud for healthcare | How Epic, Cerner & other EHRs got their names | Rising stars: 90 healthcare leaders under 40 July 27, 2018 [Value-based care] Google's 6 most recent hospital hires | Baylor Scott & White's ACO strikes major value-based deal with BCBS | Cerner to finish next 2 phases of new campus in 2020 | 12 health IT key notes July 26, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] 23andMe, GlaxoSmithKline team up for drug research | Former Apple Health director wants to free cancer patients' EHR data | UN agencies launch focus group on AI for healthcare | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent July 25, 2018 Telehealth: Opportunity & challenge | Cerner contract grows $1.1B for DOD | IBM's Watson endorsed 'unsafe' treatments, STAT finds | Google, Microsoft, Facebook & Twitter team up on data transfer July 24, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Banner's Epic-Cerner switch triggered medical errors | LabCorp 90% recovered from SamSam | Ala. hospital settles suit over 2014 data breach for $150K | Columbia, IBM launch blockchain center July 24, 2018 [Telehealth] Dr. Toby Cosgrove advises Google's healthcare team | Anthem, American Well, Samsung team up | Robert Wilkie: New VA head | 7 ways hospitals can help physicians use telehealth July 23, 2018 Epic halts HQ expansion | Ballad fires employee for improper record access | Tell us: Do you use remote monitoring to advance pop health? | Microsoft's cloud drives 17% revenue spike in Q2 July 20, 2018 [Value-based care] Banner CIO resigns | Amgen, Cedars-Sinai partner on value-based care | Majority of physicians unsure if pay is value-based | 7 health IT keynotes | Azar names value-based care adviser July 19, 2018 [Data Analytics/AI] CRISPR: More harm than good? | 10 biggest HIT developments this year | Tenet exits Chicago | Stakeholders want CMS to fight fraud with analytics July 18, 2018 Epic, Cerner own half of hospital market share | Millions of health records potentially compromised in breach of blood-testing lab | 5 things to know about Epic's sustainable campus | ONC taps execs from Sutter, U of Utah med school for interoperability task force July 17, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Mont. hospital employee's email hacked, 8.4K patients' data stolen | 111 patient safety benchmarks | Pa. health dept. records offline for 6 days due to security incident | Women in cybersecurity earn 8% less than men July 17, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Virtual care reimbursement proposed by Medicare: 5 things to know | Chelsea Clinton joins board of telemedicine startup | Early registration discounts for Becker's HIT + Rev Cycle Conference end August 30 | What would Amazon Prime Day look like for healthcare? July 16, 2018 Allscripts wants class-action lawsuit dismissed | Political donations by Epic, Cerner, athenahealth & Allscripts | 3 quick facts on cloud use | 10 EMR vendors ranked by global beds | 13 HIT leadership changes July 13, 2018 [Value-based care] Advocate Aurora, Foxconn to build a 'smart city' | Cerner enters 10-year value-based care deal | MIPS, fee schedule revamped: 7 health IT changes to note | Hackensack UMC, UnitedHealth team up for bundled payments July 12, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Judy Faulkner is Forbes' 3rd richest woman | Geisinger tackles lung disease readmissions with AI | 13 precision medicine vendors with high mindshare among providers | Chicago hospital needs $3M to avoid closure | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent July 11, 2018 Children's Mercy faces class-action lawsuit post-breach | CHI deploys Epic across its Memorial market | Patients rank 20 digital health startups | How this 2017 UPenn engineering grad promises to upend diagnostics July 10, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Ransomware downs EHR at Mo. hospital | Phishing attack breaches Wis. residents' PHI for 3 months | Healthcare hacks soared in May | Med tech job postings growing faster than RN postings July 10, 2018 [Telehealth] Epic's new buy? A carousel | Microsoft expands rural broadband | 6 things to know about Trump's SCOTUS pick | Apple's App Store turns 10 July 9, 2018 U of Washington scraps Epic, Cerner EHRs for single platform | Lawsuit: Texas hospital violated HIPAA, mischaracterized lab results to police | Intermountain pegs $12M for social determinants of health | 13 hospitals with the most ER visits July 6, 2018 [Value-based care] 63k affected in phishing attack on Children's Mercy | 'Value-based care could leave poor patients behind,' NewYork-Presby physician says | CMS extends BPCI Advanced deadlines | 6 priorities for healthcare CIOs July 5, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Cleveland Clinic joins Apple's Health Records project | 1 in 3 healthcare execs afraid AI may make fatal errors | Former UPMC employee charged with wrongfully disclosing PHI | How Microsoft is shaking up healthcare July 3, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] 3 major HIPAA fines | Humana suffers 'spoofing' cyberattack | Vanderbilt develops blockchain for medical record sharing | Amazon's PillPack acquisition gives it access to sensitive health information July 3, 2018 [Telehealth edition] 4 reasons telemedicine hasn't lived up to the hype | Amazon's last 10 acquisitions | VA wants to cut ties with Epic | Jackson Health, Philips ink 11-year patient monitoring deal July 2, 2018 Alaska hospital maintains internet access, avoids closure | Mayo calls for takedown of Twitter parody account | Laid-off IBM Watson workers call AI initiative a bust | Mich. hospital sues patient's family over Facebook post June 29, 2018 [Value-based care] Cerner settles overtime lawsuit for $4.5M | Coalition of big businesses to form bundled payment network | Microsoft wants hospitals on the cloud | Study: Value-based care hasn't reduced costs yet | Everything we know about Amazon's foray into healthcare June 28, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] Medtronic, IBM Watson to roll out AI for diabetes | Mayo Clinic professor: Big data is most overrated healthcare trend | UPMC, U of Pittsburgh create genome sequencing center | Why this DreamWorks, Yahoo exec launched a healthcare company June 27, 2018 VA sets 1st Cerner go-live for 2020 | Microsoft stacks healthcare team with health system, tech execs | 10 best-paying cities for nurses | GE shares surge after spinoff of healthcare division June 26, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] KLAS: Top cybersecurity vendors | Man's antenna picks up PHI from pagers at 5+ hospitals | Cerner joins HFMA | Watch out for this new 'ransomware' scam | 125+ healthcare cybersecurity companies to know June 26, 2018 [Telehealth edition] GE spins off healthcare division | VA telemedicine cuts ICU transfers | Calif. hospital considers closure as debt looms | Bill & Melinda Gates bring telehealth to Rwanda | 224 hospital benchmarks June 25, 2018 Tampa General CEO John Couris on the hospital's new NASA-inspired command center | 23andMe to donate DNA kits to help reunite separated families at the border | EHR vendors stock report: Week of June 18-22 | Colo. health system sues patient over $229K bill, jury awards $766 June 22, 2018 [Value-based care] Allscripts offers employees buyouts | Intel CEO resigns due to relationship with colleague | Payers reveal effects of value-based care strategies | USC uses AI to evaluate surgeon performance | 5 ACOs unveiled this year June 21, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] US healthcare system may not be prepared to address 'gaming disorder' | Apple to relay location data for 911 calls | Tech glitch blamed for $19M billing error on Colo. patient statements | AMA passes 1st AI policy June 20, 2018 Big tech's big goals for healthcare | Dr. Atul Gawande is CEO of Amazon-Berkshire-JP Morgan venture | Ariz. man gets prison time for cyberattacks on city 911 systems | IBM, Pfizer join blockchain consortium June 19, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] 12 employees suspended for HIPAA violation at Washington Health | Mayo seeks blockchain storage for health records | What healthcare can learn from Sutter's network outage | The top reasons CIOs outsource jobs June 19, 2018 [Telehealth edition] MD Anderson fined $4.3M for HIPAA breaches | VA goes live on telehealth | Calif. hospital suspends ER physician for taunting patient | How UVA helped Africa's 2014 Ebola crisis with telehealth June 18, 2018 Walmart patents blockchain storage for medical records | IBM Watson downsizes hospital work | The remote healthcare job with a 6-figure salary | 7 vendor contracts, go-lives | Former IBM Watson exec joins Equifax as CTO June 15, 2018 [Value-based care] Md. becomes 1st state fully at risk for healthcare costs | Google hires to build a smart EHR | MIT's new AI tracks people through walls | 10 things to know about what's plaguing IBM Watson Health June 14, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] 23andMe, Ancestry.com may be under FTC investigation | Why MIT created the 'world's 1st psychopath AI' | Mayo tries to block IRS from questioning CEO | CRISPR may increase cancer risk in humans | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent June 13, 2018 Dignity Health faces investigation for 56K-patient data breach | Cerner could hit $1.33B in sales this quarter | KLAS: Top 6 digital rounding vendors | Billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to take new company public June 12, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Nurse's license suspended for sharing patient data with new employer | 3 questions with the consultants on Mayo's 25k-user Epic go-live | Does HHS' troubled cybersecurity center still exist? | 5 things to know about the CSO role June 12, 2018 3 recent telehealth acquisitions | Theranos CEO reportedly trying to start new company | CHI CEO Kevin Lofton: Tech will advance rural care | FCC proposes $171M funding for rural telehealth | Highmark launches 'eHarmony' for patient-physician matching June 11, 2018 Net neutrality ends today | Epic's head of physician well-being on EMRs of the future | Walmart sues former exec for taking Amazon job | How CIOs are addressing skill gaps | 13 health IT exec moves June 8, 2018 [Value-based care] Should Epic workers unionize? | To dissolve ACO & exit alliance, U of Iowa Health needs $7.5M | Google won't develop these 4 types of AI | Azar talks value-based care: 6 highlights | Optum in $2.2B deal to buy physician-staffing firm June 7, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] 5 data analytics challenges CIOs face | Athenahealth board begins process to consider sale, merger | Mount Sinai to commercialize AI for kidney care | CMS wants your ideas on interoperability | AMA proposes first AI policy June 6, 2018 Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush resigns | Amazon's moonshot lab is working on healthcare: 7 things to know | Penn State Health goes live Cerner | 92M hit in breach of genetic testing company MyHeritage June 5, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] 3-day computer outage hits 90 physicians at Blount Memorial | 43k patients' PHI at risk in Aultman Hospital data breach | 50 patient safety experts to know | Minn. mental health facility pays ransom to restore 6.5k patients' data June 5, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Teladoc goes international in $352M deal | Apple opens Health Records to app developers | 59% of physicians want an EHR revamp | UCLA, Cedars-Sinai: Fitbit works for telemonitoring | 5 factors for telehealth success June 4, 2018 Illinois upholds $62M Epic contract after Cerner protest | Despite layoffs, IBM is still banking on Watson | Alphabet's Verily positioning for foray into hospitals, clinics | 6 go lives | Average RN wage in all 50 states June 1, 2018 [Value-based care] KLAS: Top-performing HIT consulting firms | MIPS feedback due today | Computers down at Samaritan Medical Center due to cooling system failure | Ascension CEO Dr. Anthony Tersigni talks healthcare transformation | 7 health IT key notes May 31, 2018 [Data analytics/AI] 23andMe sues Ancestry.com | Kaiser builds suicide risk-predictive model with EHR, survey data | Why airlines hope physicians aren't on board during medical emergencies | FDA greenlights AI algorithm to detect wrist fractures May 30, 2018 IBM Watson employees report layoffs 'deep & wide' | 6 cloud vendors in healthcare, ranked | Kaiser Permanente rated the best workplace for interns | 3 thoughts from Yale New Haven CIO Lisa Stump | 16 hospitals seeking EHR vendor talent May 29, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] FBI: Reboot routers to avoid malware linked to Russia | Humana detects 'suspicious' behavior in calls to its 1-800 numbers | Nurse awarded $28M in case against Brigham & Women's | 1 in 10 healthcare orgs hit with cyberattacks paid ransom | 11 health IT key notes May 29, 2018 [Telehealth edition] 59% of Kaiser's patient interactions are digital: 5 insights from CIO Dick Daniels | Vanderbilt points to Epic install for 60% drop in operating margin | Best Buy wants to do remote healthcare for seniors | Spectrum's telehealth program saves $4M May 25, 2018 [Value-based care] Few physicians ready for value-based care | athenahealth responds to Elliot Management's bid | Epic, Cerner still dominate small hospital EMR market | New England Baptist Hospital, Walmart link up for bundled payment program May 24, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Epic responds to Cerner's protest of U of Illinois' EHR contract | How should hospitals prioritize clinical, operational predictive analytics? 5 healthcare leaders discuss | Today's 'hottest job': Data scientist | 3 questions with Cleveland Clinic CIO Edward Marx May 23, 2018 Malware hits LifeBridge, data of 500k+ at risk | Cerner fraudster dies in custody | 10 go-live tips from Epic + 24 recipes | Meditech net income drops 80% in Q1 May 22, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] IBM bans flash drives, SD cards | SamSam strikes Ind. physician practice | Hospital employee fired for viewing Ed Sheeran's patient info | HHS considers sharing HIPAA settlements with victims May 22, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Epic wins arbitration case in Supreme Court | Avizia CEO Mike Baird on the company's acquisition by American Well | Wis. hospital at risk of losing Medicare billing privileges | 4 things to know about Avera Health's 25-year-old telemedicine program | Amazon pays employees up to $5K to quit May 21, 2018 Cerner: Competitor spread 'fake news' about DOD's EHR rollout | Oracle, KPMG strike cloud-based partnership | Trump executive order gives agency CIOs more power | 5 go-lives | Sutter nurses say surgeries continued during computer outage May 18, 2018 [Value-based care] VA, Cerner reach $10B deal | CMS unveils $25B quality improvement program | $964k telecom bill puts Alaska hospital out of business | Is the end near for 'upside-only' ACOs? May 17, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Mayo contractors upset over management of Epic transition | Intermountain expands genomics program | 5 steps for putting clinical data to use | Sutter Health is back online May 16, 2018 Meet Epic's new lobbying firm | Network outage forces Sutter to cancel surgeries | Texas man convicted in $19M scheme to defraud Cerner | 100 great leaders in healthcare May 15, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Black Book: Top healthcare cybersecurity firms | 895 patients' PHI compromised by former vendor employee | FBI raids Medoc Health offices in Dallas | 10-month vulnerability exposes data of 8.3k clients of Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation May 15, 2018 [Telehealth edition] athenahealth still weighing $7B purchase offer | VA OKs telehealth across state lines | Register today to join Daniel Barchi, Edward Marx & 200+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference | Military's Cerner EHR isn't 'operationally suitable' May 14, 2018 Cerner is EHR of choice for large hospitals, small hospitals opt for Epic | 11 health IT exec moves | Amazon explores healthcare applications of Alexa | 10 go-lives | Cybersecurity warning on Philips' CT scanners: 5 things to know May 11, 2018 [Value-based care] Nurses rank Cerner No. 1 | UnitedHealthcare bundles cut readmissions 22% | 7k patients filed HIPAA violations in past 5 years | Children's Hospital Colorado, Anthem pilot value-based care program | 8 health IT key notes May 10, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Why athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush wants to deconstruct the EHR | How CHS, Tenet, HCA, LifePoint & UHS fared in Q1 | Geisinger adds DNA sequencing to clinical care | Google rebrands research division as 'Google AI' | 4 things to know about Mayo's biobank May 9, 2018 Microsoft, Adobe, Change Healthcare to partner | How Google's deep learning is decoding EHR data | 25 hospitals, health systems among 'America's Best Employers' 2018 | US physician notes are 4x longer than notes abroad May 8, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] OIG finds holes in military EHR security | 6 cloud-based systems hacked in Tulsa, Okla. | Join 210+ speakers at Becker's HIT + Rev Cycle meeting | The EHR is NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins's biggest healthcare pet peeve May 8, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Investor offers $7B for athenahealth | 5 trends in hospital-based telehealth | Talk cybersecurity, telehealth & RCM at Becker's Hospital Review's September Conference | Hospitals piloting Apple's EHR project report early success May 7, 2018 Allscripts ranked top EHR among hospital chains by Black Book | 10 go-lives | Dog or human DNA? This direct-to-consumer testing service can't tell the difference | IT error may have led to 270 deaths in UK May 4, 2018 [Value-based care] 71% of ACOs would leave MSSP if required to assume risk | Allscripts posts $514M in Q1 revenue | Apple Watch has a new competitor | CEO, CFO of Mo. hospital resign over PTO violation | 7 health IT key notes May 3, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Cerner's Q1 earnings hurt by delayed VA contract: 4 things to know | CHS' net loss narrows to $25M as company pursues $2B hospital divestiture plan | Google searches help track syphilis outbreaks | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent | 100 great hospitals in America May 2, 2018 Vandals damage Epic's campus | Teladoc posts $23.9M net loss in Q1 | Novant nabs ex-Walmart leader for CIO | Dr. Ronny Jackson faces allegations he violated HIPAA | Is CHS 'a slow-motion train wreck?' May 1, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Ransomware hits orthopedic practice, 85k notified | 15 healthcare privacy incidents in April | Children's Hospital Los Angeles names 1st chief innovation officer | Politico: This physician may be holding up the $16B Cerner-VA contract May 1, 2018 [Telehealth edition] American Well buys Avizia | Amazon toured the country to study tech for the elderly | Fitbit, Google bring patient-generated data to the EMR | DOD to resume Cerner rollout in 2019 April 30, 2018 Athenahealth revenue up 12% in Q1 | Cape Fear Valley to swap Cerner for Epic | Philips gears up for HIT acquisitions | Golden State Killer case raises privacy concerns about direct-to-consumer genetic tests | VA's EHR project to progress without leadership April 27, 2018 [Value-based care] Humana launches national value-based hospital incentive program | Epic rollout sets back Erlanger's Q3 earnings | Medicare Advantage encounter data available for first time ever | 10 health IT key notes April 26, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] House allots $1.2B for VA's Cerner EHR project | 5 hospitals jump from 'F' to 'A' rating on Leapfrog | Twitter's co-founder bets on AI to solve physician shortage | athenahealth CTO Prakash Khot shares 4 thoughts on AI in healthcare | Bill Gates: 2 ways CRISPR will improve global health April 25, 2018 Meaningful use gets interoperability makeover | 3 reasons why providers switch EHRs | Q1 update: Philips sales down 2%, Alphabet earnings soar to $9.4B | FBI raids home of former CEO of Tulare Regional Medical Center April 24, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] A hacking group is targeting healthcare: 6 things to know | Cyberattack hits UnityPoint; 16k patients at risk | Amazon's cloud releases blockchain templates | Ex-Berkeley employee fined $22k for stealing patient data April 24, 2018 [Telehealth edition] MDLive snags ex-Cerner exec | Trinity launches strategic review | Join Venus Williams, Peyton Manning + more at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | How Geisinger used IT to reduce opioid misuse April 23, 2018 8 ways Google may enter healthcare | IBM Watson Health ranks top 15 health systems | Black Book: Top EHR vendors in 4 hospital segments | 3 leadership lessons from Elon Musk April 20, 2018 [Value-based care] Emory, Walmart launch ACO, spine & joint bundle | 50 states of population health | TriHealth to invest $10M in IBM Watson tools | 30 largest ACOs | 14 health IT keynotes April 19, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Mayo's Epic EHR goes live May 5: Training update | Kan. hospital loses Medicare billing privileges | How Geisinger uses DNA sequencing to improve early intervention | NIH's 'All of Us' to launch in May: 5 things to know | 16 hospitals seeking vendor talent April 18, 2018 Longtime physician parts with hospital over new EMR | IBM revenue up 5% in Q1 | VA loses CIO, complicating Cerner contract | Colo. hospital fires CFO days after ousting CEO April 17, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] How Allscripts recovered from ransomware | Cerner glitch causes cash crunch at Idaho hospital | NYC Health + Hospitals notifies 600 after laptop goes missing | Top 5 causes of healthcare breaches in Q1 April 17, 2018 [Telehealth edition] OIG: Providers wrongly billed $3.7M for telehealth services | Opioid bill includes telehealth provisions | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | Indiana University Health to undergo $1B transformation April 16, 2018 Epic costs drag down Henry Ford Health's income | Oracle launches patient data collection service | Netsmart rolls out cloud-based post-acute EHR | ECRI will assess safety of HIT vendors | 12 HIT leadership changes April 13, 2018 [Value-based care] Sutter Health CIO: Digital tech isn't disrupting healthcare | Risk adoption slower than anticipated, execs say | Atlanta's ransomware attack cost $2.7M | Zocdoc joins Epic App Orchard April 12, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Will the Apple EHR fulfill its promises? | 5 latest hospital bankruptcies, closures | Northshore to develop direct-to-consumer genetic tests | FDA OKs 1st AI device that screens patients without a specialist | This startup says DNA is the future of data storage: 6 notes April 11, 2018 Ex-Dallas hospital employee pleads guilty to stealing patients' PHI | Top EHR vendors for 15 specialties | 8 things healthcare leaders should know about Google's parent company | 150 top places to work in healthcare April 10, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] HHS issues new guidance on SamSam ransomware | Sears, Delta customer info at risk after breach | Va. hospital notifies 2.1k patients of EHR data leak | Former Bitcoin exchange CEO says he no longer believes in cryptocurrencies April 10, 2018 [Telehealth edition] UK physicians protest telemedicine | Optum is 'scaring the crap out of hospitals' | Join Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary & others at Becker's 2018 meetings | Change Healthcare, Doctor On Demand team up | AMA, Google offer $50k in interoperability challenge April 9, 2018 Apple Watch heart sensor under fire: 6 things to know | Healthcare industry leads in cloud adoption | MedeAnalytics nabs Cerner exec for COO | Kern Medical picks Cerner & 5 other vendor contracts, go-lives April 6, 2018 [Value-based care] Jonathan Bush: How to stay ahead of the curve in healthcare | State Dept. evaluates Coast Guard's failed Epic rollout | Humana's pop health project drives 18% improvement in employee 'healthy days' | IBM: Why fewer breached records in 2017 is bad news April 5, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Computer outage at Allina Health | Nature retracts controversial 2017 study on CRISPR errors | Ga. hospital to close: 4 things to know | Up to 40% of positive results in DTC genetic tests are wrong, study suggests | 20 hospitals seeking EHR, HIT talent April 4, 2018 Microsoft sues CHS: 8 things to know | St. Charles debuts $79.5M Epic EHR | Apple hires Google's AI chief | 36 industry experts on what role is missing in the IT C-suite | Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer joins Lucile Packard Children's board April 3, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Cyberattacks hit 3 cities | HHS may compensate victims of healthcare breaches: 4 things to know | Spotify is breaking the mold for their IPO | Dating app shares users' HIV status with third parties April 3, 2018 [Telehealth edition] GE sells health IT assets for $1B | Why the Walmart-Humana deal worries hospitals | Hear Cubs' Theo Epstein speak at Becker's Hospital Review's CEO + CFO Roundtable | Texas Tech uses telemedicine to intervene with potentially dangerous students April 2, 2018 Epic's April Fool's Day prank | What does Dr. Shulkin's firing mean for $16B VA-Cerner contract? | 6 go-lives | More hospitals use Cerner than Epic for Medicare's EHR Incentive Program March 30, 2018 [Value-based care] Apple Health Records now in 39 health systems | ACOs missed the mark by $2B | MIPS data deadline extended | HHS cybersecurity center is under investigation March 29, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Intermountain to outsource 98 IT employees | EHR usability issues linked to patient harm, study says | 10 best, worst states for physicians | How common are big data analytics, AI in hospitals? 3 survey insights March 28, 2018 CFO says Cerner to blame for Texas hospital district bond downgrade | 5 ways Amazon may enter healthcare | NASA awarding $400k for IT to improve astronauts' health in space | CIOs of Cleveland Clinic, Children's Health, Boston Medical Center on the cloud, disruptors, talent retention March 27, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Atlanta computers on lockdown amid ransomware attack | NY health system pays hacker's ransom | 4 things to know about the Facebook privacy policy investigation | Cybersecurity team will 'lie, cheat and steal' to safeguard BCBS data March 27, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Jonathan Bush: In healthcare, old ideas are 'fresh' | 20 rural telehealth challenges | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | 7 states with the most rural hospital closures March 26, 2018 Geisinger's biobank uncovers potential liver disease treatment | Google exploring blockchain for cloud | HHS names new CISO | US News & World Report: 10 top grad schools for AI March 23, 2018 [Value-based care] Mayo uses 'ambient intelligence' to find actionable data | Ariz. ACO pilots blockchain platform | Why the VA's EHR project may top $16B | UnitedHealthcare sponsors professorship as part of value-based care mission March 22, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Why Geisinger, Kaiser turned down grants to participate in NIH's All of Us precision medicine program | US News ranks top nursing informatics grad programs | 16 hospitals seeking EHR talent | EHR data predicts chronic opioid use at safety-net hospital March 21, 2018 Brookings Institution: Why the VA's $10B Cerner deal faces 'long odds' | HHS deputy CISO refutes ethics allegations | Amazon's 1492 team evaluating HIT for the elderly | Philips to lay off 65 employees, more layoffs anticipated March 20, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Banner Health under investigation for 2016 cyberattack | Facebook's data debacle: 8 things to know | Ransomware attack locks Finger Lakes Health out of computers | 5 things to know about HHS' stalled cybersecurity center March 20, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Amazon's health team adds former FDA official | Telehealth tips from Intermountain | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | Biden: Trump's interoperability plans are flawed | 38% of healthcare organizations don't offer telehealth because they don't know how March 19, 2018 IBM unveils cloud for AI, machine learning | Intermountain to build global DNA registry | 7 go-lives | IBM: 5 technologies to reshape society by 2023 | Researchers say ethical concerns surround AI in healthcare March 16, 2018 [Value-based care] Cerner rollout causes delays at Conn. health system | 36 industry experts on where CIOs are overinvesting time, resources | 13 value-based solutions, partnerships unveiled at HIMSS | CMS: Moving to alternative payment models a 'top strategic goal' March 15, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Epic won't challenge VA's 2017 decision to select Cerner | 4 legal questions on sharing EHR data with public health agencies, answered | 100 hospital & health system CMOs to know | Theranos CEO charged with fraud March 14, 2018 Ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the medical visit of the future | Cerner: U of Illinois Hospital's Epic bid will cost taxpayers $100M | Cigna to answer 150+ health plan questions via Amazon Alexa | BJC HealthCare exposes 33k patient's PHI March 13, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] McAfee logs 478 cyberattacks per minute | Amazon is 'poaching' jobs from CVS, UnitedHealth, Express Scripts | Half of ransomware victims who pay don't recover data | Cyberattacks cause 4 hours of downtime March 13, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Microsoft honors hospitals with 6 innovation awards | Florida man steals ambulance after 2 hour ED wait | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | Cleveland Clinic study: Apple Watch can detect atrial fibrillation March 12, 2018 How HIPAA applies to 'Uber Health' | Amazon-Berkshire-JP Morgan venture needs a CEO: 3 exec recruiters describe the best candidate | 17 HIT exec moves | Apple Watch joins UnitedHealthcare's wellness program March 9, 2018 [Value-based care] HIMSS 2018 No. 1 takeaway: 'Amazon and Apple and Uber, oh my!' | Geisinger to cover plan members' lifetime hip surgery costs | 73% of health system executives prioritizing transition to risk-based care models | Top tips for participating in BPCI-A | Is your revenue cycle ready for value-based care? 5 strategies March 8, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Jonathan Bush: Give AI the 'unsexy job' of cleaning out healthcare's administrative muck | 50% of patients would use virtual AI physicians | Microsoft brings genomics to the cloud, Epic integrates Nuance's virtual assistant | Drug deaths up 20% in 15- to 44-year-old women March 7, 2018 Judy Faulkner makes Forbes' billionaires list | 58% of breaches involve insiders: 5 things to know | 2 former Florida Hospital employees steal, sell PHI | Amazon to offer Medicaid members discount Prime memberships | Hospitals prioritize patient safety, but vendors think big data is the way to go: 6 survey insights March 6, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Number of healthcare records breached hits 4-year low | CMS: EHR incentive programs could soon see an update | Kansas health department compromises 11k patients' PHI | 13 healthcare privacy incidents in February March 6, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Intermountain introduces virtual hospital | Teladoc: Now powered by Microsoft Azure | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | Google takes on health records | Mercy Health adds tele-behavioral health services | 5 EHR contracts, go-lives | Former athenahealth SVP joins American Well March 5, 2018 Allscripts, Lyft join forces to improve non-emergent patient transportation | 1 in 5 health workers would sell confidential data | HIMSS starts today: 5 things to consider | Nuance blames NotPetya for $98M in lost revenue | Google partners with Flex | Epic, athenahealth rank best in interoperability March 2, 2018 [Value-based care] Uber launches 'Uber Health' | EHRs fail to deliver critical value-based care tools, providers say | BPCI Advanced: How providers are preparing, 7 key dates to remember | 250+ hospital execs rank 5 most innovative hospitals March 1, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Ochsner taps Epic, Microsoft for AI | Epic's population health tool adds resources from Geisinger spinoff | NIH to unveil genomics research plan | US News: 10 best, worst states for healthcare | 5 most popular HIT stories in February February 28, 2018 KLAS: 8 vendors ranked by AI imaging capabilities | Meditech unveils web-based EHR | Mayo CEO Dr. John Noseworthy: Unconventional partnerships will spark innovation | 40+ HIT experts call for ONC overhaul February 27, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Pacemakers, defibrillators may be hackable | Russia responsible for Olympics cyberattack, officials say | Apple's iCloud uses Google's public cloud | Healthcare No. 1 industry hit by ransomware, W-2 scams in 2017 February 27, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Teladoc pulls NRA support | 5 questions with CHIME, HIMSS CIO of the Year | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | Apple rolls out health clinics for employees | 7.3% increase in virtual care visits this flu season | Best & worst states for broadband February 26, 2018 13 employees fired for 'snooping' in medical records at MUSC | Nokia doesn't see future in digital health, memo suggests | Why NewYork-Presby was named a most innovative AI company | 5 go-lives | UVA Health suffers 17-month malware infection February 23, 2018 [Value-based care] 105 hospital CIOs to know | UnitedHealth to advance bundled payments | Black Book names McKesson top oncology EHR | The Trump administration's 5 major value-based care moves so far February 22, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Google AI scans eye images to predict cardiovascular problems | Interest in direct-to-consumer genetic testing exploded in 2017: 4 notes | $92M accounting error causes Edward-Elmhurst's operating loss to widen | 16 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent February 21, 2018 Amazon launches OTC line: 7 things to know | Why Apple's medical records will succeed where Google failed | Practice Fusion ends free service model, to charge $100/month for software | St. Luke's to deploy Meditech across 2 hospitals, 44 clinics February 20, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] 13 Russians indicted for tampering with the 2016 election: 8 things to know | Siemens, IBM & 6 other tech firms sign cybersecurity pact | Paper records most common target for data breaches | Cryptocurrency update: 5 coin values February 20, 2018 [Telehealth edition] MDLive provides free virtual counseling to Fla. shooting survivors | Penn Medicine launches telehealth hub | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | How 4 EHR vendors' stocks stack up | Why this telemedicine founder spent 3 years in a nursing home February 19, 2018 Black Book: Top EHR vendors around the globe | Intel faces 32 lawsuits over chip flaws | Allscripts' FY 2017 revenue up 20% | 7 go-lives | Pa. hospital loses tax-exempt status: 4 things to know February 16, 2018 [Value-based care] 117 execs on the state of value-based pay: 5 things to know | Athenahealth expects $1.3B+ revenue in 2018 | HHS may end MIPS reporting | 'There is no ideal electronic medical system,' says Medical Center Health System CEO February 15, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Google, EHR data could track flu in real time | JPMorgan CEO on venture with Amazon, Berkshire: 'We know we can do more' to fix healthcare | Join Venus, Peyton and 3,000 more at Becker's Health IT + Revenue Cycle 2018 this Sept | 22 health data science terms to know February 14, 2018 Geisinger informatics chief shares details of Apple Health pilot | Shuttered facility fined $100k for HIPAA violation | Atrium Health CIO departs abruptly | CEO Tim Cook wants Apple to go beyond apps, devices in healthcare | Valentine from HIMSS to HERSS February 13, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Olympics confirm cyberattack | Tenn. hospital EMR infected with cryptocurrency mining software | 1 in 4 physicians can't identify phishing emails | How hospitals can avoid 'cyber extortion' in 10 steps February 13, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Amazon shakes up medical device sector: 7 things to know | AHA: Rural health program lacks internet connectivity | Ex-Aetna medical director never reviewed patient records prior to denial | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | Telehealth measures pass in funding bill February 12, 2018 Ariz. officials investigate Cerner complaints at Banner | The problem with millennials and fax machines | 19 health IT exec moves | Apple watch detects diabetes with 85% accuracy | HHS awards 4 vendors $139M IT services purchase agreement February 9, 2018 [Value-based care] The best advice 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki ever received | No. 1 driver of HIT spending is value-based care | 12 HIT keynotes | What 82 ACOs about to face downside risk should do right now February 8, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Athenahealth names GE CEO as chairman | Olympics taps GE Healthcare to co-develop analytics tool | 20 hospitals seeking EHR talent | Ex-finance director pleads guilty to stealing $3M from N.C. hospital | Memorial Sloan Kettering data to power AI startup focused on cancer diagnosis February 7, 2018 Cerner ends FY17 with $5B in revenue | Judge dismisses Epic double-billing lawsuit | Health IT linked to improved medical outcomes | Fresenius settles allegations of HIPAA violations for $3.5M | Orlando Health names new CIO February 6, 2018 [Cybersecurity] Former Apple CEO John Sculley's 5 thoughts on the Amazon-JPMorgan-Berkshire Hathaway deal | Partners HealthCare alerts 2.6k after May malware attack | How Google, Amazon and Microsoft's clouds stack up on HIPAA compliance | HHS OCR: 10 tips to avoid cyber extortion | 18 healthcare privacy incidents in January February 6, 2018 [Telehealth edition] KLAS: InTouch Health is No.1 virtual care platform | University Health System CMIO Dr. Maulik Purohit: Is meaningful use still meaningful? | Join the brilliant keynote Dr. Sameer Badlani at Becker's Health IT + Clinical Leadership 2018 | Medicare reimbursement for telehealth on the horizon | JPMorgan to healthcare execs: Amazon, Berkshire venture isn't a threat February 5, 2018 Meditech posts $480M revenue for FY17 | 12 top payer solutions, ranked by KLAS | Intermountain to offer hereditary cancer gene test | 6 vendor contracts | Stanford Children's, U of Utah Health CIOs lead CHIME opioid task force February 2, 2018 [Value-based care] Cleveland Clinic ramps up ACO risk | Athenahealth's net income jumps 153% in 2017 | Is MIPS dead? 5 questions, answered | Advocate chooses Epic for single EHR | 5 reasons 'pay for performance' fails physicians & patients February 1, 2018 [Data analytics/pop health] Google predicts medical outcomes with 46B data points | Yale New Haven, Epic launch capacity command center | 4 thoughts on IT in 2018 from former ONC head Dr. Vindell Washington | Paper charts & water-damaged tech: 5 questions with the CIO of a hospital hit by 2 hurricanes January 31, 2018 Epic rolls out 3-part interoperability, data collaboration function | A timeline of Amazon's move into healthcare | Meaningful use deadline extended for critical access hospitals | 10 technologies on the C-suite watch list January 30, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] VMware mulls Dell acquisition: 5 things to know | Microsoft calls for 'Digital Geneva Convention' | All your SamSam questions answered | Facebook taps ex-White House cyber official | Alphabet launches cybersecurity startup January 30, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Amazon enters healthcare with JP Morgan, Berkshire Hathaway: 6 things to know | Best in KLAS: Epic earns best software suite + 8 other rankings | Register today to hear keynote speaker John McEnroe at Becker's Health IT + Clinical Leadership conference this May | Oscar Health: 66% of member interactions were virtual in 2017 January 29, 2018 Allscripts sued after ransomware attack | Trump taps finance exec for US CIO | 3 reasons why Apple is tackling health records | HSHS St. Elizabeth's launches app to navigate hospital halls | 9 most interesting health IT partnerships of the week January 26, 2018 [Value-based care] 6 reasons why Apple may attempt EHRs | 17 ACOs join Next Generation model | Geisinger, Dignity to pilot Apple's medical records system | Healthcare spending up while service use plateaus | 11 health IT keynotes January 25, 2018 [Data analytics/Pop health] Facebook hires IBM scientist who helped build Watson: 5 things to know | Study: Amazon to pick Atlanta for HQ2 | 2 ways AI is helping fight the flu | UPenn wants to test CRISPR in humans: 6 notes | Cleveland Clinic Florida offers concierge medicine January 24, 2018 6 days post-ransomware, some Allscripts services still unavailable | How much Epic & Cerner spent on lobbying in Q4 | Apple adds medical records to Health app | Former IBM exec gets prison time for stealing code | Cerner rollout on schedule, DOD says January 23, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Why Hancock Health paid the SamSam hackers' $55k ransom | AI 'more profound than electricity or fire,' Google CEO says | Pentagon report suggests US would consider nuclear response to cyberattacks | 5.6M patient records breached in 2017 January 23, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Teladoc exec shares 'secret sauce' | How 4 top EHR vendors' stocks compare | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | 39% of practices won't offer telehealth this year | Henry Ford finds new CIO in Paul Browne | Microsoft closes mHealth experiment January 22, 2018 Allscripts outages continue: 10 things to know | Illinois rejects Cerner's protest of $62M contract awarded to Epic | Novant, Wake Forest Baptist to share Epic MyChart info | 5 recent vendor contracts | 11 updates on net neutrality January 19, 2018 [Value-based care] Allscripts suffers ransomware attack | ACOs missed out on $966M in 2016 | IBM breaks 22-quarter streak of losses | CMS reveals last value modifier | Using data to drive organizational change in healthcare January 18, 2018 [Data analytics/Pop health] Aetna settles HIV data breach for $17M | Will Google or Apple buy an EMR? 5 IT predictions from University Health CMIO Dr. Maulik Purohit | Excited to welcome keynotes Venus Williams, Ed Marx & Peyton Manning at the HIT + Rev Cycle Meeting in 2018 | Microsoft, UCLA use AI to improve CRISPR January 17, 2018 Hackers shut down Singing River Health System computers | Amazon seeks HIPAA expert | Aetna investor sues over CVS merger | Epic, DaVita partner on specialized EHR | New Cerner CEO should retain veteran leadership, analysts say January 16, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Hancock Health pays hackers $55k ransom | Federal CIOs aren't tracking spending | Value of cryptocurrency 'ether' spikes 13,000% | 67% of CISOs expect a cyberattack in 2018 | Microsoft to accept bitcoin after hiatus January 16, 2018 [Telehealth edition] CHIME, HIMSS: Randy McCleese is 2017 CIO of the Year | Specialists on Call adds chief growth officer | Register today to join 350+ speakers at Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 Meetings | Telemedicine slashes ER wait times by 15 minutes | American Well, Netsmart partner January 12, 2018 [Value-based care] Copy-and-pasting in EHRs is a 'blot on our profession,' says U of Wisconsin Health CMIO | 6 things to know about CMS' new bundled payment model | HHS sued over 'irrational' HIPAA enforcement | MedPAC votes to kill MIPS | HHS secretary nominee backs mandatory bundles January 11, 2018 [Data analytics/Pop health] Mayo Clinic, Veritas Genetics collaborate on whole-genome sequencing | EHRs show this year's flu season similar to 2014-15's aggressive outbreak | Down the halls of Epic's campus: 8 things to know | Microsoft, Adaptive Biotechnologies to 'decode' immune systems with AI | CRISPR may not work in humans: 5 notes January 10, 2018 United Airlines connects Epic to Silicon Valley with daily, direct flights | Interoperability concerns halt Cerner-VA contract | Epic's 13 guiding principles | AHIMA names new CEO | HIMSS: 10 health IT predictions for 2018 January 9, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] Intel faces 3 class-action lawsuits over chip security | Hackers expose 30k Florida Medicaid patients' files | Ransomware targeting healthcare up 89% | Cofounder of cryptocurrency Ripple now worth more than Google cofounders January 9, 2018 [Telehealth edition] How Teladoc fared in FY17: 7 things to know | Allscripts buys Practice Fusion | Join 350 speakers & 3,500 people at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting | American Well gains new partners Philips, Allianz | 5 vendor contract go-lives | MDLive taps Allscripts exec for CEO January 8, 2018 Temporary power outage knocked out Epic EMR at Henry Ford Health | What physicians like most about Epic, Cerner & 8 more vendors | Politico: Outsourcing to Nuance displaced UPMC workers | Alphabet's urban healthcare spinout secures $20M in funding January 5, 2018 [Value-based care] Insider trading at Cerner: 5 things to know | CMS' new QPP data submission system: 4 things to know | Microsoft, Amazon, Google scramble to address Intel chip vulnerability | Anesthesiologists want to participate in value-based care January 4, 2018 [Data analytics/Pop health] Microsoft, Google invest in genomics startup | Smartphones are spotting medical issues for users | 16 hospitals seeking vendor talent | 23andMe launches study on diet, exercise | 5 most-read predictive analytics stories of 2017 January 3, 2018 AI to create more jobs than it replaces by 2020 | 4 questions with UChicago Medicine CXO & CIO Sue Murphy | CMS: Physicians can text, with stipulations | 100 hospitals with great women's health programs January 2, 2018 [Cybersecurity edition] NY hospital remains offline after cyberattack | Kaspersky Lab sues Trump administration over software ban | SSM Health notifies 29k patients of inappropriate PHI access by employee | AHIMA's 17-point cybersecurity plan January 2, 2018 [Telehealth edition] Telestroke reduces 'door-to-needle' time by 20 minutes | 4 vendor contracts, go-lives | FCC, coalition vow to eliminate rural broadband divide by 2022 | Alaska opens 1st telemedicine clinic | 10 most-read HIT stories in 2017 December 29, 2017 [Value-based care] 10 things for healthcare execs to note for 2018 | Viewpoint: Abandoning bundles without review 'a mistake' | CMS adjusts rules for ACOs affected by hurricanes, wildfires | 5 biggest interoperability stories in 2017 | Meet CMS' new 5-star overall hospitals December 28, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Roche buys precision medicine firm for $1.7B | New AI voice samples nearly indistinguishable from humans | 12 cities where CIOs are hiring | Theranos avoids bankruptcy | 20-bed hospital in North Carolina to close Dec. 31 December 27, 2017 10 most expensive EHR implementations in 2017 | Big tech's spending on healthcare up 875% in 5 years | 10 top Allscripts stories of the year | Piedmont Healthcare, Shepherd Center 1st in Georgia to sign EHR hosting agreement | 5 most interesting health IT partnerships of the week December 26, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 11 biggest healthcare cyberattacks of 2017 | Bitcoin value falls as rival emerges | What to know about 7 major cryptocurrencies | Most patients would leave provider hit by ransomware: 5 things to know | Cyber insurer bails out bankrupt cancer clinic on $2.3M HIPAA fine December 26, 2017 [Telehealth edition] After FCC ends net neutrality, 7 states to take action | 50 states of telehealth laws: 5 things to know | Register today for Becker's 2018 Meetings: Hear keynotes Bernard Tyson, Alexa von Tobel & more | Former ONC head Dr. Karen DeSalvo joins Dell Med | athenahealth 2017 recap: 5 top stories December 22, 2017 [Value-based care] Individual mandate repeal to spur ACO growth, insurance analyst says | 10 tech jobs to grow in 2018 | The holiday memo Texas Health Resources CEO Barclay Berdan sent to his team | 5 questions with Banner Health's revenue cycle VP December 21, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Opioids fuel 2-year decline in life expectancy: 5 things to know | Epic's Finland project emphasizes social care | 20 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent | Tech's biggest threat? Canada | Dowling: 4 most important healthcare trends in 2018 December 20, 2017 9 HIPAA settlement fines in 2017 | 10 biggest Epic stories of the year | What's on the VA's EHR wishlist | 7 things to know about what CIOs will prioritize in 2018 | 3 questions with St. Joseph's Healthcare CMIO Dr. David Adinaro | 65 RCM tips December 19, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] White House: North Korea is responsible for WannaCry | 21st Century Oncology settles data breach case for $2.3M | Portland officials say they didn't violate HIPAA by sharing personal data of 200 HIV patients | Most healthcare organizations don't have a cybersecurity leader: 5 things to know December 19, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Telehealth expands at Mayo amid consolidation | Survey: Your patients may not be aware of telehealth | Healthcare Tech Outlook's 10 top health IT service providers | Nemours connects pediatric patients to Santa via telehealth December 18, 2017 New Epic EHR, 'Sonnet,' to go live in March | KLAS: Top EMR by global region | Most HIT companies say Trump admin hasn't changed their business | Cerner president sells more than half his shares | Amazon, Facebook react to net neutrality repeal | 7 interesting health IT partnerships December 15, 2017 [Value-based care] AMA: Physicians can still avoid a MACRA penalty this year | 45% of leaders expect uptick in quality-based reimbursement in 2018 | 5 reasons this advisory committee wants to eliminate MIPS now | Whistle-blower: Johns Hopkins prioritizes out-of-state patients to boost revenue | 10 health IT key notes December 14, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Mayo, Harvard hospitals, USC partner on Alzheimer's research | FTC issues privacy warning on direct-to-consumer genetic tests | Operator of 179 cancer centers admits to falsifying EHR use data | CEO of New York HIE resigns December 13, 2017 6 questions with Allscripts CEO Paul Black | Judge dismisses lawsuit against Cerner | VA spent $1.1B on an EHR it's trying to replace | 26 hospitals at risk of bankruptcy: 5 things to know | AI-, data-driven positions top LinkedIn's 2017 emerging jobs report December 12, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 3-part data breach at Stanford leads exec to resign | More than 4 in 5 physicians have experienced a cyberattack | UNC Health warns 24k patients of breach | Malware-free breaches lead to big breaches: 5 things to know December 12, 2017 [Telehealth edition] NewYork-Presby, Walgreens collaborate on telemedicine access | 3 mobile technologies CIOs should know from 2017 | FDA releases 3 policies on digital health | Ascension's operating income sinks 93% | EpicMD gains $3M in financing round December 11, 2017 EHR poses challenge for Advocate-Aurora merger | A year of Cerner: 10 biggest stories from 2017 | 20 latest HIT leadership moves | Philips acquires Mayo Clinic pop health spinout | 5 most interesting health IT partnerships this week December 8, 2017 [Value-based care] More IT improves value-based pay performance: 6 things to know | Calif. hospital burns in wildfires | AHA: 7 ways health systems are transitioning to value-based care | 9 most-diagnosed 'holiday-themed' ICD-10 codes | 4 questions with Stanford Health Care's revenue cycle leader December 7, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] LA hospital closes, 638 employees lose jobs | Geisinger identifies genetic risks for 500+ patients with exome sequencing | Google's new AI tool interprets human genomes: 5 things to know | 10 top-ranked health apps for patients December 6, 2017 AI to force 800M out of jobs by 2030: 5 things to know | Epic passed on GE partnership in the '90s | 183 nonprofit CEOs to know | Intermountain funnels $3M into workflow startup | Steward chooses Meditech for 8 hospitals | IV pumps a data-breach risk December 5, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 10 biggest cyberattacks of 2017 | 652 patients at Ala. medical center notified of data breach | McAfee: 5 cybersecurity trends to watch in 2018 | Lawmakers introduce stronger data breach notification law December 5, 2017 [Telehealth edition] What the CVS, Aetna deal means for telemedicine | 4 reasons to use telemedicine for opioid addiction treatment | ONC to downsize 10 offices to 2 | FCC Chairman: Net neutrality repeal will help telemedicine | Teladoc sees more than 100% growth December 4, 2017 5 things to know about the CVS-Aetna deal | Interim CEO unloads $35M in Cerner stock | Still no VA-Cerner contract: A timeline of events | 8 most interesting HIT partnerships this week | Kevin Lynch named CIO of NYC Health + Hospitals December 1, 2017 [Value-based care] Value-Based Payment Modifier worsened care disparities, study finds | CMS finalizes changes to bundled payments | 6 little-known ways your hospital may be violating HIPAA | CVS Health-Aetna deal could be reached Monday November 30, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] GE unveils blood sample collection company | 20 hospitals seeking vendor talent | U of Delaware, GWU, NASA team up on precision oncology research | Startup Insider: 4 questions with Docent Health CEO Paul Roscoe on patient-driven healthcare November 29, 2017 90M health records potentially compromised by OpenEMR vulnerability | Study finds choice of EHR vendor does matter | Hillary Clinton: US is 'totally unprepared' for rise of AI | 3 med schools with emphasis on health systems sciences November 28, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Intel chip flaws compromise millions of devices | Insider data theft cases up 25% last year | Judge denies 84-year-old computerless physician's plea to regain license | NC health dept sends unencrypted email with data on 6k employee applicants November 28, 2017 [Telehealth edition] FCC to consider rural telehealth proposal | Medtronic unveils expanded telehealth solution | GE, Intel team up on digital imaging | The next physician specialty? The 'medical virtualist' | 10 services providers plan to offer via telemedicine November 27, 2017 Amazon poised to partner with Cerner | Stanford, Google to streamline EHR documentation | 25 largest gifts from individuals to healthcare organizations in 2017 | Memorial Hospital, 6 clinics go live on Epic November 24, 2017 [Value-based care] Bill Gillis, CIO of BIDCO on rolling out a real-time analytics platform | RWJBarnabas CEO: Tech, not policy, will drive change in healthcare | 6 attributes of high-value primary care | Altarum launches new company focused on value-based care November 22, 2017 eClinicalWorks faces $1B lawsuit over allegedly inaccurate medical info | 50 CMIOs to know | Michael Dowling: Partnering with others in pursuit of good ideas | UC San Diego, UC Irvine begin sharing single Epic EMR November 21, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Amazon launches cloud for Secret Service | UPMC breach affects 1.2k patients | 9.5k patient records exposed after spearphishing attack hits Medical College of Wis. | Ransomware damage to cost $11.5B by 2019 November 21, 2017 [Telehealth edition] OIG to audit Medicaid telehealth services | Geisinger CEO Dr. David Feinberg: Here's what community-driven healthcare looks like | 53% of providers plan to grow telemedicine programs | Sutter destroys evidence in antitrust case November 20, 2017 HHS earns D- on IT | Cerner upgrade causes delays at Banner | 5 most interesting health IT partnerships this week | Advisory Board, Optum finalize $1.3B deal | Saint Luke's goes mobile | 7 vendor contracts, go-lives November 17, 2017 [Value-based care] EHRs vital to QPP, but tech is unsatisfactory | CMS cancels Shared Decision Making ACO model for lack of interest | Humana's healthcare costs decrease 15% under value-based models | 8 health IT key notes | 5 ways IT improved hospital disaster response since Katrina November 16, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Geisinger launches precision medicine initiative | athenahealth to sell corporate jet in cost-cutting move | NantHealth's genetic cancer test revenue exceeds $1M in Q3 | UPenn students use wearables for mental health November 15, 2017 CVS system outage disrupts prescription refills | Amazon to sell medical devices, not drugs in Ind., Tenn. | What President Trump's HHS nominee means for health IT | Cybersecurity ethics issues plague HHS | Judge denies request to freeze $225M Outcome Health founders' account November 14, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Equifax spends $87.5M on breach, profits tank 27% | 5 cybersecurity companies to watch | Only 8% of 2016's open-source blockchain projects are still active | 5 things to know about Trump's HHS pick Alex Azar | Google, UC Berkeley: 27.8% of phishing victims use Gmail November 14, 2017 [Telehealth edition] VA to pay $10 billion for Cerner | Telehealth 'the only way' to reach all patients in need, says U of Mississippi's telehealth director | Nashville General to end inpatient care | 5 things to know about state telehealth reimbursement | GE restructures to focus on healthcare November 13, 2017 Partners HealthCare to invest $171M in startups | 2 Chicago health systems suspend ties to Outcome Health | Google powers AI startup offering $1 medical scans | CHS to sell more hospitals worth $2B | 15 health IT leadership changes November 10, 2017 [Value-based care] 1,597 hospitals to see pay bump under value-based purchasing | 17 health IT key notes | Googlers are ditching their startups | Fitch launches tool for hospitals to assess financial flexibility | 6 reactions to the 2018 final MACRA rule November 9, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Mayo starts phase 2 of Epic install | Dr. Stephen Hawking: AI could be 'worst event' in history of civilization | 10 most obese states | 7 things to know about behavioral analytics | Harvard, UChicago collaborate on NIH data project November 8, 2017 Surescripts partners with Epic, Cerner, Allscripts | UVermont requests $150M from state for Epic EHR | Report: Apple evading taxes | Humana to lay of 1.3k | Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's genetic test sales boosted by MDs on his payroll November 7, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] IU Health finds lost patient paperwork on street | Avg. data breach costs $3.6M | Valley Family Medical employee exposes data of 8.5k patients | Jefferson Health CEO Dr. Stephen Klasko: 'Millennials will stream healthcare the way they consume Netflix' November 7, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Teladoc Q3 revenue grows 112% | WellStar, Mayo collaborate on remote consultation network | UPMC invests $2B in digitally-centered specialty hospitals | 7 go-lives | RWJBarnabas to provide telehealth to 32k employees November 6, 2017 Lawsuit: Epic double-bills Medicare, Medicaid for anesthesia services | 11 companies to know from LinkedIn's top startups of 2017 | Allscripts' Q3 revenue grows 15% + 13 more highlights on vendor, tech firm Q3 results | 10 most interesting health IT partnerships this week November 3, 2017 [Value-based care] CMS is on a roll: What you need to know about the MACRA 2018 final rule, bundle performance and ACO shared savings | 3 takeaways from physician execs on the transition to value-based care | 15 HIT keynotes | UnitedHealth, not Amazon, is fueling CVS-Aetna | Cerner names 2017 partner of the year November 2, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Johns Hopkins, Northwestern to help lead national medical informatics center | Analysis: Wage gap means female IT workers start 'working for free' this month | Geisinger collaboration to leverage AI to improve COPD outcomes | Meditech product revenue up 33% in Q3 November 1, 2017 Vanderbilt goes live on Epic | IBM adds Anthem CEO to board | Why the health system still uses fax: 7 things to know | 1 in 4 providers agree EHRs prepared them for new health economy | Where are the 59 Leapfrog straight-A hospitals? October 31, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] BadRabbit allegedly used NSA hacking tools | 19 healthcare privacy incidents in Oct. | Man receives $52k hospital bill after his backpack was stolen | Cerner to pursue more government contracts October 31, 2017 [Telehealth edition] 5 insights into 'webside' manner | Henry Ford picks Epic-integrated telehealth platform | Calif. governor OKs telepharmacy | Will Amazon enter the medical device business? October 30, 2017 EHR for urgent care hits market | What Trump's opioid declaration means for health IT | 10 most interesting health IT partnerships this week | 'Incomplete data' a top threat to patient safety, physicians say October 27, 2017 [Value-based care] Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove: Healthcare to undergo 'total restructuring' for shift in payment models | Specialists: Don't take away MIPS | Providers spend $39B a year to maintain regulatory compliance | IBM Watson, CDC team up to study blockchain October 26, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 10 medical innovations Cleveland expects to shape 2018 | Scripps launches app-based heart research study | Which execs do senior info security officers report to? | Microsoft, Green Bay Packers partner on tech accelerator October 25, 2017 Most, least used EHR vendors | 50 CMIOs to know | 6 things to know about 'Bad Rabbit' ransomware sweeping Europe | VA-Cerner deal expected in early November | 10 things people want AI to do for them October 24, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] FirstHealth computer networks attacked by WannaCry variant | 15 blockchain terms to know | 8 tips from the FBI to secure IoT medical devices, wearables | Millennials most likely to practice 'sloppy' cybersecurity October 24, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Intel launches remote care platform | UCSF mines EHRs to pinpoint C. diff source | Study: ED transfer often unnecessary, raises telemedicine opportunity | Fla. grocery chain expands telehealth offerings | Could 'Dr. YouTube' be causing more harm than good this flu season? October 23, 2017 Athenahealth to cut 9% of workforce despite revenue growth in Q3 | 10 most interesting health IT partnerships this week | KLAS: 14% of providers report interoperability among disparate EMRs | 6 vendor contracts, go-lives October 20, 2017 [Value-based care] KLAS: Epic ranks No. 1 in ED patient safety improvement | How the Next Generation, Pioneer ACOs performed in 2016 | Miss. Delta hospital operating margins shrink under value-based purchasing | 160+ healthcare revenue cycle companies to know October 19, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Northwell Health taps Amazon Alexa to help patients avoid ER wait | Zocdoc integrates with Allscripts | Intermountain joins precision medicine project | Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovation Summit to tackle precision medicine October 18, 2017 Apple in talks to buy medical clinics, sources say | Black Book: M*Modal is No. 1 transcription vendor for client satisfaction | Amazon, PwC join effort for open-source EMR in Puerto Rico post-hurricane | 24 reasons patients should own their medical data October 17, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Mo. clinic pays ransom for cyberattack | Microsoft blames North Korea for WannaCry | 6 types of ransomware to know | Former hospital employee may have improperly accessed patient records for 10+ years | Ransomware market on the dark web hits $6.2M October 17, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Paper records outperform EHRs on quality & quantity, study finds | 46% of consumers 'unlikely' to use telemedicine | Fla. hospital still closed post-hurricane | 12 health IT keynotes | 5 questions with Alignment Healthcare CEO John Kao on remote patient monitoring October 16, 2017 KLAS: Top 5 vendors for data aggregation | Epic integrates CVS into pop health platform | AMA, Cerner, IBM partner on common data project | 4 hospital CIO, CTO moves | Amazon, Microsoft expand AI partnership October 13, 2017 Trump's 2 actions on healthcare: 9 things to know | PeaceHealth lays off 95 in info management | AHA supports canceling bundles | Most Track 1 ACOs to score in top MIPS tier | How to thrive in a risk-based environment: 5 questions with CEO of BIDCO, Jeffrey Hulburt October 12, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Geisinger, BI Pharmaceuticals developing predictive model for diabetes | IBM introduces data science system for integrated analytics | Steal this idea: Sinai CEO Karen Teitelbaum helps decriminalize mental illness with this intervention October 11, 2017 Black Book: Nuance named No. 1 for clinical documentation improvement | Google taps former UChicago Medicine CQO for healthcare team | eClinicalWorks earns $130M in Q3 | 3 ways blockchain might improve hospital operations by 2027 October 10, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] US adds 3.2k IT jobs in September | Russia hacked NSA in 2015, stole cybersecurity strategy | GAO: 24 agencies have weakness in core IT areas | 55% of health IT leaders need more BYOD visibility October 10, 2017 [Telehealth edition] eClinicalWorks adds telemedicine, virtual assistant to EHR | Reimbursement ranked No. 1 barrier to telehealth expansion | 5 questions with Marshfield Clinic CIO Denise Webb | U of Arizona receives $975k HRSA grant for rural telehealth October 9, 2017 St. Luke's University Health Network goes live on Epic | 8 digital health startups with $100M+ funding thus far in 2017 | Microsoft to expand rural broadband in 6 states | 4 things to know about Google's AI research costs | 8 recent vendor contracts, go-lives October 6, 2017 [Value-based care] Average 6 year old smarter than Google's AI | Low-cost services reflect most unnecessary medical spending | ACOs still focused on early stages of care redesign | Specialist Medicare payments could vary +/- 16% under MIPS | 11 health IT key notes October 5, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 4 thoughts on 'disruption' in healthcare from NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi | Alphabet spinout tackles socioeconomic disparities in health | Intel, U at Buffalo win $1M to develop lung cancer sensor | Bill Gates: AI will drive productivity, creativity October 4, 2017 Allscripts buys McKesson's HIT business for $185M cash | Fewer than 1 in 3 hospitals can share medical data | 4 questions with Mount Sinai Health System CIO Kumar Chatani | 6 highlights from oral arguments in Epic v. Lewis October 3, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Cybercrime costs healthcare companies $12.5M per year | Top 15 cybersecurity stories of 2017 | 3 health IT implications of Price's resignation | Ark. surgery center reports 128k patients impacted by ransomware October 3, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Teladoc adds former Pandora CEO to board | CBO: Telehealth bill would save Medicare $80M over decade | CHRONIC Care Act expands Medicare telehealth | 4 things to know about National Health IT Week October 2, 2017 Black Book: Cerner ranks as top vendor for outsourcing | Tech industry supports GOP tax plan | 56% of hospital CIOs, CMIOs struggle with data governance | 10 recent vendor contracts, go-lives September 29, 2017 [Value-based care] Epic surpasses Cerner as most-used certified health IT vendor | Centura, Banner ACO ink provider network agreement | AMA President Dr. David Barbe on how to satisfy MACRA requirements this week | 10 health IT key notes | Temple University Health's $5.7M operating loss anchored by Epic installation September 28, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Cleveland Clinic CIO Edward Marx on how to bring 'heart' into IT | Cedars-Sinai offers Apple Watch app | This Texas innovation hub is eliminating socioeconomic disparities in health | 20 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent September 27, 2017 Epic's Judy Faulkner 'We have to be the wizards' to advance EHRs | 5 thoughts on community health from Rush CIO Dr. Shafiq Rab | Change Healthcare introduces blockchain for providers, payers | Tenet CEO to exit with $22.9M in severance pay | 5 technologies ranked by patient use, interest September 26, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Amazon Alexa's biggest healthcare problem | Wash. VA patients PHI compromised after laptop goes missing | 6 Trump advisers used personal email accounts | Deloitte hack potentially impacting 5M goes undiscovered for months September 26, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Dana-Farber's earnings dragged down by Epic billing problems | How telemedicine can help fight the opioid epidemic | Texas Health Aetna unveils virtual ER app | Global telemedicine market to grow 16.5% annually through 2023 September 25, 2017 Cerner sued for $16M by Wis. health system | HIPAA restrictions waived post Hurricane Maria | U of Illinois Health chooses $101M Epic system | 5 vendor contracts, go-lives | VA CIO to retire | 5 thoughts with community hospital CIO Denni McColm September 22, 2017 [Value-based care] CMS seeking 'new direction' for innovation center | Vanderbilt, Aetna launch ACO | Half of physicians blame payers for rising healthcare costs | St. Luke's value-based health plan yet to reap savings 5 years later | Highmark adds 450 physicians to value-based network September 21, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Mayo offers first aid help on Amazon's Alexa | Why Johns Hopkins wants a mosquito emoji | Centegra to lay off 131, outsource 230 | Cleveland Clinic, Tempus apply precision medicine to advanced cancer patients September 20, 2017 Next DOD site goes live on Cerner | Public health emergency in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands ahead of Hurricane Maria: 7 things to know | 1 in 3 patients lack easy access to medical records | How Edgility CEO Balaji Ramadoss is bringing mission control to healthcare September 19, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] UPMC workers' data breach lawsuit goes to Pa. Supreme Court | 42% of Americans would give up alcohol to ensure cybersecurity | 11 cybersecurity terms to know | 10 things to know about the latest ACA repeal bill | Equifax CIO, CSO out: 5 things to know September 19, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Kaiser Permanente IT workers protest for higher wages | Telemedicine interest surges during Irma | EHRs have terrible ROI, 61% of healthcare officials say | UPMC granted $3.8M to study telehealth for chronic care September 18, 2017 Pitt County Health Dept rolls out $238k Epic EHR | Va. hospital closes after physician quits | 7 CIO, CTO moves | How hospitals can use AI to hire smarter | Allscripts launches real-time drug pricing initiative | 100+ cities compete for Amazon's HQ2 September 15, 2017 [Value-based care] These physicians don't qualify for any Medicare alternative payment models | 11 health IT key notes | Viewpoint: Costs associated with quality measurement missing from value-based care | Will the healthcare bubble burst? 19 perspectives September 14, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Epic reveals interoperability service | The price of genome sequence at 1 Ohio children's hospital | Intermountain rolls out DNA-based test for drug prescribing | 6 thoughts on healthcare data mining from attorneys James Nelson & Thora Johnson September 13, 2017 UMass Memorial invests $700M in Epic EHR | PCPs spend 6 hours a day on EHRs | Which vendor offers best imaging technology? | Facebook, Microsoft team up on AI | Congress rejects Trump cuts to health research September 12, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Children's Hospital Colorado alerts 3.4k patients of breach | 1 in 3 data breach class action lawsuits targeted health industry in 2016 | How to strike a cybersecurity-conscious vendor contract | Viewpoint: Agencies should look to HIPAA to promote data exchange September 12, 2017 [Telehealth edition] 4 Fla. hospitals providing free telemedicine during Irma | American Well, Stanford to partner with Apple on cardiac arrhythmia project | 6 categories to measure telehealth quality, impact | Teladoc to offer Harvey victims 3 months free online counseling | 100 great oncology programs September 11, 2017 EHRs are in 99% of hospitals | IBM publishes 'Get the Facts' webpage after report calls Watson over-marketed | Viewpoint: HITECH slowed innovation, created 'myth' of info blocking | 16 cities vie for next Amazon HQ | 9 health IT key notes September 8, 2017 [Value-based care] Survey: 100% of specialty practices do not understand MACRA's impact | Fla. hospitals evacuate, close for Irma | 8 governors want 'clear commitment' to value-based care from Congress | Steal this Idea: How Renown CEO Dr. Tony Slonim turned a talk over coffee into a healthcare data revolution September 7, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Apple, Google, IBM make waves in healthcare analytics | Elon Musk: Governments will take extreme measures for AI | MDLive's Dr. Deborah Mulligan on telemedicine response for Harvey, Irma | Analysis: Watson for Oncology was over-marketed, underwhelming so far September 6, 2017 Feds authorize drones to assess Harvey aftermath | 5 things to know about EHRs during Harvey | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | Einstein Healthcare names new CIO | Jeanne Lillig-Patterson, wife of late Cerner CEO Neal Patterson, dies of cancer September 5, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Patientory, Oracle join blockchain effort | CVS Caremark joins Aetna in exposing patient HIV status in envelope windows | 23M 'Locky' ransomware attempts observed in 24 hours | IRS warns of phishing, ransomware scams | Federal efforts to curb SSN use see 'limited success' September 5, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Medicare telehealth spending rose 30% in 2016 | 5 telehealth vendors helping Harvey victims | VA to add feedback surveys to telehealth program | Nemours Children's extends pediatric telehealth to Texas post-hurricane | Carolinas HealthCare, UNC Health plan to merge September 1, 2017 [Value-based care] 34 ways to help Texans recover from Harvey | OIG: ACOs reduced spending by nearly $1B | 50% of healthcare professionals still not familiar with MACRA | 5 questions with naviHealth's Heather O'Sullivan on discharge planning August 31, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Aetna taps Walmart exec for Apple Watch project | NorthShore to offer genetic testing at annual checkups | 20 hospitals seeking vendor talent | 4 questions with precision medicine startup 2bPrecise CEO Assaf Halevy August 30, 2017 Trump cybersecurity council loses 8 members | Allscripts ranks No. 1 in digital health acquisitions | Should patients have full access to data? 5 execs weigh in | How Amazon, Microsoft & other tech giants helped Hurricane Harvey relief efforts August 29, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 45% of businesses unknowingly experience a cyberattack | 15k patients affected after Texas OB-GYN hit by keylogger malware | 4 things to know about the latest ransomware targeting healthcare | 33k impacted after Fla. surgery center hit by ransomware August 29, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Report: Telehealth policy language a deterrent for hospitals | Epic's Judy Faulkner ranked No. 73 richest person in tech | American Telemedicine Association joins climate change consortium | Teladoc hires 1st chief human resources officer | Advisory Board sells healthcare arm to Optum for $1.3B August 28, 2017 How Texas hospitals are faring amid Hurricane Harvey | 2 former Amazon directors on company's move into healthcare | 5 vendor contracts, go-lives | 5 questions with Children's National CIO Brian Jacobs August 25, 2017 [Value-based care] Canceling bundles: Credit positive for hospitals | How 5 HIT groups responded to 2018 MACRA proposed rule | 15 HIT key notes | Viewpoint: Don't give up on payment reform yet August 24, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Xerox files blockchain-based EHR patents | Humana to leverage big data in value-based initiative | Viewpoint: Data center consolidation is common ground among Republicans, Democrats | BJC Healthcare sells shuttered hospital for $13 August 23, 2017 Top 10 HIT consulting firms ranked by provider interest | 7 things to know if you're considering AI solutions | Financial expert: Invest in cybersecurity stocks | 35% of IoT med device companies faced recent cybersecurity issues August 22, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Ransomware puts PHI of 266k LA patients at risk | Hacking overtakes insider breaches | Top 10 malware families in July | WannaCry returns, hits LG | Change Healthcare CTO Aaron Symanski on healthcare's best blockchain opportunities August 22, 2017 [Telehealth edition] 4 topics from 'secret' Apple, Aetna meeting | How US soldiers are using telehealth abroad | Ala. county keeps MDLive contract despite low utilization | Study: E-visits may increase in-office appointments August 21, 2017 5 questions with new Cleveland Clinic CIO Edward Marx | 7 go-lives | IBM Watson's Dr. Andrew Norden on the biggest misconception of AI in healthcare | Whitepaper: How the cloud can protect data from cybercriminals | Infosys CEO quits, citing 'malicious' personal attacks August 18, 2017 [Value-based care] 110 ACOs to know | CMS cancels, scales back bundles | 16 health IT key notes | UnitedHealthcare exec: Gain-sharing value-based contracts better than bundles | Health Catalyst ranked best analytics vendor for EHR capabilities August 17, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 5 genomics companies to know | Amazon ventures into pharma | 6 thoughts on pop health with Allscripts Analytics CMO Dr. Fatima Paruk | IBM Watson to analyze 911 calls August 16, 2017 Which EHR vendor has the most clients? | Cerner's 5 tips for successful hospital-vendor partnerships | Dr. Atul Gawande: We are 'massively far' from using AI to diagnose patients | MIT chooses Cerner | Epic checklist reduces surgical ICU mortality 28% August 15, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Veterans group to sue DOD for records exposure | Microsoft unveils blockchain framework | PHI of 1.2k Mo. Medicaid patients incorrectly mailed by subcontractor | Whitepaper: How cloud solutions can protect data from today's cybercriminals | Kaspersky: Malware disguised as ransomware will pose problems in Q3 August 15, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Google buys patient monitoring startup | Employer telehealth adoption to reach 96% | Viewpoint: VA's 'no bid' government contract with Cerner is an 'outrage' | Elon Musk: AI more dangerous than North Korea August 14, 2017 Federal IT 'purge': 5 executive moves to know | 5 vendor contracts | Poll: Apple trusted more than Google, Amazon to handle health data | 7 up-and-coming health technologies to know | Dr. Don Rucker: ONC's 3 priorities for 21st Century Cures August 11, 2017 [Value-based care] IBM sues former CIO | 82% of practices say Quality Payment Program is burdensome | CMS accepting Quality Payment Program hardship exception applications | Community hospitals and ACOs: Key thoughts from QHR's Susan MacLeod | 13 health IT key notes August 10, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 70+ pop health management companies to know | Why this physician practice reverted to paper records | Study: EHR data has limits for epidemiologic research | UC Santa Cruz unveils free tumor database August 9, 2017 HITECH drove EHR adoption, study finds | 6 tips for a successful go-live | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Cleveland Clinic adds LGBT section to EHR | IT adds 9.6k jobs | Medtronic lays off 185 August 8, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Healthcare to exceed 1 data breach per day | 7 things to know about the ex-Google employee's gender gap manifesto | Siemens to update software in response to cyber alert | Homeland Security CIO resigns after 3 months | How WannaCry attackers are laundering their bitcoin August 8, 2017 [Telehealth edition] American Telemedicine Association CEO to step down | Judy Faulkner, Joe Biden clash over EHR access | Teladoc Q2 revenue up 68% | How TV 'white space' may expand telehealth access: 6 things to know August 7, 2017 Meditech Q2 revenue dips 3% | Jared Kushner on VA-Cerner deal: "One of the great successes we've had so far" | CMS to allow both 2014, 2015 certified EHRs in 2018 | Man stayed in Phoenix hospital's basement, stole $36k worth of equipment | 5 best, worst states for EHR adoption August 4, 2017 [Value-based care] CMS' final IPPS rule for 2018: 10 things to know | 20 hospitals, health systems seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent | GAO to examine HHS tweets | Amazon, Cerner release earnings results; athenahealth to restructure leadership & more - 12 health IT key notes August 3, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Mark Zuckerberg, Dr. Priscilla Chan donate $10M to UCSF Institute for Computational Health Sciences | athenahealth restructures leadership, Jonathan Bush to continue as CEO | Report: Top 5 states leading data analytics efforts | 82% of hospitals say ACA repeal efforts did not hinder population health strategy: 3 survey insights August 2, 2017 HHS OIG posts YouTube video on eClinicalWorks settlement: 'We're entering an entire new area of healthcare fraud' | Privacy advocacy group calls on FTC to investigate Google's secretive tracking techniques | Tenet sells 3 Texas hospitals to HCA | Trump: Transferring VA medical records is now 'so easy' August 1, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Anthem: 18k customers affected in email breach | 41% of healthcare C-suite execs say 1st reaction to ransomware is to pay: 4 survey insights | 19 latest hospital, health system executive moves | Ransomware charges victims $25M in the last 2 years August 1, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Apple pays Nokia $2B in patent agreement | 2 Representatives introduce bipartisan 'Evidence-Based Telehealth Expansion Act' | Penn State adds forensic simulation lab to SAFE-T Center project | Man accused of killing physician over botched prostate surgery 21 years prior July 31, 2017 Amazon net income dips 77% in Q2 2017: 5 things to know | Digital health VC funding hits $2.4B in Q2: 3 things to know | Cerner revenue increases 6% in Q2: 4 things to know | 6 recent vendor contracts, go-lives July 28, 2017 [Value-based care] CMS considers behavioral health APM | Patient experience a good measure of quality, study finds | 17 health IT keynotes | US physician denies financial incentive to treat 11-month-old Charlie Gard | Is Apple moving into healthcare? 4 thoughts July 27, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] UChicago & Google: A data-driven duo to watch | Amazon reportedly launched a secret healthcare team called 1492 | What mission control will look like at the hospital of the future | Harvard integrates chronic kidney disease prediction tool into EHRs July 26, 2017 100 community hospital CIOs to know | Physician frustration drives regular EMR vendor switching | Is Amazon pivoting to healthcare? | 9 go-lives | Jonathan Bush: athenahealth is focused on 'intense crisis level of reconstruction' July 25, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Viewpoint: Kentucky needs telehealth to bring it out of 'horse-and-buggy era' | Jefferson Health, Independence Blue Cross ink 5-year telemedicine deal | FCC to hold 4 'listening sessions' on rural broadband | How the CONNECT for Health Act eases telehealth restrictions July 25, 2017 [Telehealth edition] 7 insights into remote patient monitoring | 4 frustrations physicians have with EHRs | Tech may aid 60% of US schools lacking a full-time nurse | 34 exec moves | How well do mental health apps protect patient privacy? July 24, 2017 Jefferies advises against Watson investments: 'IBM appears outgunned in the war for AI talent' | 1 year on Epic improved patient experience at NYC Health + Hospitals | 10 most-clicked email subject lines for phishing attacks | 22 hospitals physicians prefer most July 21, 2017 [Value-based care] 700+ execs name 4 things thwarting value-based care | Athenahealth Q2 revenue up 15% | ACOs are leaving $886M in net payments on the table | 9 health IT key notes | Managed care models generated $7B in Medicaid savings in 2016 July 20, 2017 [Telehealth edition] 54% of patients prefer virtual to in-person visits | Epic ranks No. 1 in practice management | Teladoc buys Best Doctors for $440M | Alphabet relaunches Google Glass | 7 key trends in the global telehealth market July 19, 2017 DOD initiates 2nd Cerner EHR go-live | KLAS: No. 1 consulting firm for go-lives is Optimum Healthcare IT | 791 data breaches so far in 2017: 6 things to know | 2 exec resignations | AHA 'dismayed' OPPS offers no relief from MU Stage 3 July 18, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 43% of C-suiters say cybersecurity is No. 1 operational challenge | Former employee distributes PHI of 1.5k Detroit Medical Center patients | 72 healthcare layoffs | Cybersecurity professionals find job 'rewarding' despite frequent overtime July 18, 2017 [Telehealth edition] Cleveland Clinic names Edward Marx CIO | How Microsoft plans to bolster rural broadband | Catholic Medical Center's telestroke program links ambulances, neurologists | Family physicians to FCC: Net neutrality is 'paramount' for US healthcare July 17, 2017 Mayo starts $1B national Epic deployment | eClinicalWorks settlement knocks providers' confidence in EHRs | 9 things to know about 2018 OPPS rule | House budget cuts ONC funding by one-third July 14, 2017 [Value-based care] 91% of Medicare ACOs refuse to share incentive info | MACRA could drive physicians out of Medicare, trustees say | Delaware moving 80% of Medicaid contracts to value-based models | Former CHI hospital administrator indicted in bribery scheme | 5 thoughts on the efficacy of outcomes-based drug contracts July 13, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Dr. John Halamka's 5 HIT policy predictions | Most Googled medical issues by state | Smartphone data reveals physical activity inequality in US | Digital health startup framework for success July 12, 2017 7 digital health startups on the rise | ONC: Patients struggle to access data | Amid Cerner dispute, 2 Island Health physicians pen op-ed in support of EHRs | CEOs of Ascension, Dignity, Trinity, Providence, CHI to Trump, Congress: Work with us on healthcare legislation July 11, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Florida hospital reports lost hard drive, privacy breach | 11 healthcare privacy incidents reported in June | US, Russia may collaborate on cybersecurity unit | HHN names Most Wired hospitals of 2017 July 11, 2017 [Telehealth edition] How Penn State is helping sexual assault victims in rural areas | 3 insights on NASA's telemedicine use | Medstar hospital's poor safety ratings in limelight amid treatment of Rep. Steve Scalise | 62 critical access hospitals to know July 10, 2017 Cerner CEO Neal Patterson dies | Microsoft to lay off 'thousands' in shift to cloud | 300 spots remain for Becker's Health IT + Rev Cycle 2017 | UC Davis notifies 15k patients of breach | How Epic is adding gender identity to EHRs | 6 vendor contracts, go-lives July 7, 2017 [Value-based care] Fitch: MACRA encourages hospital employment of physicians | Petya cyberattackers demand $256k for encryption key | Value-based care putting pressure on nonprofit hospital finances | Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks buys majority stake in 6 Calif. hospitals | ACOs continue to grow in 2017 July 6, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Senate may scrap DOD CIO role | HIEs reduce racial disparities in HIV care | Cyberattack interrupts medical services for 1 week at Pa. health system | Former patient stabs nurse at Pa. hospital | Kaiser, Bon Secours to build $1.7M community center to improve patients' economic stability, health July 5, 2017 Do Epic, Cerner customers stay loyal for interactive patient systems? | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | 'Petya' may be worse than ransomware | Shooting at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital: 9 things to know | HHS guidance on global ransomware attack July 3, 2017 W. Va. hospital to replace 1.2k hard drives after ransomware attack | Microsoft: Petya more sophisticated than typical ransomware | IBM: Focus AI dialogue on positive impact, not 'fear tactics' | The first step to eliminating nurse bullying, burnout in hospitals June 30, 2017 [Value-based care] 70% of physicians favor fee-for-service | Underestimating & unprepared: Surveys show industry not ready for QPP | 12 health IT keynotes | Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove: BCRA will put hospitals in 'very deep financial trouble' June 29, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Global ransomware 'Petya' hits Merck, Pa. health system | Viewpoint: IBM Watson 'choking on its own hype' | 20 most beautiful hospitals | HHS dedicates $195M for IT, training to address opioid crisis June 28, 2017 TeleTracking, Epic top patient flow vendors | 3 ways Apple's iPhone has influenced medicine | Summa to cut 300 jobs | Sutter Health CIO Jon Manis: Healthcare is putting off its digital destiny June 27, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Top 10 cybercrimes reported to FBI | Accenture, Microsoft create blockchain-based ID network | Ransomware attacks up 11.4% | 29 exec moves | 600+ patients affected in Ill. health system data breach June 27, 2017 Health info of 2k+ Aetna members exposed online for months | 5 ways to improve patient safety via EHR design | Woman sues Illinois hospital over red-winged blackbird attack | Consumers' No. 1 concern about telehealth is care quality June 26, 2017 Anthem may pay $115M settlement for 2015 data breach | Medtronic faces global computer outage | Tenn. hospital notifies 2.9k patients of breach | A new warrior in the sepsis fight: Dedicated sepsis nurses | Top 10 healthcare AI apps | Locky ransomware returns June 23, 2017 [Value-based care] 2018 proposed MACRA rule: 9 things to know, 6 group responses | Nemours Children's CEO Dr. David Bailey: Value-based care won't work without population health | Ga. hospital blames BCBS underpayments for closure risk | 220+ telehealth companies to know June 22, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] How informatics led Dr. Don Rucker to head ONC | Rising stars: 60 healthcare leaders under 40 | HHS CIO estimates 500M hack attempts per week | Ga. hospital lands last-minute buyer, avoids closure | The most 'adaptable' IT vendors June 21, 2017 Avg. data breach costs $7.35M | Allegations of delayed breach notification settled for $130k | Investigation: 2 died at Calif. hospital due in part to understaffed OR | IoT malware doubled in 2016 | Teladoc buys Best Doctors for $440M June 20, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 198M affected in largest exposure of voter information | 37 health breaches reported in May | Patient shoots nurse with state trooper's gun at Fla. hospital | One-third of execs trust AI over humans for cybersecurity June 20, 2017 Texas HHSC breach may affect 1.8k | 4 tips for HIPAA-compliant hospital marketing | Sutter Health lays off 72 | Trump to meet with 20 tech CEOs | FDA unveils digital health initiative June 19, 2017 1M affected in WSU data breach | HHS warns of WannaCry-like 'Hidden Cobra' attack | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | 7 hospitals with strong finances | Startup Insider: How 'Moneyball' inspired Kyruus CEO Dr. Graham Gardner to improve patient, physician matching June 16, 2017 [Value-based care] Va. hospital sues Cerner, Siemens | 107 cybersecurity companies in healthcare | Patient stabs, injures nurse in Mass. hospital | MIPS reporting options expanded by QCDRs | Why the 'new normal' for healthcare cost growth isn't sustainable June 15, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] AHA to CMS: Cancel stage 3 MU | 44% of oncologists say genomics 'very important' to field | 6 hospital bankruptcies, closures | 21 hospitals seeking vendor talent June 14, 2017 Why physicians 'hate' EMRs | Viewpoint: It's time to pressure IT vendors to embrace interoperability | CHS fires Lutheran Health Network CEO | Providers rank 10 most valuable uses of predictive analytics June 13, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Goldman Sachs CEO, other execs fall prey to email hoax | New 'CrashOverride' malware targets critical infrastructure | 28 exec moves | HHS publishes 'quick-response' checklist for healthcare breaches | 4 insights on cybersecurity specialist pay June 13, 2017 Predictive analytics may save healthcare budgets 15% | 5 'cool' blockchain vendors | UHS hospital faces Medicare termination after Buzzfeed News investigation | House allots $65M to modernize VA EHRs June 12, 2017 OIG: CMS wrongly paid $729.4M in EHR incentives | 6 vendor contracts, go-lives | Martha's Vineyard Hospital CEO abruptly fired: Board speaks out | Shulkin: VA needs 6 months to finalize Cerner plan | 4 questions with Regional Health CIO Richard Latuchie June 9, 2017 [Value-based care] 43% of physicians have tools needed for value-based care | Miss. Medicaid breach affects 5.2k | 3-year-old Dallas hospital files for bankruptcy | RVUs still dominate compensation | HIT giants Epic, Optum, Cerner pivot to pop health: 5 things to know June 8, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] VA may keep $600M Epic contract with Cerner EHR | NIH precision medicine project in beta | 28% of patients store medical reports in shoeboxes, drawers | MedStar hospital lays off 100 | Which tech companies do consumers trust with their data? June 7, 2017 71% of physicians would use tech more if EHRs gave unique patient insights | 20 most Googled diseases | Millennial MDs opting out of Hippocratic Oath | Privacy suit against MDLive dismissed | Conflict over Cerner go-live may require mediation at Canadian system June 6, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 'Fireball' malware infects 5.5M US computers | ND health dept. notifies 2.5k Medicaid patients of breach | Dallas hospital unexpectedly closes | 6 action items from the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force June 6, 2017 VA picks Cerner: 6 things to know | OIG: HHS struggles with info security, data integrity | NYC Health + Hospitals cuts 476 management jobs | 100 great community hospitals | A nationwide vision for EHRs from ONC's John Fleming June 5, 2017 Ex-employee allegedly steals 15k records from Beverly Hills clinic | Top EHRs for 8 medical specialties | AI may beat humans within 45 years, experts say | 4 questions with ProMedica CIO Lori Johnston | 13 hospitals with the most ER visits in 2017 June 2, 2017 EHR vendor to pay $155M for alleged misrepresentation of software | Geisinger lays off 46 in IT | UPMC names Dr. Robert Bart CMIO | 1-digit typo almost costs NY cancer center $250k in Medicare reimbursement June 1, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Epic-focused advisory firm Nordic grows to 700 consultants | Nearly half of EHR records are copy-pasted | Baylor Scott and White eliminates 100 positions | mHealth: effective predictor of flu outbreaks May 31, 2017 Norton, Sutter execs to advise HHS on health IT | 15 hospitals in need of Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent | COO, VPs affected by job cuts at UW Medicine | Physician viewpoint: The way out of EHR purgatory? Change the way clinicians are paid May 30, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] When patches fail: How to keep hospitals running when a ransomware attack hits | VA OIG: Poor IT security puts VA's financial info at risk | How are hospitals using secure texting? 4 survey insights | FTC: Cybercriminals find stolen personal data within 9 minutes of hackers posting it May 30, 2017 Meditech revenue dips 0.7% in Q1: 4 things to know | Data analysis firm files for bankruptcy after CEO defrauded investors | 5 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | Patients can now use Facebook to raise money for medical bills May 26, 2017 [Value-based care] Optum, Merck to develop value-based payment models for drugs | Mount Sinai St. Luke's settles HIPAA allegations for $387k | CBO scores AHCA: 5 things to know | 14 health IT key notes May 25, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] SSM Health breached via medical device theft | AMIA: Broadband will be a social determinant of health | 150 CFOs to know | 39% of CIOs feel 'very fulfilled' May 24, 2017 Epic, InterSystems boast most new hospitals in 2016 | 30 most-likeable healthcare CEOs | Austin hospital closes after 133 years | Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO Dr. James Weinstein: 9 ideas to redesign healthcare May 23, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Post-ransomware, organizations use kidnapping, extortion insurance | 3 reasons experts say an amateur launched WannaCry | 9 healthcare takeaways from Trump's budget | 66% of breached healthcare orgs report incident within 60 days May 23, 2017 Google unveils AI chip | GAO: 5 challenges to IoT growth | 13 healthcare bankruptcies so far in 2017 | 4 questions with Access Community Health Network CIO David Miller | 5 thoughts on whether the Trump-Russia investigations will derail healthcare reform May 22, 2017 WannaCry infects Bayer devices in US hospitals | 10 most wanted tech skills | Steward to acquire IASIS | UChicago joins Google effort to curb readmissions | 7 vendor contracts, go-lives May 19, 2017 [Value-based care] Execs say value-based care will be more disruptive than science | Judy Faulkner No.6 of 'America's Richest Self-Made Women' | 3 most effective words in healthcare ads | CMS expands CPC+, delays bundled payments May 18, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Nursing informatics 'key to optimization,' says ONC CNO | Fewer than 10 US organizations affected by 'WannaCry' | Rural hospital seeks to raise $100,000 on GoFundMe | Partners, GE Healthcare launch 10-year AI partnership | 10 things to know about CTO salary, bonuses May 17, 2017 6 stocks that soared after 'WannaCry' ransomware attack | HHS updates ransomware guidance for healthcare organizations | 5 questions with St. Jude's CIO Keith Perry | BJC HealthCare appoints 1st CISO May 16, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 1 in 3 NHS facilities hit by ransomware still face issues: 4 things to know | 80% of consumers trust providers to protect data, despite recent breaches | Vt. hospital discloses 700+ patient email addresses via online survey | Police investigate fatal shooting of armed inmate at Delnor Hospital: 5 updates May 16, 2017 20 unaddressed challenges to telemedicine programs | 28 exec moves | Premise Health enters 2-year Epic implementation | Penn Medicine wins ECRI award for IT platform May 15, 2017 6 updates on the worldwide ransomware attack | Trump signs cybersecurity executive order | 13 medtech leaders on the role of AI in healthcare | MDLive seeks dismissal from privacy lawsuit May 12, 2017 [Value-based care] St. Joseph Mercy CEO Rob Casalou: Value-based care 'taking us in the right direction' | 4 healthcare privacy incidents reported in the last 48 hours | Lenovo Health partners with Becker's to host 3-day Virtual Innovation Summit | Geisinger, Highmark plan value-based network May 11, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] NY hospital data breach affects 7k+ | Intel strikes partnerships for AI cancer detection | Memorial Hermann agrees to $2.4M HIPAA settlement | IBM releases data model to track Ebola May 10, 2017 110 women in medtech to know | Trump fires Comey | Top HIT vendors for data analytics, pop health management & more | 30 exec moves May 9, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Comey urges health systems to work with FBI to combat cyberattacks | LSU Health notifies 2.3k patients of breach | 79% of security pros: Mobile device security a struggle May 9, 2017 Majority of healthcare execs implement tech without staff input | Patient info found on neighborhood lawn | Why metrics matter for innovation | Software transition creates billing problems for Colo. Medicaid providers May 8, 2017 athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush: Trump, high deductibles played role in disappointing Q1 | Coast Guard seeks EHR vendor after terminating Epic | 5 vendor contracts, go-lives | Baptist Memorial 1st to earn Epic's 10-star rating May 5, 2017 [Value-based care] How this Pioneer ACO reduced Medicare costs 6% | 56% of high-performing practices prepping for value-based care | NewYork-Presbyterian names 1st CNIO | 10 health IT keynotes May 4, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 11% of medical practices don't analyze their EHR data | 7 ways payers use patient data | House to vote on AHCA | Can EHRs replace surveys for disease surveillance? May 3, 2017 Epic, Cerner hold 50% of market share | Vanderbilt begins Epic implementation | Greenway Health hit with ransomware attack | 18 hospitals seeking vendor talent May 2, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 3 cyberthreats make up 81% of healthcare breaches | Women comprise 11% of cybersecurity workforce | What to do before, during & after a ransomware attack May 2, 2017 The 16 tech companies paying interns most | HIMSS Analytics unveils 2018 EMR Adoption Model criteria | Why women, minorities leave tech companies | 45% of providers 'just beginning' virtual care pilot projects May 1, 2017 CIOs greatly underestimate the number of cloud apps in their organizations | 10 layoffs in April | Healthcare 2nd most-breached sector in 2016 | Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Toby Cosgrove to step down | 5 vendor contracts, go-lives April 28, 2017 [Value-based care] CMS to alert clinicians of MIPS status | 3 questions about population health with no easy answers | 15 health IT key notes | Turnover may be why ACOs have weak influence on cost, outcomes April 27, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Which EMR vendor is most focused on sepsis? | 9 thoughts on machine learning in healthcare | Join 1,500 top execs at Becker's Health IT + Rev Cycle 2017 this Sept | Why Sanford Health is sharing patient data with its academic neighbors April 26, 2017 Cerner impersonation scheme leader sentenced to 12 years in prison | Wireless health company agrees to $2.5M HIPAA settlement | Sentara sends 16k+ patients incorrect billing info due to programming issue | Telehealth providers grapple with sexual harassment April 25, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Lifespan notifies 20k patients of data breach | HHS to launch healthcare cybersecurity center | 68% of healthcare employees willing to engage in unsafe data behaviors | Cornell professor: Blockchain not foolproof April 25, 2017 AHIMA: 2018 federal budget insufficient for 21st Century Cures | Do EHR outages jeopardize patient safety? | Early reg. discount ends May 1 for the 15th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference | WSJ reveals details from Theranos lawsuit: 5 things to know April 24, 2017 Medical records safe, EMRs still 'view-only' at NY hospital after virus attack | Pediatric clinic agrees to $31k HIPAA settlement | 9 vendor contracts, go-lives | Allscripts EHR scores ONC certification April 21, 2017 [Value-based care] MACRA could cause $250B drop in hospital Medicare revenue | Fake HHS OIG phone scam targets thousands | How to scale innovations beyond the pilot stage | Humana rolls out orthopedic value-based care model April 20, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Digital health VC funding hits $1.6B in Q1 | Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove on healthcare's knowledge boom | Top 6 threats to health data security | CDC recognizes 1st virtual diabetes prevention program April 19, 2017 Trump executive order targets specialty work visas: 5 things to know | athenahealth's Adam Weinstein on AI's biggest opportunity in healthcare | Theranos settles with CMS, Arizona AG | UCLA Health CIO Dr. Michael Pfeffer on the new standard in patient communication April 18, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Healthcare breaches up 155% in March | Cerber now No. 1 ransomware family | RI state benefits system exposes 5.6k enrollees' info | 47% of organizations say virus bypassed security solutions April 18, 2017 8 days after virus attack, NY hospital still restoring computers | Mayo to develop command center for Epic upgrade | Unauthorized employees allegedly access 419 patient records at Virginia Mason | 50 experts leading the field of patient safety April 17, 2017 St. Charles Health employee fired for 2.5k-record breach | Methodist Health goes live on Epic + 7 more go-lives | Watch out for malware hiding in Microsoft Office docs | Family pays 35-year-old hospital bill by selling jewelry collection April 14, 2017 [Value-based care] Former hospital CEO says value-based payments an 'energy-sapping distraction' | FBI investigating cybersecurity incident at NY medical center | HHS calls for more APM recommendations | Presence Health CMO, CQO on tech as a means to highly reliable care April 13, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 13 healthcare AI startups with $25M+ funding | 5 things data scientists want hospital leaders to know | Sumit Nagpal on reducing patients' data anxiety | Hospitals win $454M lawsuit over surgical gowns April 12, 2017 Virus shuts down NY hospital's entire IT system | 4 indicators innovation is static at your hospital | St. Joseph's selects Cerner | 83% of execs plan to invest in telehealth this year April 11, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] New ransomware variant targets hospitals | Telemarketer exposes 1M patients' data online | Blockchain market to hit $19.9B by 2025 | VMWare CTO: Preventing cybersecurity attacks goes beyond the first step in the 'kill chain' April 11, 2017 Scripps goes live on Epic + 7 more go-lives | MACRA highlights IT staffing void | Is HIPAA outdated? | 5 health IT execs on how to prep for AI in hospitals April 10, 2017 6 health IT execs on what to expect from AI | Cleveland Clinic to fuel startups with new venture arm | 23andMe rolls out at-home genetic tests | CMS names 10 innovative hospital programs | 8 health IT key notes April 7, 2017 [Value-based care edition] 50% of physicians in Shared Savings ACOs unaware of risk | Only 12.5% of providers expect value-based care to benefit their practice | Change Healthcare's Marcy Tatsch: Why data analytics matter for value-based care | Andy Slavitt: CEOs must join conversation on health reform April 6, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] HIT leaders talk barriers to predictive insights | Patients opt for Uber, Lyft over ambulances | Seeking pop health speakers | Opinion: Beware the bro CEO April 5, 2017 HHS mum on top ONC appointment | 2 types of hospitals most at risk for breaches | Telemedicine saves rural hospitals $81k per year | DOD reveals Cerner implementation timeline April 4, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 4 notes on blockchain in healthcare | Russian hackers allegedly accessed medical records of athletic group | Physicians spend 50% of time on computer | 75% fewer health records compromised over past year April 4, 2017 Accenture: Digital transformation can save $24k per patient | Automation slashes 220 jobs at Express Scripts | 100 great hospitals | Jonathan Bush: ACA drama a 'distraction' for business April 3, 2017 5 must-haves for actionable analytics | Common ransomware now evades AI detection | Trump trades in Android for iPhone | 11 vendor contracts, go-lives | 16 phrases CEOs never want to hear March 31, 2017 [Value-based care edition] 8 CMIOs get real about data analytics | The new formula to track ROI of employed physicians | Rural hospitals save $81k per year with telemedicine | 9 health IT key notes March 30, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 5 systems' data-driven pop health efforts, unpacked | Phishing attack hits Wash U med school | 44% of physicians unimpressed with telehealth | Rush CIO Dr. Shafiq Rab thinks about healthcare block-by-block in Chicago March 29, 2017 113 healthcare CIOs to know | AMA to Verma: Add 'administrative burden' exemption for 2016 MU | Which medical specialties use EHRs most? | HIEs have 'reached the limits of their effectiveness,' study finds March 28, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Physician accused of hacking female classmates' email, phones | Urology Austin alerts 200k patients of ransomware attack | 9 types of malware that should be on a hospital's radar | 10 best and worst states for physicians March 28, 2017 8 blockchain healthcare startups to know | MidMichigan Health to launch $55M Epic EHR | 4 trends driving telehealth | The future of patient flow: 3 questions with TeleTracking's Nanne Finis & Kris Kaneta March 27, 2017 Epic's Judy Faulkner makes Forbes' billionaires list 2017 | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | Info blocking common among EHR vendors, health systems, study finds | UCSF Medical Center to build $275M precision medicine building focused on cancer care March 24, 2017 [Value-based care edition] Anthem says it's 'more successful' than Cigna at cutting medical costs | CMS delays major bundled payment initiatives: 6 things to know | Dr. Anthony Tersigni: Collaboration and value are keys to reimagining care | 100 great healthcare leaders to know March 23, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Year-long computer virus puts 2.5k patients' info at risk at Ore. health clinic | Google DeepMind wants AI to think like humans | 3 obstacles to precision medicine from Syapse's new CEO | 20 fattest cities in America March 22, 2017 John Fleming to join HHS as deputy assistant secretary of health technology | 15 hospitals seeking Epic, Cerner, Meditech talent | 19 facts on health info management director salary, bonus | IBM launches blockchain service on IBM Cloud March 21, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 4 things to know about the typical ransomware attack | 18k records exposed in urology group ransomware attack | Insiders caused 58% of healthcare data breaches in February | 3 ways AI can help boost cybersecurity March 21, 2017 Google DeepMind faces scrutiny over patient data | 11 vendor contracts, go-lives | Cleveland Clinic shows off telehealth capabilities to FCC chairman | Former Allscripts CEO lands $52M in startup funding March 20, 2017 10 health IT key notes | Penn Medicine leverages Yelp, Twitter to improve care | Why CIOs should be board directors | Minn. state department questions whether Mayo Clinic policy violates civil, human rights laws March 17, 2017 [Value-based care edition] Why the Pentagon is asking employees not to stream March Madness at work | ACOs saved $345 per patient in 2012 | Jeb Bush and Prism Healthcare Partners join April agenda | CMS has yet to release 2017 MIPS eligibility requirements March 16, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] DOJ to charge Russians for 2014 Yahoo data breach | Google's AI detects breast cancer | Jeb Bush and Prism Healthcare Partners join April agenda | 400k+ physicians warn of effects of climate change on health March 15, 2017 Epic unveils app store | The telehealth tool consumers really want | Banner physicians affected in latest system layoffs | Scripps CIO Andy Crowder on EHR implementation | White House analyzes AHCA: 5 things to know March 14, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] FBI Director James Comey's 2 pieces of ransomware advice | 14k+ affected by data breach of payer Brand New Day | Ransomware increased 752% in 2016: 3 things to know | OMB assesses HHS' cybersecurity performance March 14, 2017 CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year Pamela Arora: 'CIOs need to pay attention to making IT more affordable' | 10 cities most likely to underpay tech employees | CBO scores the AHCA: 5 things to know | George W. Bush to be interviewed by Zotec Partners CEO Scott Law at Becker's Health IT + Rev Cycle Meeting 2017 March 13, 2017 72% of hospitals have compromised email credentials | 9 recent vendor contracts | 21 healthcare layoffs | athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush on the AHCA: 'The new plan does offer a few glimmers of hope' March 10, 2017 Global healthcare IT market to reach $280.25B by 2021 | Study: 4 reasons clinicians ignore EHR alerts | President Dr. Ron DePinho resigns from MD Anderson: 9 things to know | Technogym, IBM Watson collaborate to develop AI health coach March 9, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] How advanced analytics can integrate mental health as routine patient care | 4 reasons MD Anderson put IBM Watson on hold | Banner Health issues another round of layoffs as it restructures operations | Population health management market projected to reach $42.5B by 2021 | Every major hospital association opposes AHCA: 4 things to know March 8, 2017 IBM to build quantum computing platform for drug discovery, cloud security | Study: Telehealth could increase medical spending | Accenture: How tech can close the gender pay gap 35% by 2030 | Viewpoint: Is blockchain the answer to EHR interoperability? March 7, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Sharp HealthCare reports theft of 757 patients' information | Northwell Health CIO John Bosco on music, CIOs and the ever-changing IT environment | The future of PHI disclosure management | Consumer Reports to add cybersecurity to product review methodology March 7, 2017 4 questions with NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel J. Barchi | Study: How should physicians assess EHR readability? | AMA, 102 other physician groups ask ONC to delay 2015 certified EHR rollout | 10 largest US health systems: Which had the biggest revenue increase in 2016? March 6, 2017 CVS picks Epic for specialty care | 12 vendor contracts, go-lives | Why medical devices are ripe for cyberattacks | President Trump signs 2 laws to encourage women in STEM | 4 New Speakers Added to Health IT + Revenue Cycle 2017 March 3, 2017 30 ideas to reduce your IT budget | 15% of businesses find data 'unrecoverable' post-breach | 11 health IT key notes | Yahoo CEO loses bonus after 2 breaches | McKesson, Change Healthcare complete merger March 2, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] The growth of predictive analytics: 7 thoughts | Pop health, 1 patient at a time: 4 questions with Tribridge VP Damon Auer | 150 great places to work in healthcare | 1,110+ industry professionals attending Becker's Spine & ASC conf. in June. Reg. today! March 1, 2017 Lawsuit alleges NYC hospital charges 2x legal amount for medical records | Trump's first joint address to Congress: What he said about healthcare, in 3 points | Epic to develop 2 new EHR versions | 1B records compromised in 2016 February 28, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 23 ideas to boost cybersecurity in the next 60 minutes | How cybercriminals capture ransoms | 12k patients' info exposed via unencrypted email at NC Health Department & 17 more recent healthcare data breaches, security incidents February 28, 2017 NJ couple sentenced for stealing 71 patients' identities, credit card information | What issues dominated HIMSS17? We asked, you answered | 4 latest HIPAA settlements | 8 technologies poised to disrupt healthcare February 27, 2017 Vanderbilt hit with data breach during Epic implementation | 12 vendor contracts, go-lives | Physician complaints halt Cerner use at Canadian health system | Meridian Health W-2 scam affects 1.2k employees February 24, 2017 3 data security lessons from Dayton Children's Hospital CIO Beth Hunkeler | 15 health IT key notes | Where the happiest CIOs live | Healthgrades names 2017 Best Hospitals: 5 things to know February 23, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Siemens rolls out data exchange for predictive analytics | Michael Dowling: Your population health strategy will fail unless you do these 3 things | 9 brilliant keynotes at the Becker's 8th Annual Meeting | 15 states where drug overdose deaths increased most from 2014-2015 February 22, 2017 Epic, Nuance Communications join forces | Cerner SVP on IT support: We've 'flipped the model upside-down' | How Covenant Health used a virtual desktop for greater security over data | CHS to sell 25 hospitals as net loss swells to $1.7B in 2016 February 21, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 6 latest cybersecurity trends out of HIMSS | 1,000 patient records stolen from Ohio prosthetics center | Early registration discounts end for BHR Annual Meeting Monday | 15 things to know about Stark Law February 21, 2017 Horizon BCBS fined $1.1M for 2013 breach | MD Anderson may sever IBM Watson partnership | 8 brilliant keynotes at the Becker's Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference | American Well, Samsung launch partnership February 20, 2017 Memorial Healthcare System pays $5.5M HIPAA settlement | 7 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | 50 things to know about athenahealth, Cerner, Epic, McKesson & Meditech | CHS to sell 8 hospitals to Steward Health Care February 17, 2017 10 things to know before HIMSS | W-2 scam hits Mo. hospital | 10 key health IT notes | UPMC, Microsoft partner to reduce physicians' electronic paperwork burden February 16, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Rude surgeons may also be the most hazardous | Americans' stress levels hit new high | 20 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent | Mental health records found in Ga. dumpster February 15, 2017 5 fastest-growing jobs in tech right now | Epic expands in UK with London hospital | 10 things to know about Teladoc, American Well | January averaged 1 data breach per day February 14, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] After Wyoming hospital breach, IRS warns of W-2 scams | AT&T, IBM & Symantec form IoT Cybersecurity Alliance | Survey: 44% of Americans worry about PHI being stolen | Intel launches online dashboard to monitor cybersecurity trends February 14, 2017 3 questions with IBM Watson Health's Dr. Anil Jain | This millionaire entrepreneur wants to prevent medical errors | Report: Federal IT spending to decrease through 2018 | A state-by-state breakdown of hospital adjusted expenses per inpatient day February 13, 2017 Cerner year-end revenue increases 8% | 4 notes on CIO pay at different experience levels | 8 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | 10 female RCM leaders to know in 2017 February 10, 2017 Black Book ranks top EHR vendors | Analysts: athenahealth's fiscal goals may be too high | DOD begins 1st Cerner EHR go-live | GE to hire 20k women for STEM jobs by 2020 | 11 health IT key notes February 9, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Data from pacemaker helped indict man of arson | Wis. publisher files lawsuit to stop medical faxes from coming to office | GAO: Data challenges impede Medicaid oversight | Come hear great keynotes at Becker's Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference Sept. 21-23 February 8, 2017 7 characteristics of successful CIOs | 'Copy and paste' can lead to errors in EHRs | IT sector adds 9k jobs in January | LinkedIn: Most promising healthcare jobs of 2017 February 7, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Top 5 ways cybercriminals execute healthcare breaches | Verity Health notifies 9k patients of potential breach | Kansas medical center breach affects 6.8k patients | Healthcare industry encompasses 34.4% of all breaches February 7, 2017 Judge OKs Epic lawsuit settlement | DOJ CIO works to merge email systems | 10 things to know about athenahealth | Join 2500+ people at the BHR Annual Meeting April 17-20 February 6, 2017 25% of CEOs' time spent on work that could be automated | 7 recent vedor contracts, go-lives | VA appoints new CISO | athenahealth 2016 revenue up 17% | 10 things to know about Meditech February 3, 2017 Children's Medical Center of Dallas pays $3.2M for lack of HIPAA compliance | 18 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent | There will be 300B passwords by 2020 | 10 health IT key notes February 2, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 'Watson for Oncology' debuts in US | Penn Medicine uses data analytics for urgent cancer care | Why AI is the new UI | 1,110+ industry professionals attending Becker's spine & ASC conf. in June. 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February 1, 2017 The most common reasons IT pros are fired | 11 disruptive healthcare companies to watch | Study: Patient symptoms 'inconsistent' between EMR documentation, self-reported questionnaire | 25 things to know about RCM in 2017 January 31, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] MultiCare breach affects 1.2k patients | 1.4k Wyoming hospital employees' info released through email scam | Pew: 64% of Americans have experienced a data breach | 60 rural hospital CEOs to know January 31, 2017 Epic named overall Best in KLAS for 7th consecutive year | Oracle CEO: 80% of corporate data centers to close by 2025 | How these tech companies responded to Trump's travel ban | Dr. Zeke Emanuel is dubious of what Silicon Valley can do for healthcare January 30, 2017 10 salary, bonus stats for chief information technology officers | 11 vendor contracts, go-lives | HHS names new CISO | Summa Health CEO resigns amid physician tension January 27, 2017 5 health IT executives on success after Trump's executive order | McKesson reports flat Q3 net income | 8 health IT key notes | Hacking, malware-based attacks down in 2016 January 26, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Epic withholds overtime settlement terms from judge | Tech, not longer lifespans, fuel healthcare costs | Study: Physicians with EHR access order more tests | Reg. for Becker's spine & ASC conf. featuring industry leaders like SCA's Andrew Hayek January 25, 2017 SEC to probe Yahoo over data breaches | Ex-UPMC Health Plan executive pleads guilty in $846k embezzlement case | 66% of patients willing to see physicians via video | 50 things to know about the hospital industry in 2017 January 24, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 30% of breaches reported to HHS are linked to vendors | UPMC not negligent after 2014 data breach, appeals court rules | 10M+ Social Security numbers exposed by healthcare industry in 2016 January 24, 2017 Lawrence + Memorial Hospital goes live on $30M Epic EHR | IBM revenue declines for 19th consecutive quarter | 10 things to know about Epic, Cerner | Trump's executive order on the ACA: 5 things to know January 23, 2017 Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush on making healthcare great again | 6 vendor contracts, go-lives | Indiana cancer agency hit with attack by TheDarkOverlord | GOP on ACA replacement: Who wants what? January 20, 2017 Healthcare breaches cost $6.2B annually | What HHS nominee Rep. Tom Price said about telemedicine during Senate hearing | 7 health IT key notes | MIT, Harvard researchers partner for $27M AI ethics initiative January 19, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Sentara Healthcare data breach affects 5k | 19 hospitals seeking Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent | Study: Biosensors useful for personalized Lyme disease, diabetes care | Gov. Chris Christie declares opioid abuse a public health crisis in NJ January 18, 2017 SCOTUS to hear Epic overtime case | 25 exec moves | UVM Health Network to invest $112M in Epic rollout | Where are CMS' new overall 5-star hospitals? January 17, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] 19k affected by BCBS of Delaware breach | Laptop stolen from LA children's hospital may have 3k patients' data | Jonathan Bush: Legacy software should 'hear their death knell' January 17, 2017 LA Valley College pays hackers $28k ransom | 12 vendor contracts, go-lives | 8 precision medicine trends | The No. 1 thing you need to know from the 2017 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference: Follow the money January 13, 2017 Epic approaches settlement in overtime pay lawsuit | 2016 averaged 1 healthcare data breach per day | 10 health IT key notes | Patient shoots himself inside NJ hospital | Cleveland Clinic: IBM partnership will not result in mass IT layoffs January 12, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] Car crashes into pole, brings down Epic EHR at Jefferson Healthcare | 4 states join prescription data sharing network | CHIME, HIMSS name CIO of the year | US News: 10 countries with most well-developed healthcare systems January 11, 2017 10 technologies for the C-suite to watch | Burwell to Price: Prioritize cybersecurity as HHS secretary | Highest paying jobs in 2017 dominated by healthcare | St. Jude releases cybersecurity updates for vulnerable heart devices January 10, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Presence Health to pay $475k HIPAA settlement | 2015 Anthem cyberattack could be work of foreign gov't, officials say | Alleged ransomware attack affects Emory Healthcare patients January 10, 2017 113 CIOs to know | Surgical Care Affiliates, OptumCare to merge | Federal spending on HIT to reach $6.4B by 2021: 5 key trends | 28% of consumers don't know when to use telemedicine January 9, 2017 Cancer association releases dataset with 19k records | 11 vendor contracts, go-lives | Beaufort Memorial goes live on Meditech EHR | 21 hospital closures | Theranos lays off 40% of workforce January 6, 2017 Houston Methodist CEO: Tech to blame for escalating healthcare costs | 8 key HIT notes | Google sued over wage data | MD Anderson to cut 1k jobs | McKesson, Change Healthcare unveil name of newly merged company January 5, 2017 [Data analytics/Pop health] 61% of payers, providers anticipate genomic data focus by 2020 | 60 most powerful people in healthcare | Pop health management vendors, ranked | 18 hospitals seeking Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent January 4, 2017 University of Vermont Medical Center seeks unified EHR | Global telemedicine market to hit $113B by 2025 | CHS sells controlling interest in home health business to drive down debt | Privacy issues drive HIT consumer skepticism January 3, 2017 [Cybersecurity edition] Alleged breach exposes data of Special Ops healthcare workers | 12 healthcare ransomware attacks of 2016 | Survey: Compromised websites, malvertisements top ransomware entry methods | Suspect found dead in Nevada hospital after police standoff January 3, 2017 Intermountain leverages telehealth for infectious diseases | Texas hospital to file for bankruptcy | Mayo Clinic designs genomic test for lymphoma | 10 executive moves January 2, 2017 Antitrust investigation into McKesson, Change Healthcare merger ends | 7 health IT key notes | 16% of healthcare execs plan commercial blockchain solutions in 2017 | 4 Indiana health systems warn 8,000+ patients of infection risks December 30, 2016 12 healthcare ransomware attacks of 2016 | No hacker skills needed for data breach in NH psychiatric hospital | 7 thoughts on the future of blockchain in RCM | Trump meets with leaders of Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Partners and Cleveland Clinic December 29, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] NH psych patient accused of breach affecting 15k | 16 most popular health IT lists of 2016 | 241 hospitals punished 3 years in a row for high infection rates | 13 data points on the opioid epidemic December 28, 2016 UMass Memorial blames Epic implementation for drop in operating income | 50 best healthcare quotes of 2016 | $15k in electronics stolen from Pa. outpatient hospital | 20 health conditions people spent most on in 2013 December 27, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] 11 biggest healthcare data breaches in 2016 | 400k affected in data breach of Community Health Plan of Washington | Austin ambulance hijacked with crew, patient inside | Healthcare cyberattacks up 63% in 2016 December 27, 2016 6 largest HIPAA settlement fines of 2016 | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | CHS sells 10 medical office buildings for $163M | How this black female physician changed a Delta flight policy December 26, 2016 9 health IT trends to watch in 2017 | 6 health IT key notes | HIMSS names 7 'Most Influential Women in Health IT' | Ousted CEO sues Broward Health | Why the phrase 'Can I ask you a question?' drives athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush nuts December 23, 2016 Cleveland Clinic, IBM strike 5-year partnership | 20 things to know about the growth of telehealth | 19 hospitals seeking Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent | Why 2016 was a good year for humanity: 38 gains in health and well-being | Trump's physician: 'If something happens to him, then it happens to him' December 22, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] CMS: 171k physicians will have 3% MU payment adjustments next year | American Heart Association calls on Medicare to cover telehealth | Study: US ill-prepared to face next health crisis | Fitbits and the future of health IT: 4 questions with PCP Dr. David Weinstock December 21, 2016 Walgreens, Matter to partner | HIMSS CEO H. Stephen Lieber to retire | Geisinger CEO Dr. David Feinberg: 'I'd like to eliminate the waiting room' | State medical boards say telemedicine was top regulatory issue of 2016 December 20, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] How to reduce breach detection time to 1.2 hours | 97% of security executives say human error is the No. 1 vulnerability | Newt Gingrich: Trump may keep Dr. Francis Collins at NIH | 51% of health IT professionals unsure how long it takes to detect a cyberattack December 20, 2016 Discharged patient returns, shoots officer at hospital | 55k Lynda.com accounts hacked | Google launches IoT platform | 'Descriptive analytics are not going anywhere': 4 questions with Stamford Health's Divya Malhotra December 19, 2016 65 women leaders in medtech | 18 hidden costs of EHRs | November counted most healthcare data breaches of 2016 | 11 vendor contracts, go-lives December 16, 2016 Yahoo hacked: 1B users' data compromised | 7 health IT key notes | MD Anderson records $102.4M operating loss in first 2 months of FY 2017 | Voice/wireless manager, BYOD supervisors in high demand for 2017 December 15, 2016 [Data analytics and Pop health] Army to use personalized medicine for mental health | Skills, budgets pose barriers to CIO success, report finds | IBM to hire 25k, invest $1B in economy | 80 rural hospital closures, state-by-state December 14, 2016 MetroHealth deploys Epic EHR at Cleveland jail | Tele-ICU market to grow to $5B by 2023 | 10 RCM tips from experts | GAO: Health IT, EHRs a challenge for rural practices | 10 hospital bankruptcies in 2016 December 13, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Quest Diagnostics breach affects 34k | 20% of ransomware victims can't recover files, even after paying | 55% of Americans feel safe from cyberattacks | New ransomware variant encourages victims to pass along virus December 13, 2016 Cerner EHR implementation cost doubles to $400M in Calif. prison system | Trump to host tech summit this week | 5 things to know about Locky ransomware | Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove on Trump, the ACA's future and more: 5 quotes December 12, 2016 10 vendor contracts, go-lives | Locky, Cerber most common ransomware | Cerner President Zane Burke: DoD EHR delay won't affect rollout timeline | Seeking 4 panelists for Health IT + RCM Meeting | Christmas season brings holiday phishing attempts December 9, 2016 Epic, McKesson & Teladoc - 8 health IT key notes | 4 questions with Zocdoc CEO Dr. Oliver Kharraz | Bill Gates' 5 favorite books from 2016 | Tampa General pays $10k sum for all plaintiffs in data breach settlement December 8, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Cerner president: We're spending more on R&D than ever before | AHA endorses Teladoc | Employee found dead in Fla. hospital | 19 hospitals seeking Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent December 7, 2016 Dr. Stephen Klasko's interview with Judy Faulkner: 9 things to know | Global telehealth market to hit $9.4B by 2021 | Rush names new CIO | IBM rolls out Watson for Cybersecurity December 6, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Nurse fired over breach involving 528 patient records | Obama's cybersecurity report: 16 recommendations, 53 action items | NSF dedicates $76M to cybersecurity research | Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove joins Trump's advisory panel December 6, 2016 Epic sued over overtime pay policies | 16 exec moves | Telehealth, in-person visits equally effective in treating depression | Executives, physicians at Dallas hospital indicted in massive kickback scheme December 5, 2016 Epic EHR down overnight at UI Health Care due to electrical problem | Ascension CEO to meet with Trump transition team | 10 vendor contracts, go-lives | Prediction: Ransomware to double by 2018 December 2, 2016 Healthcare organizations to be most targeted for data breaches in 2017 | 7 health IT key notes | 1M+ Google accounts hacked through Android | 3.6k physicians speak out against AMA endorsement of Price December 1, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop Health] Hospital star ratings linked to city stress level | UCSF, GE's 'deep learning algorithms' support clinician decision-making | VA to personalize care with AI | Patient accused of attacking, kidnapping nurse in Illinois hospital November 30, 2016 Mobile health market to reach $21.7B in 5 years | 4 COOs on the digital future of healthcare | Duke develops robotic nurse | Sleepy Eye Medical Center launches Meditech EHR November 29, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] CEO email scam hits 17 healthcare organizations in 2 weeks | Tech, data crises most detrimental to hospital reputation | Trump's HHS, CMS picks: 9 things to know | 9 vendor contracts, go-lives November 29, 2016 7 health IT key notes | IBM Watson rolls out IoT platform | Man sues CNN for airing images of him in hospital | 130 women healthcare leaders to know November 28, 2016 1.7k patients hit by data breach at Berkshire Medical Center | 10 largest gifts to healthcare organizations in 2016 | Physician claims innocence after admitting he administered unnecessary chemotherapy to patients November 25, 2016 Thank-you notes from 9 health system CEOs | UMass to pay $650k HIPAA settlement | Cerner policy director on Trump presidency: We won't 'see something that devalues the role of health IT' | 21 hospitals seeking Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent November 23, 2016 Pa. hospital IT team delivers turkeys to those in need | Cash flow up 20% after EHR implementation at Puerto Rico hospital | What skills do CIOs plan to invest in? | UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention renews Cerner contract November 22, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] 97% of phishing emails delivered ransomware in Q3 | Homeland Security releases guidance for IoT security | 18 transactions, partnerships | Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove's warning to all US hospitals November 22, 2016 HHS: health IT a top management challenge | Intel faces potential third round of layoffs | Texas hospital closes | Will China be first to perfect genetic editing? | 32 executive moves November 21, 2016 Yale CIO Lisa Stump: Genomics, IoT are the future of healthcare delivery | 12 vendor contracts, go-lives | British hospitals say they're safe from cyberattacks | 23andMe president steps down November 18, 2016 Cerner Cofounder Neal Patterson gives surprise speech | 40% of Oct. breaches results of hacking, malware, ransomware | 6 health IT keynotes | Dr. Tom Price rumored to be Trump's pick to lead HHS November 17, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Where are we on the road to population health? | Mount Sinai rolls out patient engagement app for Android | Union calls for McKesson CEO to return millions of dollars | IBM's CEO writes open letter to President-elect Trump November 16, 2016 Cerner, American Well to partner | Lake Health blames $30M deficit on IT conversion | Outbreak of bloodstream infections linked to syringes reaches 149 cases | IBM Watson, Broad Institute partner for cancer research November 15, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Data breaches increased 26% in 2016 | 3 Trump quotes on cybersecurity | What this city is doing to fight cyberattacks | IT device manufacturers struggle with Internet of Things security November 15, 2016 athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush urges health systems to rip a page from Uber's playbook | VA to roll out mobile app for primary care appointment scheduling | 18 exec moves | 5 people Trump may choose to lead HHS November 14, 2016 Broward Health privacy breach affects 126 former patients | 7 vendor contracts, go lives | Athenahealth CEO: Trump likely to repeal ACA 'around the edges' | Forrester predictions for 2017: US president to face cybercrisis 1st 100 days in office; healthcare breaches to be as common as retail breaches November 11, 2016 6 health IT keynotes | Siemens plans IPO of $15B healthcare branch | Yahoo likely knew about its data breach in 2014, SEC filing shows | Silicon Valley investor to join Trump transition team November 10, 2016 [Data analytics and pop health] Epic VP: 'We expect all Epic customers to eventually connect' | Why the polls failed to accurately predict the election's outcome | 23 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, Meditech, Epic talent | Pitt law class develops 5 new policies to reduce opioid overdose deaths November 9, 2016 12 actions Donald Trump plans to take in first 100 days | Walgreens sues Theranos | FTC releases data breach response guide | Head of NY's public hospital system to step down | 4 strategies to successfully use data to transition from volume to value November 8, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Texas hospital data breach affects 30k | Are Russian hackers motivated by money or political influence? | 25 exec moves | Cerner president: Revenue cycle will be major contributor to growth November 8, 2016 McKesson lays off 60 | Epic recognizes Mercy as top EHR user | 67k new IT jobs created since January | Physicians shocked by abrupt closure of their own clinic November 7, 2016 9 vendor contracts, go-lives | How CHS, Tenet, UHS, LifePoint and HCA fared in Q3 | 77% of patients use online reviews to choose new physicians | CISOs project cognitive security solutions will increase threefold by 2019 November 4, 2016 6 health IT keynotes | 10 cybersecurity questions for Clinton, Trump | Armed man reportedly impersonated Virginia Mason employee to steal patient records | 1 dead, 9 hospitalized with rate polio-like illness at Seattle Children's November 3, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] University of Kentucky to monitor opioid overdoses in real time | 39% of IT leaders say data analytics still in demand | 3 hospitals choose Meditech EHR | CMS releases 2017 final OPPS rule | Do IT professionals get paid enough? Half say no November 2, 2016 Is the US prepared for a cyberattack? | 12 layoffs in October | Opinion: ICD-10 still a struggle | Rush plans capacity command center with GE Healthcare November 1, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Ransomware, malware among top concerns for HIT execs | 5 reasons why healthcare is losing the cybersecurity war | 26 exec moves | Australian Red Cross reports data breach affecting 550k blood donors November 1, 2016 Canadian system offers physicians $260 daily for using Cerner EHR | Blackstone to acquire TeamHealth in $6B deal | Emory leverages e-ICU to reduce night shifts | University of Pittsburgh to create open source oncology software | 100 hospitals with great orthopedic programs October 31, 2016 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | Predictive models not accurate with EMRs, study finds | Broward board postpones CEO search indefinitely | 9 universities receive $6.3M to integrate patient-reported outcomes into EHRs October 28, 2016 6 health IT key notes | Stolen medical records sell for about $2 | New ransomware encrypts individual files with unique key | 40 inconsequential medical procedures October 27, 2016 [Data Analytics/Pop health] 23 hospitals seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | Insurers monitoring customers on social media to set prices | Ex-nurse charged with murder of 8 patients | 10 cities with the highest, lowest incidence of heart attacks October 26, 2016 Anonymous 'hacktavist' charged for 2014 Boston Children's attacks | What did the top-paid CIOs earn in 2015? | Dignity Health, CHI agree to explore further alignment | Global IT spending to hit $3.5T October 25, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] 13k affected in Baystate Health phishing scam | 82% of email servers not protected against this common security issue | MACRA update: More advanced APM opportunities to open | 50 of the greenest hospitals in America October 25, 2016 15 under 15: How these kids are changing IT | athenahealth Q3 revenue jumps 17% | 3 highlights from Cleveland Clinic's innovation summit | California hospital owner files for bankruptcy October 24, 2016 10 vendor contracts, go-lives | Florida Hospital misplaces patient records | Why top websites crashed Friday | NP average hourly wage, salary by state October 21, 2016 St. Joseph Health to pay $2M HIPAA settlement | Kids' medical records deleted in Texas ransomware attack | Full-page ad bashes CHS-owned hospital over billing, quality | Russian hacker arrested for LinkedIn data breach October 20, 2016 [Data Analytics/Pop Health] Third-party firm leaks 547 patient records at Chicago hospital | IBM Watson to generate $500M this year | An 11-item checklist for population health partnerships | 400 healthcare workers rally at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center October 19, 2016 IBM Watson, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Quest partner for cancer research | St. Jude Medical to create cyber security medical advisory board | MACRA's Merit-Based Incentive Payment System: 7 things to know | Epic campus honored by American Institute of Architects October 18, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Healthcare data breaches up in Q3 | 20 exec moves | HIMSS to launch cybersecurity education center | Healthcare attorneys believe industry at high risk for cyberattacks October 18, 2016 How Epic helped Hawai'i Pacific Health receive the HIMSS Davies Award | CalOptima breached after use of unencrypted flash drive | CHS to sell controlling interest in home health business for $128M | CareerCast: 10 best jobs in IT, engineering October 17, 2016 MACRA puts emphasis on health IT | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | ONC issues final rule for HIT Certification Program | NYC physician charged with manslaughter in patient's death | 10 things to know about MACRA October 14, 2016 6 health IT key notes | CHS faces fraud allegations from Quorum investor | Cybersecurity major concern for millennial voters | Cerner's new Innovations Campus: 4 updates | 17 female HIT company CEOs to know October 13, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] 50 hospitals with most ER visits | 18 hospitals seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | IBM Watson, Siemens align for global population health management | Racial bias found in genomics databases October 12, 2016 IBM offers Watson services to employees fighting cancer | What McKesson is doing to comfort cancer patients | Percentage of female CIOs down since 2012 | Investor sues Tenet after $514M kickback deal October 11, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Half of organizations below health data security standard | Vendor breach affects 550 patients at Northwest Community Hospital | 5 injured, hospitalized by exploding Samsung phones | Partners HealthCare's Dr. Joseph Kvedar: Risk of connected data is a trade off for achieving better health October 11, 2016 UW Health data breach stems from mailing error | 23 exec moves | There are 4 types of CIOs: Which one are you? | 'Everyone's doing portals': How Novant Health makes its portal stand out October 10, 2016 6 vendor contracts, go-lives | Physician opinions of EHR vendors: 13 findings | Urology group cyberattack hits 300k | 100 female leaders to follow on Twitter | Deputy shoots inmate in Ben Taub Hospital who held med student hostage October 7, 2016 6 health IT key notes | 'Security fatigue' an emerging threat to cybersecurity | Geisinger refunds patients $400k for 'uncompassinoate care' | Watson, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals to create 'smart hospital rooms' October 6, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] From data to diagnostics: 6 things to know about Apple's healthcare push | Parents charged $39 to hold baby after birth | DEA cuts opioid manufacturing quotas by 25% | Data finds many MLB players overweight October 5, 2016 9 things to know about blockchain | Judy Faulkner named to Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans | Tenet to pay $541M to settle kickback allegations | IBM invests $200M into Watson Internet of Things unit October 4, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] NJ Spine Center pays ransom to hackers, says 'no other option' | Traveling for work? You're a target for hackers | CHS adopts poison pill to protect stockholders | 22 exec moves October 4, 2016 50 hospitals with innovation programs | One reporter tried to gather his full medical record in 72 hours | NLRB issues labor complaint against CHS | 13 must-reads for healthcare leaders October 3, 2016 5 vendor contracts, go-lives | 45 stats on EHR specialist pay | Our Lady of the Angels completes Epic transition in less than a year | CHS to sell 4 hospitals to Curae Health September 30, 2016 6 health IT keynotes | 9 hospital bankruptcies this year | Tidelands Health computer system failure delays tests, reroutes ambulances | Yahoo insiders say lax security a big factor in 2014 breach September 29, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] 21 hospitals seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | 10 best, worst states for women's health | Parkland Memorial to cut 300 jobs | NYC Health launches new street banner campaign for mental health, LGBT care September 28, 2016 9 digital health startup hubs outside of Silicon Valley | HHS CTO Susannah Fox on tech in healthcare | 19 hospital transactions, partnerships | Why unique patient identifiers are a unique problem for hospitals September 27, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] 16 latest healthcare data breaches | Yale-New Haven sitter charged with stealing patients' identities | 5 patients infected in UW Medical Center's Legionnaires' outbreak September 27, 2016 10 biggest IT stories of the year | Top 20 recipients of AHA's political contributions | Why Halifax Health's CIO sees delayed EHR go-live as a good thing | Care New England $400k HIPAA settlement highlights importance of updated business associate agreements September 26, 2016 7 vendor contracts, go-lives | Ransomware encrypts data at Keck Medicine of USC, no ransom paid | Mobile devices are weakest cybersecurity link | Trump, Clinton offer healthcare plans with opposite outcomes September 23, 2016 Yahoo confirms 500M users affected in 2014 breach | Best, worst commercial health plans of 2016 | 11 health IT keynotes | FDA's 2017 priorities: Big data, cybersecurity, precision medicine September 22, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Banner Health algorithm unintentionally forecasts death | 100 hospitals with great heart programs | ONC: Best, worst states for EHR adoption, HIE, interoperability | Russian hackers leak more Olympians' medical records September 21, 2016 Down the rabbit hole at Epic: 9 key points from the Users Group Meeting | Saint Francis Health denies ransom demand | ONC pushes back against physician EHR dissatisfaction | Apollo Global reportedly in talks to acquire CHS' assets September 20, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Why I did it: Boston Children's 2014 hacker explains | FBI urges ransomware victims to report attacks to feds | CHS explores sale | How to mitigate cybersecurity threats from inside September 20, 2016 These tech jobs to receive highest pay bump in 2017 | 18 exec moves | CHS, Dignity launch Precision Medicine Alliance | Nebraska Medicine chooses Epic for pop health platform September 19, 2016 6 vendor contracts, go-lives | 12 hospital CTOs to know | 8 questions with American Well CEO Dr. Roy Schoenberg | Board of Allina-run hospital votes to dissolve September 16, 2016 5 health IT keynotes | Ice maker, sinks linked to fatal cases of Legionnaires' at UW Medical Center | Geisinger Health Plan mailing error breaches 2.8k members' data | Some hackers say hospitals are off-limits for ransomware attacks September 15, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] 21 hospitals seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | Cerner, GE Healthcare recognized by Computerworld for data analytics projects | EHR data can predict suicidal behavior | Mercy Health chief strategy officer unexpectedly dies September 14, 2016 US athletes' medical records leaked | Is Boston Children's $1B expansion necessary? | University of Nevada med school adds Epic to curriculum | Jonathan Bush donates $10k to support legalizing marijuana September 13, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Why cyberattacks aren't harming hospital finances | Vendor error puts 18k CHI Franciscan patients' info online | Seeking speakers for Becker's 3rd CIO/HIT + Rev Cycle Conference in Sept. 2017 | Asante reports internal data breach | Dartmouth-Hitchcock to layoff 460 employees September 13, 2016 Is it ethical to label 'frequent fliers' in the EHR? | 10 apps to ease traveling for hospital execs | Surgeons protest CMS proposal requiring them to code every 10 minutes | EHRs not required in emergency preparedness rule September 12, 2016 5 vendor contracts, go-lives | New health IT hubs | CMS on MACRA: Providers can 'pick their pace' | Med students want more EHR training September 9, 2016 Dell to cut 3k jobs | 8 health IT keynotes | Epic asks SCOTUS to weigh in on employee arbitration ban | UCSF to outsource 97 IT jobs | Florida nurse arrested on 131 felony charges September 8, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Dell closes largest tech merger in history | CEO Dr. John Jay Shannon on the opioid epidemic | LA Health Department chooses Cerner | Michael Dowling: How to make pop health more than a project September 7, 2016 MU payment adjustments begin Oct. 1 | 25 exec moves | NJ overpaid hospitals $2.3M in MU payments | 110 physician leaders to know September 6, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Medical College of Wisconsin breach affects 3,200 patients | Physicians spend twice as much time on EHRs than patients | Planned Parenthood email error breaches 10,700 patients' info | 700 records of Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center patients stolen from car September 6, 2016 4 vendor contracts, go-lives | 9 health IT executives on what it takes to be a Most Wired hospital | 7 layoffs in August | DOD delays go-live | Global health IT market to reach $228.8B by 2020 September 2, 2016 6 health IT key notes | 3 tips on how not to pay ransom | Feds investigate computer virus at ARH hospitals | 100 ACOs to know | 4 questions with health IT thought leader Justin Barnes September 1, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] 21 hospitals seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | 5 questions with Boston Medical Center CEO on the opioid crisis | Epic donates excess food to local food pantries | AMA launches mapping tool to find underserved patient populations August 31, 2016 Cerner named among 'World's Most Innovative Companies' | St. Jude Medical debunks Muddy Waters cybersecurity report | 8 blockchain healthcare startups to know | Years of genome research riddled with errors due to Microsoft Excel default setting August 30, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Epic petitions court to protect confidential documents | Why hacking isn't a get-rich-quick scheme anymore | Calif. health plan reports breach due to unauthorized access | 21 health systems with strong finances August 30, 2016 MD Anderson says Epic implementation drags down adjusted income 77% | 22 exec moves | Global IT spending to top $2.7T by 2020 | How the next president could fix health IT: 5 thoughts from Jonathan Bush August 29, 2016 9 vendor contracts, go-lives | Physicians rate top EHRs | 112 healthcare entrepreneurs to know | FBI investigates patient suicide at Long Island VA | Device cybersecurity under scrutiny at St. Jude Medical August 26, 2016 6 health IT keynotes | Dignity Health reports breach after 'excessive' patient data sent to health plan | Why CIOs are wary of tech startup products | Former CEO sued for defamation August 25, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] NYC launches Zika information website | A physician describes his ideal EHR | Geo-mapping identifies hot spots for opioid use | State-by-state breakdown of 76 rural hospital closures August 24, 2016 McKesson threatens to pull technology from bankrupt hospital | Orlando Health employee went through personal information of Pulse survivors | 100 great oncology programs | HIMSS: Nearly a third of hospitals transmit patient data unencrypted August 23, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] OIG finds 'significant' security vulnerabilities in CMS' networks | 7 findings from HIMSS' cybersecurity update | WikiLeaks accused of publishing sensitive medical records | OCR to investigate more breaches affecting 500 or fewer individuals August 23, 2016 FTC outlines corrective actions for Practice Fusion in patient privacy case | NJ hospital's 'arrogant, manipulative' ads draw scrutiny | How patient misidentification impacts the bottom line | Penn Highlands Clearfield begins transition to $6M Cerner EHR August 22, 2016 6 vendor contracts, go-lives | 10 things keeping health system CEOs up at night | Will understanding hackers' incentives reduce the threat of breaches? | Why Jonathan Bush credits his success to failure and a little bit of luck August 19, 2016 5 health IT key notes | Cisco to layoff 5,500 | From Hippocrates to HIPAA: A history of patient privacy | 7 things to know about Aetna's ACA exchange exit August 18, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] 10 best, worst states for e-prescription of controlled substances | 5 layoffs | Arkansas, last telemedicine holdout, approves video visits | Chicago hospital changes patients' names to prevent gang retaliation August 17, 2016 Physicians speak out against EHR 'shackles' | 3 hurdles blocking true precision medicine | Why Andy Slavitt is tweeting this about patient's experience | Walgreens ventures into gamification to boost medication adherence August 16, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Why Banner Health's handling of its breach gets a 'C-minus' from this expert | Ariz. pain clinic breach affects 900k | Athens Orthopedic Clinic won't provide credit monitoring following breach August 16, 2016 Which EHRs do US News' 10 top hospitals use? | 12 exec moves | US has overabundance & shortage of STEM workers - here's how | Apple CEO on encryption, privacy and FBI battle | 50 critical access hospital CEOs to know August 15, 2016 7 vendor contracts, go-lives | Judy Faulkner named to Forbes' 'Richest People in Tech' | Bon Secours vendor breach affects 655k patients | HHS drops investigation into Walgreens data dumping August 12, 2016 31 health IT & revenue cycle wiz kids | 8 health IT key notes | 6 tips for maximizing a CIO's relationship with the board and C-suite | Health IT salaries up 2.2% compared to 2015 August 11, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Why hospitals should think smaller about big data | 10 largest HIPAA settlement fines | IBM Watson diagnoses rare cancer | EHR algorithm identifies hypertensive patients August 10, 2016 Tesla's autopilot helps drive man to ER | Cerner to invest $75M, create 250 jobs | Apple rumored to be developing health-monitoring unit | Allscripts acquisitions lead to record bookings in Q2 August 9, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] 3.3M affected by data breach of health plan ID company | Banner Health cyberattack brings layered security strategy into focus | EHR billing services company pays ransom to hackers | Carle breach affects 1,185 patients August 9, 2016 Physician files class-action lawsuit against Banner over data breach | NY-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi on managing rapid change | 18 exec moves | SSM Health's CMIO talks interoperability, patient identifiers & standards August 8, 2016 Advocate to pay largest HIPAA settlement to date | 7 vendor contracts, go-lives | 3 leaders on leveraging other industries' ideas to fix healthcare | Quint Studer: 3 steps to get your professional development off the ground and running August 5, 2016 9 health IT key notes | $53M Epic EHR now at Riverside University Health | 25 hospitals seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | $65M in bitcoin stolen in hack August 4, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Banner Health suffers year's largest data breach; 3.7M affected | The financial impact of the Pulse nightclub shooting on victims | athenahealth works to fight Zika in Florida | 'Smart thermometer' designed to help stop spread of disease at 2016 Olympics August 3, 2016 Pediatric office drops 8 families after negative Facebook comments | 105k records stolen in Ohio health system hack | Epic live in Australia | The evolving usability of EHRs August 2, 2016 Lack of cybersecurity talent leaves companies worldwide in a bind | The new-age CIO: 3 leaders on how the top IT role is evolving | Hacker obtains electronic patient records from Prosthetic & Orthotic Care | Unauthorized person copied PHI from database at Miss. Clinic August 2, 2016 5 most-read HIT stories in July | Possible data breach at St. Peter's Health Partners after man given records of other patients | FBI: Agency, tech companies having good conversations about privacy | 6 must-reads for hospital leaders August 1, 2016 4 vendor contracts, go-lives | Ransomware events expected to double in 2016 | Elizabeth Holmes to present Theranos science today | 17 exec moves | Small, rural hospitals lag in interoperability: 7 findings July 29, 2016 8 HIT key notes | Why American Well's CEO thinks 2016 is the year of telehealth | Hospitals hit with 88% of ransomware attacks | How to prepare for MACRA & the consumer-facing world July 28, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Google charts Zika worries by tracking searches | The importance of assessing critical IT system investments | Study finds race has 18-fold effect on Chicago homicide rate | Weill Cornell genome sequencing cancer test validated for clinical use July 27, 2016 Rising stars: 50 healthcare leaders under 40 | Cerner still most-used vendor for hospitals attesting to MU | 17 of the most interesting people in healthcare | Data breach at Athens Orthopedic Clinic July 26, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] UMMC to pay $2.75M to settle HIPAA violations | 2.9k patients' data compromised by burglary at StarCare | HHS to fund cybersecurity information sharing organization July 26, 2016 7 CIO moves | Telemedicine companies join Uber, Lyft among most-funded companies | athenahealth will reimburse clients for MIPS-related payment cuts in new guarantee | What happens when there is too much transparency? July 25, 2016 7 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | 17 exec moves | In the era of Dr. Google, a call to bring 'art' back to medicine | athenahealth ends Q2 with $1.9M net loss July 22, 2016 6 health IT key notes | 26 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | Memorial Hermann security incident affects 12k employees | ProPublica posts HIPAA violation notification letters in ongoing patient privacy series July 21, 2016 [Data analytics/pop health] Big data, analytics lead digital health funding: 6 mid-year insights | Pokemon Go increases daily steps 53% | NYC Health+Hospitals promotes sexual health to young adults with emojis | Health apps near meaningless for low-income patients with chronic conditions July 20, 2016 50 healthcare apps to know | Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Israel partner on startup accelerator | 74% of MDs haven't seen return on EHR investment | These employees bought their CEO a Tesla July 19, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Pokemon Go a threat to enterprise cybersecurity, experts say | Google faces 4,000+ state-sponsored cyberattacks each month | Ultrasound unit thefts breach PHI of 1,100 Kaiser patients | New ransomware strain can encrypt files when server is offline July 19, 2016 Montana health employees booted for sharing data with lawmakers | 23 exec moves | Cerner adds new revenue cycle leadership: 5 questions with Cerner president, new SVP of RCM | CEO of Lucro reflects on company's beginnings, looks ahead July 18, 2016 Providence insider breach affects 5,400 patients | 6 contracts, go-lives | Gunman kills 2 at Parrish Medical Center | Top 61 health system markets | Why now isn't the time for the Uber for healthcare July 15, 2016 8 health IT key notes | Oregon Health & Science University to pay $2.7M to settle 2013 HIPAA violations | Why 55% of health IT professionals are constantly stressed | AHA supports bill eliminating 'all-or-nothing' approach to MU July 14, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Managing ED frequent fliers: New method from Sutter, Alameda | 5 new challenges, trends in data analytics | Diabetes screenings miss half of patients | Dating apps and HIV self-testing: A winning combo July 13, 2016 Trump's VA reform plan includes tech | HHS: Ransomware attacks considered breaches | Sparrow Health CMIO named HIMSS North America chair | 7 leaders share revenue cycle improvement advice July 12, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] After being fired for accessing NFL player's record, Jackson Health employee sues | These 10 cyberhacks are still affecting people | California bill would make ransomware a felony | June was worst month for hospital data breaches July 12, 2016 HHS names Beth Anne Killoran permanent CIO | 16 exec moves | Elizabeth Holmes barred from running labs for 2 years | Meet the 11-year-old working to expand telemedicine access July 11, 2016 Why non-IT leaders make strong CIOs | 3 vendor contracts, go-lives | DOD raises Cerner's data hosting contract to $74M | Dr. John Halamka proposes alternate IT certification plan July 8, 2016 4 health IT key notes | Paper records more accurate than EHRs, study finds | Island Health to 'persevere' through rocky Cerner EHR rollout | American Cancer Society CIO leaves for Earthlink | Do physicians really experience a satisfaction 'J-curve' with EHRs? July 7, 2016 [Data analytics/Pop health] Here are the conditions that kill most Americans | 21 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | Anthem flags members with high risk of opioid abuse | HHS improves access to opioid addiction treatment July 6, 2016 Congress calls for regulatory compliance plan from Theranos CEO | 5 things to know about ONC's new plan to measure interoperability | 5 must-reads for healthcare leaders | Vermont considers opt-out approach to HIE to boost provider access to data July 5, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] 8 biggest data breaches of the past 6 months | The hospital's guide to getting hacked | 19 exec moves | 3 cybersecurity tips from Google's security and privacy lead July 5, 2016 5 vendor contracts, go-lives | Catholic Health Care Services agrees to $650k HIPAA violation settlement | 4 healthcare layoffs in June | CMS permits sale of Medicare claims data to providers, employers July 1, 2016 6 health IT key notes | Execs more likely to pay ransom if they've been previously hacked | Alphabet appoints 1st African American to board | 5 most popular health IT stories from June June 30, 2016 [Data Analytics/Pop Health] How big data helped uncover the largest Medicare fraud takedown | 4.3k records compromised in Mass General vendor breach | Opioid overdose deaths by state | Hacker now selling 9.3M patient records on dark web June 29, 2016 Workarounds, 'culture of silence' around EHR errors prevalent in hospitals | McKesson, Change Healthcare create new tech company | Google faces 3rd round of antitrust charges | Mayo study links EHRs with physician burnout | WellTok CTO on how to design healthcare tech that fades into background June 28, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] Hacker hawks 655,000 health records on dark web | HHS considers using ethical hackers to ID, address cybersecurity concerns | Dignity Health data breached by third-party employee with fake nursing license June 28, 2016 Cerner, McKesson, Epic ranked among top 25 vendors | Virginia Mason under investigation after accreditation trouble | MU payments total $34.7B through May | 16 exec moves June 27, 2016 Why Crysis is healthcare's most threatening ransomware yet | 3 vendor contracts, go-lives | 7 hospital transactions, partnerships | VA misused $52M in appropriations for EHR, HIT projects June 24, 2016 8 health IT key notes | 23 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | Is health IT really 'digital snake oil?' 8 leaders react to Dr. James Madara's speech | Which EHRs do the US News Honor Roll children's hospitals use? June 23, 2016 [Data Analytics/Pop Health] Why AMA president Dr. Andy Gurman doesn't use an EHR | How HIE policy affects volume of data exchange | 14 CEO moves | MemorialCare extends ACO to Boeing employees June 22, 2016 10 highest paid tech CEOs | Google rolls out 'symptom search' | Fort Worth hospital to close | Advocate CTO: Instead of financial penalties for breaches, HHS should encourage cyber enhancement June 21, 2016 [Cybersecurity edition] 12 healthcare data breaches | Why a room of physicians can't keep an $8B secret | Data breaches cost $4M: This & 6 more key findings from IBM | Corporate email phishing scams increased 1,300% in 18 months June 21, 2016 Jonathan Bush: 4 ways to 'unbreak' healthcare | 10 must-reads for healthcare leaders | Saint Francis preps for Epic go-live | Calif. VA wastes $28M on IT June 20, 2016 7 vendor contracts, go-lives | 22 exec moves | HealthlCare.gov ranked No. 2 most trusted website | Cerner staffs on-site health clinic for local union June 17, 2016 11 health IT key notes | Epic asks court to reduce $940M award in Tata case | 9 CEO moves | Apple update opens access to medical records on iPhone June 16, 2016 [Data Analytics/Pop Health] 20 most costly inpatient conditions | Which medical specialty has the most complex schedule? | Update: HIPAA was not waived following Orlando shooting | Cerner claims biggest market share in EMR industry | US healthcare system top producer of greenhouse gas emissions June 15, 2016 CNO claims hospital forced her out after she raised concerns about EMR | Cerner's new Trails Campus brings buying power to South Kansas City | Dr. Toby Cosgrove and 24 other male CEOs get vocal about work-life balance | NSA could exploit medical devices to monitor targets June 14, 2016 HIPAA waived after Orlando shooting - did it have to be? | 8 must-reads for healthcare leaders | 67% of physician groups: MACRA tech requirements a threat to independence | The 'digital dystopia': 4 thoughts from AMA CEO Dr. James Madara June 13, 2016 4 vendor contracts, go-lives | 18 exec moves | Practice Fusion settles FTC charges it misled patients on data privacy | This company banned email to increase productivity, profitability June 10, 2016 Dr. John Halamka on the next 5 years in HIT | Employee found dead in Bronx hospital | 9 health IT keynotes | Warren Buffett says every organization must do this one thing June 9, 2016 Island Health docs choose paper over Cerner EHR | 96k IT jobs axed in May | 27 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | Why athenahealth won't participate in ONC's transparency attestation June 8, 2016 Cerner, McKesson, Epic among 10 top-earning IT vendors | US Census Bureau names new CIO | 17 tech leaders on Forbes' '100 Most Powerful Women' | 10 things to know about Senate's $162B health spending bill June 7, 2016 ProMedica fires 3 for breach of 3.5k patients' data | 7 must-reads for healthcare leaders | Allscripts, athenahealth top physician practice EHR satisfaction, loyalty rankings | McKesson could sell IT unit June 6, 2016 6 vendor contracts, go-lives | What comes after the Epic go-live? 6 questions with MD Anderson CIO Chris Belmont | 16 exec moves | VA CISO resigns June 3, 2016 Theranos CEO's net worth is $0 | DOD's Cerner go-live timeline 'not realistic' | 9 health IT key notes | 11 hospitals named to CIO 100 list June 2, 2016 Judy Faulkner ranked 3rd richest self-made woman | 6 CEO moves | NFL players health data stolen from trainer's care | 15 ways the tech executive role will change by 2020 June 1, 2016 Cerner has $1.2B economic impact on Kansas City | 8 layoffs | Stolen logbook compromises 1,000 patients' data from Carondelet | NM healthcare organization shutters, medical records disappear along with it May 31, 2016 Epic violated federal labor laws, court finds | 23 exec moves | 4 vendor contracts, go-lives | 20 highest paid healthcare CEOs | Judge grants Epic, Allscripts, athenahealth's motion to dismiss patent infringement case May 27, 2016 7 health IT key notes | 60k workers replaced with robots by Apple, Samsung supplier | Theranos faces consumer fraud lawsuit | IBM names Dr. Paul Tang chief health transformation officer May 26, 2016 29 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | 7 CEO moves | An Epic go-live, the opioid crisis and more: Mass General's CNO weighs in | Apple hints at med-tech developments May 25, 2016 8 hospitals' finances hurt by EHR costs | Kansas hospital pays ransom, gets hacked again | Whistle-blower claims 33 hospitals submitted $1B in fictitious costs | Apple CEO: Healthcare is an 'enormous' opportunity May 24, 2016 22 exec moves | St. Luke's Epic go-live on time, under budget | Warren Buffett's secret to happiness might upset some physicians | 5 findings on managing insider cybersecurity risk | How this MD's podcast is expanding the healthcare conversation May 23, 2016 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | HIPAA doesn't apply to Precision Medicine Initiative | 6 hospital bankruptcies, closures | CNN's David Gregory, executives from Banner, Northwestern, Prism weigh in on government intervention in healthcare May 20, 2016 Sharp Hospital inadvertently films C-sections | 8 health IT key notes | Theranos recalls tens of thousands of tests | Amid ransomware attack, DeKalb Health diverts patients May 19, 2016 9 CEO moves | What's behind the million-dollar price tag for EHRs? | Why 98% of digital health startups fail | Bill Gates wants you to read these 5 books this summer May 18, 2016 5 latest layoffs | 8 updates on Partners' Epic go-live | Cerner faces another overtime lawsuit | Q1 updates on Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, McKesson, MEDITECH May 17, 2016 8 tips to recruit, retain Epic-skilled professionals | Why everyone is talking about a $629 Band-Aid | Warren Buffett buys $1B in Apple stock | Cerner, Intermountain, Sutter among leaders of $220M financing round for this innovation fund May 16, 2016 10 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | MGH resident shares Epic go-live experience | 18 exec moves | NY exchange scrambles to fix glitch that made private data public May 13, 2016 MD Anderson blames EHR costs for 56.6% drop in income | 11 health IT key notes | Theranos' No. 2 exec resigns | Update on electronic prescribing in New York May 12, 2016 Epic, Zocdoc integrate | 29 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | 7 CEO moves | 13 data breaches May 11, 2016 Epic's TIF district closure approved | 2 Mo. health systems select Cerner | Ohio mistakenly breaches info of 59k mental health patients | Python falls from ceiling at Tacoma hospital May 10, 2016 Epic implementation creates 100 jobs at St. Charles Health | 100 great hospitals in America | Google reports data breach affecting employees | Dr. John Halamka on MACRA: 'It's time to leave the profession' May 9, 2016 4 vendor contracts, go-lives | Phishing attack compromises tax info of 2.8k Saint Agnes Medical Center employees | 17 exec moves | 4 ways the millennial workforce is shaping the industry's future May 6, 2016 Hurt by EHR costs, Allegheny Health posts $17.8M operating loss | McKesson profits fall 2% | 7 health IT key notes | How CHS, Tenet, UHS, LifePoint and HCA fared in Q1 | Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail users could be among 272M victims of data theft May 5, 2016 Why Scripps CEO Chris Van Gorder never misses an email | Google donates $250k to Flint | 7 CEO moves | Patients receive fraudulent HIPAA notification letter from medical group May 4, 2016 Court dismisses healthcare breach class-action lawsuit | 7 must-reads for healthcare leaders | Joint Commission ends clinician texting ban | How Geisinger's 'crazy' refund idea became a smart business strategy May 3, 2016 5 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | Math errors could cause 2,000 layoffs at Partners HealthCare | Jonathan Bush: ACA is bad for healthcare, but 'quite good' for athenahealth | EHR replacements cause more harm than good, survey finds May 2, 2016 9 health IT key notes | 7 layoffs in April | athenahealth reports 24% revenue growth | 5 questions with Baylor Scott & White CEO Joel Allison on transitioning to a new role April 29, 2016 24 hospitals, health systems seeking Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH talent | Warren Buffet: 11 universal management truths | Should health information be protected? | Brigham and Women's names new CIO April 28, 2016 Verona to close Epic's campus TIF district | 5 CEO moves | 'Simpler' version of MU: 8 things to know about proposed MACRA rule | HCA Holdings CEO and CFO see big pay raises in 2015 April 27, 2016 Intel to cut 12k jobs | FBI names new CIO | 7 things to know about IT in CMS' new risk-based primary care model | Geisinger biobank hits 100k donors April 26, 2016 Kaiser breach affects 2,400 | 23 exec moves | What's in Mayo Clinic's Epic implementation name? | Couple pleads guilty to IRS breach affecting 700,000+ taxpayers April 25, 2016 Chicago hospital group sues vendor for breach of contract | 'Whaling' is the latest cyber threat: 7 things to know | 9 CEO moves | How blockchain could revolutionize data security April 22, 2016 U.S. Coast Guard terminates Epic contract | N.C. clinic to pay $750,000 HIPAA settlement | Vendor breach affects 20k patients at Pain Treatment Centers of America | 71 rural hospital closures: A state-by-state breakdown April 21, 2016 Intel cuts 12,000 jobs | Computer glitch changes insurance plans for 1,900 pregnant women | Jonathan Bush on the hospital of the future | Clinic CEO, MD convicted in drug trafficking scheme April 20, 2016 How CMS' 2017 IPPS rule affects MU | Details of Epic v. Tata a 'nightmare' for CIOs | 21 exec moves | DOJ sues 2 hospitals over advertising campaigns April 19, 2016 Epic wins $940M in trade secrets lawsuit | 5 thoughts on legacy IT systems | Theranos CEO 'devastated' lab issues not caught sooner | NorthShore CEO: Northwestern wants our merger with Advocate to fail April 18, 2016 Loyalty rankings: Epic, MEDITECH clients feel 'trapped'; Cerner, athenahealth clients 'most loyal' | Microsoft sues DOJ over requests to turn over customer data | 5 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | Lawyer in charge of past due patient payments steals $1.2M from St. Luke's April 15, 2016 Epic contract to develop VA scheduling system is paused | Digital extortion: 26 things to know about ransomware | Kansas City to reimburse Cerner $.175B for Trails Campus project | 11 latest hospital, health system CEO moves April 14, 2016 American College of Cardiology breach affects 1,400 institutions | 23 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | Which physicians generate the most revenue for hospitals? | Hackers mimic customer service technique to make payment easier April 13, 2016 Mistake leads to data breach affecting 44k FDIC customers: 5 things to know | CMS unveils new risk-based primary care model: 13 things to know | More than half of hospital leaders wouldn't pay ransomware demands April 12, 2016 4 latest Epic go-lives | New tool can crack Petya ransomware without payment | 7 latest data breaches | Private equity in healthcare: A review of 15 niche investment areas April 11, 2016 Winneshiek Medical Center to spend $2.5M on Epic EHR | 10 recent vendor contracts | HackensackUMC, Uber partner to offer rides for patients, staff, visitors | Aetna pays employees up to $500 per year for sleeping April 8, 2016 Epic goes to court over trade secrets, Cerner faces overtime lawsuit & more: 12 health IT key notes | 25 things to know about e-prescribing | 175 speakers to present at July CIO/HIT+Revenue Cycle Conference | Hackers reportedly exploited known MedStar software vulnerability April 7, 2016 Metropolitan Jewish Health System hit with phishing scam: 4 things to know | Top 10 metro areas for digital health funding in Q1 | 175 speakers to present at July CIO/HIT+Revenue Cycle Conference | Banner Health operating income plummets 51.2% April 6, 2016 King's Daughters' Health shut down computer systems after ransomware Locky encrypts files | Epic's lawsuit against India's Tata Consultancy begins in court | 175 speakers to present at July CIO/HIT+Revenue Cycle Conference | Highmark Health posts $565M operating loss in 2015: 9 things to know April 5, 2016 Cerner faces overtime lawsuit: 9 things to know | NYC Health + Hospitals now live on Epic at Elmhurst, Queens hospitals | 175 speakers to present at July CIO/HIT+Revenue Cycle Conference | Tenet CEO, CFO compensation slashed in 2015 April 4, 2016 Denver Health CEO resigns amid EHR implementation, physician exodus | US, Canada issue joint ransomware alert | 175 speakers to present at July CIO/HIT+Revenue Cycle Conference | 32 things to know about telemedicine April 1, 2016 Hours before NYC Health + Hospitals rolls out new EHR, CEO Dr. Ram Raju sets the record straight | 9 questions about precision medicine, answered | Judy Faulkner donates $900k to high school that influenced her to create Epic March 31, 2016 Southcoast cuts 95 jobs after $100M Epic installation | CCJR model takes effect this week: 13 things for healthcare leaders to know | Jumpstarting mobility strategy: 4 thoughts from UMC of Southern Nevada CIO Ernie McKinley | Ransomware a 'legal ambiguity,' not quite a data breach March 30, 2016 MedStar recovering from computer virus: 7 things to know | 26 hospitals seeking Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH talent | FBI unlocks iPhone without Apple's help | Researchers find Theranos blood tests produce problematic results March 29, 2016 Epic patient record exchanges up 300% | To pay or not to pay ransom: A tale of two hospitals | 3 new ransomware variants to know | A dozen people have left Google's Verily in a year - here's why March 28, 2016 What's the deal with NYC Health + Hospitals' EHR transition? 9 things to know | The guide to cringeworthy health IT conversations: 10 leaders on the terms they dread most | 21st Century Oncology faces 4 lawsuits following data breach | Advocate, NorthShore to offer low-cost health plan if merger goes through March 25, 2016 Epic selected by Main Line Health; Apple's secret cloud mission; athenahealth EHR tracks flu activity in real-time: 10 company updates | Could NASA's Gryphon-X be the answer to cybersecurity challenges? | Apple controversy spurs hackers to try to break into iPhone | 7 latest hospital, health system CEO moves March 24, 2016 Dr. Ramanathan Raju speaks out on NYC Health + Hospitals' Epic transition | Methodist Hospital ransomware attack ends without payment | Lawsuit claims Facebook mined PHI from websites of Cleveland Clinic & more for advertising profit | 50 hospitals with the most ER visits March 23, 2016 8 latest ransomware attacks | 150 great places to work in healthcare | The ABCs of health IT: 26 terms to know | CIO John Mertz: Health IT as the backbone of ACO formation March 22, 2016 Methodist Hospital in Kentucky declares internal emergency due to ransomware attack | Scripps Health to lay off 69 employees: 6 things to know | NorthShore's Dr. Ari Robicsek on using data to paint a picture March 21, 2016 Northwell Health's research branch agrees to $3.9M HIPAA settlement | Wal-Mart pharmacy coding error breaches data of thousands | Main Line Health switching to Epic | Kansas hospital to lose Medicare funding over EMTALA violation March 18, 2016 Epic's Limerick app on Apple Watch, McKesson to cut 1.6K jobs & more: 11 health IT company updates | North Memorial Health Care to pay $1.55M HIPAA settlement | 8 hospital, health system CEO moves | A cyber insurance primer: 5 things to know March 17, 2016 23 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | 'Healthcare is ground zero for cyberattacks': 5 thoughts from CHIME's Russell Branzell | HHS falls behind on data security: 10 things to know | 5 hospitals receive credit downgrades in past month March 16, 2016 Epic leads in HIE vendor outlook for future interoperability | Leading & succeeding: A roundtable of women leaders in health IT | St. Joseph Health to pay $7.5M settlement to patients affected by 2012 data breach | Why Denver Health is experiencing an exodus of physicians March 15, 2016 NY bans paper prescriptions | How CIOs can become CEOs: Thoughts from Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff | 9 health IT patient safety issues to know | Brand new leadership & a companywide turnaround: Looking back on SourceMed's big year March 14, 2016 Cerner, GE Healthcare, VA & more: 10 recent health IT industry leadership moves | Ex-CFO of troubled Florida hospital files lawsuit over CEO's harassment, threats | Dignity Health CIO Deanna Wise on a career in health IT & 'the courage to do something different' March 11, 2016 2 Epic go-lives, 2 Cerner contracts, GE Healthcare to provide EMR for Olympic Games & more: 14 health IT company updates | Emory hospital reports massive drug theft scheme | IT leaders reflect on presidential candidates & the ACA | Home Depot to pay $19.5M for 2014 data breach March 10, 2016 5 Epic contracts - and their costs - so far in 2016 | CMS proposes new Medicare drug payment models | HIMSS16 highs: 24 attendees on their most exciting moments | Startup Insider: Zillion March 9, 2016 8 questions with Epic CEO Judy Faulkner | 100 hospital & health system CMOs to know | Apple hit with first ever ransomware attack | VA could be on the lookout for an EHR other than VistA March 8, 2016 'Innovate or die': HIMSS observations from Dr. John Halamka | Iowa health system has 4 wrong-site surgeries in 40 days | Putting Epic's EHR to work: Hawaii Pacific executives on the intersection of health IT & quality March 7, 2016 Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, Epic & more: 8 updates | Louisiana hospital gives up charitable status to avoid tax penalties | 4 healthcare data breach lessons to take to heart | Maine Line Health falls prey to 'spear phishing' incident March 4, 2016 Where health IT is and where it needs to go - An investor's approach | Lahey Health's flagship hospital takes financial hit from Epic transition | 50 states of population health | 2015 Excellus data breach cost $17.3M March 3, 2016 Mayo's Epic implementation will cost upwards of $1B over 5 years | South Dakota hospital to lose Medicare funding | LA County health department suffers ransomware attack March 2, 2016 Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH & dozens more make interoperability pledge at HIMSS16: 5 things to know | 7 healthcare layoffs in February | UC Berkeley hit with data breach | Cleveland Clinic to take bigger bets on building out tech innovations March 1, 2016 21 hospitals, health systems seeking Epic, Cerner MEDITECH talent | 16 latest hospital, health system executive moves | 'Eye candy' and 'booth girls' at HIMSS: For women in tech, conferences can add insult to injury | Surescripts adds 140M patients to interoperability platform: 6 things to know February 29, 2016 What do Epic users really think? 11 insights | The rise of 'super regional systems' & what it means for healthcare | The 9 CIO executives of the HIMSS Executive Institute | Cyberattack on Maine hospital shakes loose private physician, employee data February 26, 2016 What Epic & Cerner are doing for interoperability: 11 observations | NFL player files lawsuit over tweeted health record | 6 latest hospital, health system CEO moves | Apple developing iPhone it itself can't hack February 25, 2016 Sarah Bush Lincoln drops MEDITECH for Cerner | Healthgrades names 2016 Best Hospitals | eClinicalWorks moves into acute care market | EHR vendors: The next target for hackers? February 24, 2016 Could HHS have averted all of HealthCare.gov's tech hiccups? | Hospital CEO faces life in prison for fraud that led to 2 patient deaths | Bill Gates sides with FBI in Apple encryption debate | HHS seeks new CIO February 23, 2016 Epic, Cerner lead EHR mindshare: 9 health IT purchasing trends | Why one hospital merger could be off limits to the FTC | Apple vs. FBI: 4 updates | Anonymous hacker suspected of Boston Children's 2014 cyberattack arrested February 22, 2016 South Georgia Medical Center to switch from McKesson to Epic EHR for $50M | IBM to acquire Truven Health Analytics for $2.6B | 5 recent HIPAA settlements | Database error exposed 40k Alliance Health records for 30 years February 19, 2016 Hospital pays $17k ransom to get medical records back from hackers | Former Broward Health executive says he was fired for reporting noncompliance | 20 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent February 18, 2016 Cerner revenue climbs 30%, bookings reach all-time high in FY 2015 | Praise, criticism & everything in between: 14 physicians sound off on EHRs | Teen poses as physician again, this time in his own fake medical office | 5 health IT vendors inspiring increased customer loyalty February 17, 2016 Hackers demand $3.6M ransom after shutting down Hollywood Presbyterian IT systems | Partners HealthCare earnings dragged down by Epic transition | MU attestation deadline pushed to March 11 February 16, 2016 Atlanta VA Medical Center gives veteran his medical record...and those of 10 others | What Justice Scalia's death could mean for healthcare: 7 things to know | 12 latest data breach newsbites | Cerner to demo DHMSM EHR at HIMSS February 15, 2016 Epic recognized for work perks, Cerner launches app development website & more: 10 health IT company updates | HCA to buy bankrupt Texas hospital | 7 of health IT's biggest & wealthiest names | UPMC CIO Ed McCallister on healthcare in the cloud February 12, 2016 IRS identifies cyberattack on 100k+ taxpayers | 'Rogue' employee compromises 24k patients' data: Jackson Health | Top 10 sentinel events in 2015 | Becker's Healthcare donates nearly $33k to Lurie Children's Hospital February 11, 2016 athenahealth FY 2015 revenue up, turns 2014's loss into profit | Ad campaign targets hospitals for ties to fast food chains | Bill proposes EHR star-rating system | MU & physician burnout: 5 Studer Group findings February 10, 2016 IBM, Amazon & more object to $50M data hosting DOD deal going to Cerner | 50 rural hospital CEOs to know | This tech exec is the highest paid CEO in America February 9, 2016 Skagit Regional Health invests $72M in Epic EHR | Hackers breach 9k DHS employees, say FBI is next | Fourth UPMC patient with mold infection dies after outbreak | Jackson Memorial fires employees for inappropriately accessing NFL player's medical record February 8, 2016 Epic named among Glassdoor's companies with best employee perks | 4 Florida counties declare state of emergency over Zika virus | Practice Fusion lays off 25% of workforce | Lincare to pay $240k in civil penalties for HIPAA violation February 5, 2016 Computer glitch slows Mountain States Health Alliance for 9 days | 673 rural hospitals vulnerable to closure | 19 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent February 3, 2016 Pennsylvania hospital fires nursing aide for HIPAA violation | Oklahoma hospital abruptly closes | CMS offers guidance on 2017 MU hardship exemption | Startup Insider: CredSimple February 2, 2016 50 things to know about Epic and Judy Faulkner | VA surgeon's body found in Spokane River | Texas hospital EHR suffers ransomware attack | IBM CEO to receive $4.5M bonus for 2015 February 1, 2016 The 3 things Google's Larry Page and Epic's Judy Faulkner have in common | The best healthcare jobs in 2016 | 40 hospitals with innovation centers | Increased web traffic caused Kaiser Permanente server delays January 29, 2016 MidMichigan Health to adopt Epic EHR for $55M | Man fatally shoots himself in Fla. ER after traffic accident | Cerner Data Center breach compromises NCH Healthcare employee data | Office-based physician EHR adoption: 6 updates January 27, 2016 100 hospital, health system CIOs to know | Server problems cause Kaiser Permanente website outages last week | 'No problem' or 'my pleasure'? Why the way you say 'you're welcome' matters | CIO burnout survey: Share your experience January 26, 2016 Cerner's Neal Patterson announces cancer diagnosis | Broward Health CEO dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound | MU lobbying reaches $24M in Q4 | Behind the scenes of 10 startups working to change healthcare January 25, 2016 Startup Oscar Health valuation could reach $3B | Google paid $1B for search bar on iPhone | 10 vendor contracts, go-lives | 18 hospital, health system executive moves January 22, 2016 Epic gave $118,000 in community grants in 2015 | CIO Sue Schade resigns from University of Michigan Health System | 18 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, MEDITECH, Epic talent | 7 hospital credit downgrades January 20, 2016 Boston Med Center CIO on Epic go-live, EHR costs | 10 things to know before HIMSS16 | Bernie Sanders' universal health plan: 6 things to know | 30 disruptive healthcare companies to watch January 19, 2016 BCBS of NC's software system failure: 9 things to know | Daniel Barchi is NewYork-Presbyterian's new CIO | Uber offering rides to appointments in DC | 40 things to know about healthcare costs January 15, 2016 The new MU: What's ahead for EHRs & providers | athenahealth CEO administers CPR to man suffering heart attack | Mayo allocates $92.7M for airplane, new patient rooms | 8 healthcare takeaways from the 2016 State of the Union address January 13, 2016 South Shore Hospital hires 50+ following Epic EHR investment | 2 Texas hospitals file for bankruptcy: 5 things to know | HIMSS: 5 key points on the value of health IT | Startup Insider: Hometeam January 12, 2016 Denver Health CEO says Epic rollout is under budget, on time | Advocate Health Care to run 56 Chicago Walgreens clinics | McKesson sued for alleged improper drug oversight | One health system, two populations: Centura Health's story January 11, 2016 Pa. health system CIO hit by car, driver faces felony charge | Video shows arrest of Florida woman who died after removal from hospital | Epic, Allscripts & more: 5 health IT company updates | Boston Medical Center could face lawsuit for patient data breach January 8, 2016 20 hospitals, health systems seeking Cerner, Epic, MEDITECH talent | 25 things to know about the state of health IT | MedStar Washington patient death ruled homicide: 5 things to know | Is interoperability getting better or worse? January 6, 2016 Mayo sells data center to Epic for $46M | St. John Providence Health System fires 68 nurse anesthetists over outsourcing dispute | Gun control overhaul sparks HIPAA change | 3 IT terms to drop January 5, 2016 6 key points on Epic's employee growth in 2015 & projections for 2016 | More than 112M health records compromised in 2015 | President Obama signs MU hardship exemption bill into law | OCR expected to increase HIPAA audits in 2016 January 4, 2016 A year of Cerner: 6 biggest stories from the EHR company in 2015 | 3 costly healthcare megatrends to watch in 2016 | 10 most-read health IT tips of 2015 December 30, 2015 Cerner to host DOD EHR in own data center after contract change | A year of Epic: 7 biggest stories in 2015 | 10 repeat HIPAA violators | 130 women hospital, health system leaders December 29, 2015 Rochester Regional proposes $14M Epic update | 5 hospitals seeking Meditech talent | Medscape names 'best' & 'worst' physicians of 2015 | MetroHealth CEO fights allegations of free Botox, travel expenses December 28, 2015 25 things to know on the state of IT | 'Moneyball' executive joins Scripps | 4 data breach predictions for 2016 | Woman dies after being forcibly removed from Florida hospital December 23, 2015 9 health systems seeking Cerner/Epic talent | Rising EHR costs expected at UMass Memorial | Ohio hospital to close after unanimous vote | 20 exec moves December 22, 2015 Congress passes MU hardship exemption | Police shoot, kill man in Harbor-UCLA ER | Epic selected by Vanderbilt University Med Center | Which healthcare profession is rated the most honest, ethical? December 21, 2015 Epic endows UW-Madison faculty positions, 93% of Cerner employees give up right to sue in favor of raises & more: 8 health IT company updates | Michael Jordan uses multimillion dollar settlement to gift Chicago hospitals | Beaufort Memorial CIO Ed Ricks: 5 thoughts on the clinician's IT experience December 18, 2015 6 EHR vendor switches in 2015 | 40 healthcare apps for clinicians & consumers to know | AMA, CHIME want to fix meaningful use based on these 11 recommendations December 16, 2015 Judy Faulkner, Jonathan Bush & more on the history of health IT's biggest names | UW Medicine reaches $750k HIPAA settlement for 2013 breach | 9 things to know about digital health funding in 2015 December 15, 2015 Kaiser Permanente invests $10M in telehealth platform Vidyo | 5 biggest healthcare data breaches of 2015 | Could chewing gum be the next wearable sensor? | Sharp HealthCare CIO Ken Lawonn: Looking to the future of digital health December 14, 2015 Cerner's ultimatum to employees: Give up right to sue, or give up raises | 7 celebrity data breaches: When employees snoop on high-profile patients | Epic endows 3 faculty association positions at UW-Madison December 11, 2015 Brigham reports $53M shortfall after Epic transition | HCA's EHR shutdown: 4 things to know | Healthcare startups in the news: 6 updates | Phishing scam compromises 946 patients' data at Middlesex Hospital December 9, 2015 UCHealth fires employee who inappropriately accessed more than 800 patient records | Carequality releases interoperability framework: Epic, athenahealth & more on board | Beckers announces 2nd Annual CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle Conference: 175 speakers | 58 EHR contracts, go-lives in 2015 December 8, 2015 Health IT's biggest rivalries: Epic vs. Cerner & more | Beckers announces 2nd Annual CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle Conference: 175 speakers | 50 best healthcare quotes of 2015 | The upside of EHRs: 3 physician's perspectives December 7, 2015 Epic has the youngest physician user base: What does this mean for the future of EHR vendors? 10 takeaways | URMC reaches $15k settlement with NY Attorney General: 5 key points | Health IT professionals think they are underpaid: This & 9 other findings December 4, 2015 5 lessons from American Airlines' CIO on IT integration | Broward Health selects Cerner's population health platform | Puerto Rico payer to pay 2nd largest HIPAA fine of $3.5M | Zynx Health integrates with EpicCare Inpatient Clinical System December 2, 2015 Health IT in 2015: 10 CIOs on the highs and lows | Lahey to pay $850k HIPAA settlement for 2011 data breach | 40 CIO leadership moves & appointments in 2015 | El Camino Hospital goes live on Epic EHR December 1, 2015 Are Epic and Cerner healthcare's Apple and Android? 7 core thoughts | EHRs around the world: 4 findings from KLAS | GOP Doctors Caucus pens letter to Paul Ryan asking for MU delay, hardship exceptions November 30, 2015 11 latest healthcare data breaches | Health IT tip of the day: Monitor the weakest links in your chain | IBM Watson Health Unit names Dr. Kyu Rhee chief health officer November 27, 2015 How Steve Jobs would change today's healthcare system | Epic responds to Mother Jones criticism | 28 health IT tips & strategies from CIOs, vendors & industry experts November 25, 2015 Moody's: Cyberattack threat could affect credit ratings | Startup insider: Smart Scheduling | 11 latest healthcare data breaches | Thanksgiving is National Family Health History Day: A message from Dr. Toby Cosgrove November 24, 2015 Uber: The next home healthcare provider? | What are the best EHRs for specialists? | HealthMyne integrates Epic EHR data into imaging analytics platform | Where healthcare technology is headed in 2016: 5 trends November 23, 2015 Health IT through affiliation: Cure-all or fantasy? | 3 CIOs receive Becker's CIO Leadership Award | Google doubles down on cloud computing | 6 vendor contracts, go-lives November 20, 2015 Epic responds to Mother Jones | A new business model for healthcare innovation | 4 layoffs | 17 winners and losers under the ACA + 10 more thoughts and observations November 18, 2015 Cerner questions ousted MU chancellor's role at Tiger Institute | Prism Healthcare Partners, Principle Valuation to merge: 10 things to know | Startup Insider: Healthfinch | 200+ health system executives to speak at Becker's Hospital Review 7th Annual Meeting November 17, 2015 10 health tech hazards for 2016 | Owensboro Health targeted in cyberattack | Gmail to start flagging unencrypted emails | 130 nonprofit CEOs November 16, 2015 7 mantras of America's top tech companies | CIO Dr. John Halamka: 7 ways to fix MU | 12 exec moves | Will public exchanges see more enrollees not eligible for subsidies this season? November 13, 2015 ProMedica CIO Rose Ann Laureto talks Epic go-live | 10 most interesting healthcare transactions in 2015 | Mobile strategy: Keeping workers happy, information safe November 11, 2015 How Steve Jobs would change healthcare | Boston Children's, IBM Watson tackle pediatric diseases | 10 most interesting transactions in 2015 | 200+ executives to speak at Becker's Hospital Review 7th Annual Meeting November 10, 2015 Man pleads guilty in Cerner MRI fraud scheme | Hartford Hospital faces $90k HIPAA fine | 4 Qs with Allina Health CIO Susan Heichert | 15 exec moves November 9, 2015 Walgreens chooses Epic; Cerner revenue reaches $1.128 billion in Q3; eClinicalWorks goes global - 7 health IT key notes | 5 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | Yelp for healthcare? 4 things to know about Listenport November 6, 2015 Walgreens selects Epic EHR for healthcare clinics | Why hospitals switch EHR vendors & how to handle the aftermath | HHS CIO Frank Baitman leaving post: 5 things to know | Startup Insider: Everseat November 4, 2015 NewYork-Presbyterian's Aurelia Boyer on how being CIO is kind of like being the president of the US | 4 mistakes to avoid when hiring a security chief | 200+ executives to speak at Becker's Hospital Review 7th Annual Meeting | 100 hospitals with great heart programs November 3, 2015 Epic under investigation for information blocking in Connecticut | 5 steps for making a patient portal truly engaging | Perspective: Lack of interoperability is killing digital health startups November 2, 2015 To prep for Epic, Mayo Clinic to build $6.1M electronic substation | AMA, MedStar rank 20 EHRs by vendor use of user-centered design practices | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | 7 winning healthcare companies at Chicago Innovation Awards October 30, 2015 Epic & Cerner: 8 key points on company growth | Cleveland Clinic names top 10 medical innovations for 2016 | 8 things to know abut the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act | The best jobs in IT & engineering: Does healthcare make the cut? October 28, 2015 Startup Insider: Procured Health | 11 CEOs who moved up or out after mergers | Cerner, Truman Medical Centers partner on technology initiative | EHR patient portals & healthcare disparities: 4 things to know October 27, 2015 Mother Jones piece hits Epic hard: 5 criticisms of the EHR vendor | 11 most innovative companies, according to the C-suite | How a Winston-Salem hospital is putting a dancing, singing robot to work October 26, 2015 Epic leads in interoperability, athenahealth launches 'Let Doctors Be Doctors', IBM reports falling revenues: 6 health IT updates | The No. 1 leadership trait a CEO is unlikely to admit | UCSF, Cisco: 5 things to know about a new interoperability platform partnership October 23, 2015 Former Epic engineers raise $3.5M for Redox: 4 insights | New music video puts EHR woes to the tune of Jay Z | KLAS ranks top EHR vendors by interoperability | 100 physician leaders of hospitals & health systems October 21, 2015 Startup Insider: CareCloud | 5 myths of telemedicine | 25 quotes that show just how fed up physicians are with EHRs | 3 things to know about athenahealth's 'Let Doctors Be Doctors' campaign October 20, 2015 3 physicians face charges, HIPAA violation for using EHR to 'steal' patients | A lot happened at Theranos in 24 hours: 10 things to know | Cerner, Epic & more: 12 EHR vendors agree to new interoperability metrics October 19, 2015 Theranos under fire: 10 things to know | CHIME recognizes HackensackUMC, Penn State Medical Center CIOs | Governance & strategy in enterprise imaging: 5 insights | 10 recent vendor contracts, go-lives October 16, 2015 15 of the biggest data breach settlements & HIPAA fines | The forces behind data breaches: A look inside the minds of cybercriminals | 10 recent vendor contracts, go-lives | 30% of healthcare workers do not have a unique login ID: 5 findings October 14, 2015 15 criticisms on the lack of EHR interoperability: AHA report | 504 hospitals hit with whistle-blower lawsuit alleging false claims violations | Revenue cycle management: Best ideas for 2016 - 2 panelists sought October 13, 2015 Startup Insider: Zest Health | Getting the most out of Epic's & Cerner's EHRs: 2 panelists sought | 15 biggest data breaches in 2015 so far | Whistle-blower physician: 'We have got to get hospitals out of the business of hiring doctors' October 12, 2015 25 hospitals with innovation centers | 8 CIOs share missteps & how they recovered | CIO pay grows 30% as demand for digital leaders rises October 9, 2015 6 CIOs: Why they love what they do | MU 3 is out: 5 reactions from industry leaders | athenahealth, Cerner & Epic: 12 health IT company updates | IBM Watson's latest collaboration: Bob Dylan October 7, 2015 MU stage 3 final rule: 12 things to know | 10 largest digital health deals | Startup Insider: DispatchHealth | How one hospital recovered from 3 years of losses October 6, 2015 National IT Week: 10 most-read stories of 2015 | Southcoast live on Epic after layoffs, $30M operating loss | 7 EHR implementation trouble spots | Ousted: 11 CEOs who moved up or out after mergers October 5, 2015 Ticked off with EHRs: 25 quotes from physicians | How to prevent EHR implementations from bleeding beyond the budget | Some vendors better than others at MU2 | 9 layoffs October 2, 2015 Epic's Judy Faulkner named to Forbes' 400 richest Americans list | The price of paper: 7 things to know about patient frustration | HHS OCR too lax on HIPAA oversight, OIG finds | 10 most-read health IT stories of September September 30, 2015 19 expert tips for successful health IT implementation, optimization | UK hospital chief executives resign amidst $300M Epic rollout | 100 hospitals & health systems with great oncology programs September 29, 2015 Premera incurs 38 lawsuits since March disclosure of data breach | HIPAA violation? Medical group alerts authorities when patient presents false ID | Patients want interoperability: 6 key findings September 28, 2015 Patients file lawsuit against 2 D.C. hospitals, alleging excessive fees to obtain electronic records | Michigan health services group suffers phishing attack exposing PHI of 16k people | 8 recent vendor contracts, go-lives September 25, 2015 Mayo CISO Jim Nelms resigns | Physician EHR adoption update: 7 stats | IBM receives $2.5M in tax breaks to bring Watson to Massachusetts | President Obama to discuss cybersecurity with Chinese President Xi Jinping September 23, 2015 The EHR market: 13 latest news updates | ONC policy director Jodi Daniel to leave position | 6 takeaways from a survey on ICD-10 readiness | The future of digital health: How medical students feel about health IT September 22, 2015 ONC's final 5-year Health IT Strategic Plan: 10 things to know | 1.5M patient records exposed on Amazon Web Services | Cybersecurity: No silver bullet for healthcare's insider/outsider threats | 3 more health IT startups to know September 21, 2015 5 most requested, most used EHR features | AMA, medical societies request pause in MU program | Virus from phishing attack shuts down Haley VA Hospital computer drive September 18, 2015 15 hospital, health system chief innovation officers to know | What is the Internet of Things? 10 quick things to know | 12 things to know about rise of mHealth | CHIME announces new board members for 2016 September 16, 2015 18 thoughts on 9 leading EHR vendors | 10 cities with highest rates of digital health VC investments | 2015 physician total cash compensation by specialty | Dr. Mary Jo Gorman on female entrepreneurial leadership in medicine, health IT & beyond September 15, 2015 Novant Health connects Epic EHR to Social Security Administration network | Sutter Health notifies 2.5k of breach after employee improperly emails billing documents | 29% of federal IT agencies lost data to an insider incident within past year | Health IT startup to know: SA Ignite September 14, 2015 Best & worst states for physician EHR usage | 10 most misused health IT terms | 888 breaches hit in 2015 thus far: 10 things to know | ACOs struggle with data integration September 11, 2015 10 most popular EHR products | NY Blues plan reports cyberattack affecting 10M | 6 health IT startups to know | 3 recent CIO moves September 9, 2015 Banner scraps UA's $115M Epic system for Cerner | 50 critical access hospital CEOs to know | HHS sends MU modification, MU3 rules to OMB for review | Health IT tip of the day: Data mining is essential September 8, 2015 Epic, athenahealth only 2 vendors to not lost clients in 2014; Cerner posts market share gain | Allscripts, Cerner ranked top EHR vendors by users | CareFirst hit with class action lawsuit over May data breach | This story about a janitor in Johns Hopkins is a must-read for any hospital executive September 4, 2015 7 takeaways from Epic's annual meeting - and why Judy Faulkner was dressed as Lucille Ball | 2 EHRs stripped of ONC certification | Oncology group pays $750k HIPAA violation settlement | 59 CIOs nominated for Becker's CIO Leadership Awards September 2, 2015 Paul Levy: Partners HealthCare, Epic relationship fringes on antitrust violations | 13 health IT tips from vendors, CIOs | 19 latest healthcare data breaches | Health IT startup to know: par8o September 1, 2015 10-highest funded digital health startups | Merit Health reports breach after employee investigated for identity theft | Last day for early reg. discounts for great ASC business conf. | Final ICD-10 testing week: 87% claims acceptance August 31, 2015 Hillary Clinton brings telemedicine into the political conversation | More than $31B distributed in MU payments to date | Akron Children's notifies 7,660 of breach due to lost device August 28, 2015 Greenway Health's Mark Janiszewski: The vendor's view of interoperability | Inefficient IT organization? Here's how to realign | How prepared are healthcare organizations when it comes to cybersecurity? | Health IT startup to know: hc1.com August 26, 2015 Market fragmentation: Report finds no vendor dominates EMR market | A CNN investigation, a closed heart surgery program, a resigned CEO: What happened at St. Mary's Medical Center? | Health IT startup to know: RightCare Solutions August 25, 2015 Backus Hospital reports potential data breach affecting 360 patients | 7 things to know about BIDMC's OpenNotes program | 5 Cerner clients join CommonWell Health Alliance August 24, 2015 Execs fired as cost of Epic EHR rollout grows at NYC Health & Hospitals | 14 Carilion Clinic employees caught snooping patient records | Optum, Cerner & McKesson top HCI top health IT vendors list | Bankrupt Georgia hospital accused of putting patients at risk August 21, 2015 One month of Epic: 8 company updates | Healthcare left in limbo waiting for MU updates | Former hospital director sentenced to 9 years in prison | GE CIO Jamie Miller on how to be an IT hero August 19, 2015 Advocate Medical Group cleared in 2013 breach lawsuit | Man in NY poses as physician for 3 years before being caught | $342B wasted each year due to government healthcare benefits data integration challenges August 18, 2015 5 CIO moves: Methodist Le Bonheur, Texas Health Resources & more | IT professionals most familiar with Epic | 50 critical access hospitals to know | CVS Health's telemedicine offering gains positive feedback August 17, 2015 Readers' choice: 10 health IT products healthcare leaders rave about | Why IT leaders are changing jobs: 6 findings | 6 updates on interoperability | Meet the Stanford hospitalist-turned-rapper changing healthcare in Las Vegas August 14, 2015 Why healthcare cyberattacks are getting worse | 35k vets denied VA healthcare due to computer error | The latest on IBM Watson: 7 things to know | Booz Allen Hamilton awarded $202M CMS contract August 12, 2015 House panel finds cybersecurity dangers at HHS | Millennials in healthcare: 25 things to know | Google, Alphabet & healthcare: 7 things to know about the new conglomerate August 11, 2015 Cost of data breaches in 2015 surpasses overall federal IT investment | EHR vendors Q2 financial report: athenahealth, Cerner, McKesson & MEDITECH | How CIOs can garner respect for their profession August 10, 2015 Russian hackers infiltrate Pentagon email system | EMR hacks compromise 94M health records this year | Texas Health Resources names Joey Sudomir CIO | The 38 hospitals facing highest Medicare penalties for readmissions August 7, 2015 Yelp adds data on 4.6k hospitals | Cerner comments on DOD contract | IBM's Watson could learn to 'see' | BC and BS of Minnesota to cut 450 IT jobs August 5, 2015 Medical Informatics Engineering breach now estimated to impact 3.9M patients | CMS' final IPPS rule for 2016: 10 things to know | How Advocate & Cerner developed a population health team | HHS: Guide to HIPAA basics August 4, 2015 Readers' choice: 21 health IT leaders to know | Security threats keeping you up at night? 4 considerations for hospital leaders | How does Epic feel about Cerner winning the DOD contract? | 9 things to know about Donald Trump's healthcare views August 3, 2015 CVS Health partners with IBM's Watson | Support grows for Flex-IT 2 Act to delay MU3 | Hackers behind Anthem, OPM attacks also breach United Airlines | Number of 5-star hospitals increases in CMS' Hospital Compare data update July 31, 2015 Cerner, Leidos win DOD contract: 10 things to know | BJC HealthCare loses computer service for 20 hours | 10 physician CIOs to know | 25 largest public hospitals in America July 29, 2015 Planned Parenthood website hacked by antiabortion group | 10 health IT tips from CIOs, vendors | Mapping out the health IT budget: Thoughts from Mount Sinai CIO Kumar Chatani | Rising stars: 25 healthcare leaders under 40 July 28, 2015 Criminal fraud data breach affects 5.3k Healthfirst members | Arizona hospital loses Medicare funding | Epic, Cerner, McKesson among highest IT revenue last year & more: 5 health IT company updates July 27, 2015 Medical records used as confetti for US Women's soccer team parade | 4 IT leaders discuss the future of the industry | Senate committee pushes to delay MU3 | Health IT tip of the day: Don't think of analytics as a 'journey' July 24, 2015 50 things to know about the EHR market's top vendors | UMass Memorial to switch to Epic | Mount Sinai CIO Kumar Chatani: How CIOs can work effectively in the C-suite | Becker's Hospital Review's 100 great hospitals 2015 July 22, 2015 UCHealth CIO Steve Hess on systemwide EHR implementation | athenahealth launches free texting service | Health IT tip of the day: Secure the information, not the access points | Rising stars: 25 healthcare leaders under 40 July 21, 2015 UCLA Health reports cyberattack affecting 4.5M | Dr. John Halamka makes his entire medical record available online | 25 largest hospitals in America | Is HIPAA abused as a code of silence? July 20, 2015 50 leaders in health IT | Shredded medical records used as confetti for US Women's soccer team victory parade | 8 Epic EHR implementations with the biggest price tags in 2015 July 17, 2015 UPMC Health Plan breach: 722 members affected | 4 recent CIO moves | How can analytics help management revenue cycle profitability? | Most healthcare organizations have fallen victim to data breaches: 10 key findings July 15, 2015 10 things to know about 21st Century Cures Act | Internal breach: Mayo employee inappropriately accessed patient records | 12 budget considerations for EHR implementation | M&A: 6 CIO responsibilities July 14, 2015 20 things to know about meaningful use | St. Elizabeth's to settle alleged HIPAA violation for $218k | Epic & Apple Watch: 3 thoughts on privacy & security | 45 states earn 'F' grades for healthcare price transparency July 13, 2015 50 benchmarks, stats & data points for CIOs to know | Office of Personnel Management data breach affects more than 20M Americans: 4 things to know July 10, 2015 Did an ESPN reporter violate HIPAA? The case of an NFL player's amputated finger | 15 things to know about ICD-10 | Walnut Hill Medical Center CIO Aaron Miri: The top data security concerns, threats & strategies for 2015 July 8, 2015 50 things to know about the EHR market's top vendors | Orlando Health reports data breach due to illegal employee access affects 3,200 patients | Cone Health names Dr. Valerie Leschber CMIO July 7, 2015 Mayo's telemedicine program: 3 things to know | 100 most important leaders in health IT: Call for nominations | Cerner, University of Missouri Health extend relationship | CMS proposes ASC policy, payment updates for 2016 July 6, 2015 11 of the biggest digital health deals this year | Epic vs. Cerner: Vanderbilt University Medical Center deciding on EHR | 100 things to know about Medicare & Medicaid: 2015 update July 3, 2015 8 Epic EHR implementations with the biggest price tags in 2015 | 10 largest for-profit health systems | 25 things to know about telemedicine July 1, 2015 Union sues feds over OPM data breach: 5 key points | What features work best in Epic's EHR? Share your thoughts | 40 CIOs, IT executives to speak at July conf. June 30, 2015 Cerner, McKesson named Best Places to work in IT & more: 7 health IT company updates | 42 mobile startup companies impacting healthcare | Board votes to close California hospital, up to 300 workers to be laid of June 29, 2015 50 biggest data breaches in healthcare | 12 standout CIOs: Part 2 | 4 thoughts on the journey to true interoperability June 26, 2015 49 CIOs nominated for Becker's Healthcare leadership awards | Epic decoded: Inside the center of health IT | Come to the 1st annual CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle Summit: 43 spots left | 100 CIOs to know June 24, 2015 Epic, PPACA & more: 8 biggest healthcare issues in 2015 so far | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center names Matthew Trunnell CIO | Lancaster County EMS reports missing hardware with up to 100k individuals' data June 23, 2015 50 things to know about Epic and Judy Faulkner | McKesson names Kathy McElligott CIO, CTO | What health IT products do you rave about? Reach out and share your thoughts June 22, 2015 [Special Alert] 12 standout CIOs | 30 CIOs nominated for CIO leadership awards | Please send us nominations for great hospital and health system CIOs June 22, 2015 UC Irvine employee compromises 5k patients' data | 125 things to know about the 'big 5' insurers | Hacker offers 50k records stolen from pharmaceutical company to highest bidder June 19, 2015 25 things to know about interoperability | Epic's Judy Faulkner pledges 99% of her wealth to philanthropy | The 'documented disaster' of HealthCare.gov & 6 more thoughts from President Obama June 17, 2015 12 standout CIOs | 8 hospital, health system layoffs affecting 100+ employees | North Shore-LIJ data breach affects 18k patients | PHI of 6,600 Texans accessible on Internet for up to 8 years June 16, 2015 Feds hit with 2nd cyberattack | 50 great health systems to know | McKesson receives $6B federal pharmaceutical contract modification | athenahealth, Cerner, Epic & more: 7 health IT company updates June 15, 2015 Life of a healthcare CIO: Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands' Robert Napoli | 10 things to know about MEDITECH | Cerner SVP of medical informatics: 7 keys to interoperability | New webinar: How to design your bundled payments program June 12, 2015 Epic's Judy Faulkner pledges 99% of her wealth to philanthropy | Cerner CEO testifies before Senate on HIEs | 40 CIOs, IT executives to speak at July conf. | 150 CFOs to know June 10, 2015 50 things to know about HIPAA, healthcare data security & privacy | 10 career lessons from CIOs | 40 CIOs, IT executives to speak at July conf. | Amazon vs. Google: The race to store genetic information June 9, 2015 Intel's new big data lab to tackle personalized healthcare | Epic, Cerner, athenahealth & more: 9 updates | Former Facebook CFO launches health tech startup | Samsung, Medtronic partner on mobile technology June 8, 2015 Anthem, Premera attacks likely linked to federal personnel records breach | Digital health: $100B savings in 4 years? | See more than 40 CIOs, IT executives speak at July conf. | The missing link in interoperability: What patients want June 5, 2015 Dignity Health subsidiary reports data breach | Mayo CISO: 4 thoughts on health data security | HHS, CVS partner to offer preventive health info | 5 top data breach trends in 2015 June 3, 2015 Partners HealthCare spends $1.2B to launch Epic EHR | Judge dismisses lawsuit against UPMC for 2014 data breach | Dr. John Halamka: 4 thoughts on MU, interoperability & more | Medical records found in Kentucky dumpster June 2, 2015 Epic, athenahealth, Apple & more: 8 health IT company updates | Healthcare now spending billions to defend IT systems it spent billions to install | Cerner's short interest climbs 7.4% June 1, 2015 Erlanger to spend $91M on Epic implementation | HHS names new CTO: 3 things to know about Susannah Fox | 5 best practices for hiring IT workers | Feds say tech rivalries are hindering interoperability May 29, 2015 10 notes about Epic | Data breaches cost an average of $3.8M each | 5 ways mobile is moving mountains in patient engagement | Optimizing EHRs for effective clinical communication May 27, 2015 Beacon Health target of phishing attack: 5 things to know | Lahey layoffs: EHR rollout cost to blame? | MD Anderson to pilot Apple Watch project | 7 recent vendor contracts, go-lives May 26, 2015 Epic, McKesson & more: 9 key updates | BIDMC CIO Dr. John Halamka & CHIME CEO Russell Branzell: 5 thoughts on health IT leadership | EHR market share by practice size | Xerox acquires Health Communities Institute May 22, 2015 NYC Health & Hospitals reports PHI breach | 50 great health systems - 2015 | Seattle Children's CISO Cris Ewell: Compliance follows security | FTC sues 4 cancer charities for fraud May 20, 2015 UPMC data theft affects 2,200 patients | 12 IT exec moves | 5 thoughts from BIDMC CIO Dr. John Halamka and CHIME CEO Russ Branzell | Allscripts cuts 250 jobs May 19, 2015 Cerner software engineer Jordan Kalal: 4 thoughts on women in IT | Allscripts, athenahealth, Epic, Cerner & more: 15 key updates | Optum done with HealthCare.gov exchange work May 18, 2015 Nemour Children's CEO Dr. David Bailey: ICD-10 delays detrimental to patient health | When EHRs collide: Handling multiple systems in M&As | 3 CEOs predict King v. Burwell outcome | NY hospital to pay $18.8M to settle kickback allegations May 15, 2015 athenahealth's Ed Park: Lessons from Amazon | A Google change may hurt hospital revenue | Chicken-and-egg questions about HIE funding | 6 ugly healthcare truths May 13, 2015 Criminal attacks leading cause of healthcare breaches: 5 things to know | 9 latest breaches | 5 Qs from North Shore-LIJ CEO Michael Dowling | HealthCare.gov CEO: Creating state exchange is 'very, very complex' May 12, 2015 Cerner's Q1 net income dips 7%: 5 things to know | IBM finalizes Phytel acquisition | Come hear the brightest minds in ASCs, spine and orthopedics - 67 spots left | Cedars-Sinai CIO: Apple HealthKit frees up CIOs' time May 11, 2015 UPMC's Evolent Health files for $100M IPO | Mayo's security director accepts new job | 5 indicators of an integrated system | 50 things to know about nurses in the US May 8, 2015 athenahealth and the future of healthcare: 5 thoughts | IBM Watson, 14 cancer centers to personalize treatment | The consumer vs. patient debate | 6 leadership lessons: A chat with Dr. Toby Cosgrove May 7, 2015 [Revenue Cycle Edition]: How hospital RCM can mirror that of Starbucks | Tenet, Conifer revenues rise | Solutions for uncompensated care | 10 ICD-10 Qs to ask your EHR vendor | What does the perfect hospital bill look like? May 6, 2015 Epic, IBM Watson, Mayo unite | Epic has "30-year history of quiet competence," says Dr. Wachter | Pace of EHR-related lawsuits doubles | 11 exec moves May 5, 2015 Epic, athenahealth, NextGen Healthcare & more: 9 key updates | InstaMed 1st healthcare-focused company to use Apple Pay | Life of a healthcare CIO: Walnut Hill Medical Center's Aaron Miri May 4, 2015 Partners hacked by email phishing scam | athenahealth posts 27% Q1 revenue growth | Data exchanges: Where we went wrong | 8 vendor contracts | 5 thoughts from Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson May 1, 2015 Former CFO to pay $4.4M for lying about MU | Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH lead in usability | Teladoc files for IPO: 5 things to know | 7 latest layoffs April 30, 2015 [Special Revenue Cycle Edition] [Revenue Cycle Edition]: Convergent, The SSI Group & more: 5 key updates | Nicklaus Children's selects Cerner's RCM solutions | How the aging population affects hospital finances: 5 things to know | The key to shortening your hospital's revenue cycle April 29, 2015 GE Healthcare exits hospital EMR market | Can IBM edge out Amazon's cloud? | 5 thoughts from Chuck Lauer | Mount Sinai, Rush piloting telerobotic ultrasound tech April 28, 2015 Cedars-Sinai patients, EHR linked to Apple HealthKit | Dr. Karen DeSalvo's 3-step plan for interoperability | 10 ICD-10 Qs to ask your EHR vendor | Email phishing attack compromises 39k patients data at Seton Healthcare Family April 27, 2015 Epic, athenahealth portals most widely adopted | 12 HIT contracts, go-lives | 10 highest earning states for physicians | Tips on selecting an EHR - Upcoming webinar April 24, 2015 In which states are Epic, Cerner most popular? | The state of data exchange: 6 things to know | athenahealth provides practice management to CareWell & 4 more HIT key notes | 150 great places to work in healthcare April 23, 2015 [Special Revenue Cycle Edition] [Revenue Cycle Edition]: 73 companies offering RCM services | athenahealth, McKesson, Parallon & more: 8 key updates | What the rise of high-deductible health plans mean for hospitals | CMS' 2016 IPPS proposed rule: 10 things to know April 22, 2015 CMS proposes 1.1% MU payment increase | 100 great hospitals in America | IBM hardware sales fall as focus turns to cloud | Leadership lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Groves and Steve Jobs April 21, 2015 Big HIPAA penalties expected this year | Argonaut Project: 4 things to know | Dr. David Nash to Speak on Pop Health and Orthopedic Spine - Early Reg Ends in 7 Days | 18 exec moves April 20, 2015 How to leverage IT to achieve the Triple Aim today | SMART on FHIR: 5 things to know | EHR & CFO rev cycle issues: 2 webinars | 6 latest hospital, health system layoffs April 17, 2015 Epic waives record sharing fee | How 'doc fix' affects IT: 5 things to know | Inside Cerner, Leidos team's DOD contract bid | Kaiser Permanente to build IT campus in Georgia April 16, 2015 Geisinger, Intermountain, Advocate tech leaders discuss pop health | Former ProMedica employee charged for HIPAA violation | Data security rundown: 5 things to know | Trinity Health selects athenahealth April 15, 2015 7 IBM Watson developments | Cerner, athenahealth updates from HIMSS | 150 great leaders speaking at our 6th Annual Hospital Review Meeting - Reg Closes May 1 | CMS: 'Doc fix' is not a long-term solution April 14, 2015 Epic vs. Cerner: 9 key comparisons | CMS to shorten MU reporting period to 90 days | Come to the CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle summit at no charge | Epic, eClinicalWorks interoperable on Carequality April 13, 2015 The advice nobody gave me: 3 CEOs weigh in | Your guide to HIMSS15 | 7 IT contracts, go-lives | Cerner, Advocate Health Care extend partnership April 10, 2015 Inside Epic, IBM's DOD bid | Cerner introduces Apple Watch app | UV robots go to court: Clorox, Xenex feuding | 4 ways to slash employee health plan costs April 9, 2015 15 new technologies at HIMSS15 | Cerner to integrate visual analytics | How digital rounding boosts patient outcomes, staff satisfaction | Patients vs. consumers: Healthcare's biggest misunderstanding April 8, 2015 Epic, Cerner join CMS' test EHR program | Opinion: EHR objections are 'bogus' | Rand Paul's medical career, healthcare views: 10 things to know | Register now for Becker's CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle Summit in July! April 7, 2015 11 things to know before HIMSS15 | New Epic go-live: Forbes Hospital | 10 top cities for digital health investment funding | Healthcare jobs report for March April 6, 2015 Baylor Scott & White CIO talks merging IT systems | From Final Four coaches: 15 quotes on leadership, teamwork | 12 vendor contracts, go-lives | Should gun ownership be part of medical records? April 3, 2015 The ideal hospital CISO: 3 key traits | Apple, IBM release 4 apps | ONC CMO shares 3 thoughts on IT | The 10 most competitive medical schools April 2, 2015 MU3 awakens ghosts of MU past | IT workers most familiar with Epic platform | Man self-diagnoses tumor using medical records | Should more hospitals adopt zero-based budgeting? April 1, 2015 IU Health, Anthem CEOs ask Indy governor to revise religious freedom law | 16 stats on health IT salaries | Health IT's gender gap | How Aetna treats cybersecurity as a business risk March 31, 2015 Can robots reduce hospital work burden? | How telemedicine saved this rural hospital | Google, J&J subsidiary to develop surgical robot | 19 exec moves March 30, 2015 Reading Health cuts 33 IT jobs | 6 do's and don'ts of IT security | Why you shouldn't work on the weekend | 150 great places to work in healthcare March 27, 2015 Boston Children's system down for 6 days | The cost of a healthcare data breach | 4 ways to prevent copy/paste errors in EHR | 30 words that have changed healthcare March 26, 2015 [Special revenue cycle edition] 5 thoughts on revenue cycle management | The trend majorly affecting provider revenue cycle | Revenue cycle management outsourcing is a trend set to expand | Mayo chooses Epic EHR, revenue cycle management March 26, 2015 Sue Schade: 8 traits of strong security culture | Will IT be precision medicine's downfall? | Barnabas Health names Dr. Stephen O'Mahony CMIO | Upsets and Cinderella stories: What March Madness and hospital rankings have in common March 25, 2015 What to do when IT fails | Cerner supported by significant subsidies | Dimitri Cruz named CIO of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center | Register now for Becker's CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle Summit! March 24, 2015 MU3 analysis: Balancing flexibility, mandates | 98% of athenahealth EHR users attested to MU2 | IBM invests in cloud-based EHR | 17 exec moves March 23, 2015 Mark Cuban: 3 thoughts on HIT | Epic's Deep Space wins architectural award | SGR fix's 5 IT provisions | Henry Ford Health posts $27.8M surplus March 20, 2015 [Special Alert] MU stage 3 proposed rule: 9 things to know March 20, 2015 Epic, CommonWell battle broils | Cerner, Allscripts top inpatient EHRs | Mayo Clinic's drone idea | 13 IT stories to know this week March 19, 2015 Epic defends interoperability to Senate | Washington state selects Cerner EHR | 5 insights on Premera breach | 150 great places to work in healthcare March 18, 2015 Cyberattack on Premera affects 11 million | Will IT slow the physician shortage? | State-by-state telemedicine policy breakdown | 5 billion-plus healthcare deals in 2015 March 17, 2015 [Special Alert] 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare | Learn about the HIT/CIO + Revenue Cycle Summit to be held at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago - July 2015 March 17, 2015 Judy Faulkner among world's billionaires | 9 healthcare entrepreneurs to know | 10 health IT trends from SXSW | Tech first, organization last: The new M&A integration March 16, 2015 9 vendor contracts | Who are the EHR non-adopters? | Mount Sinai reveals telehealth initiatives | 10 thoughts on swearing in the C-suite March 13, 2015 12 latest data breaches | Cerner EHR to integrate patient-generated data | UPMC breach affects employees' tax returns | Dignity Health eyes insurance business March 12, 2015 UCLA's 4-month IT overhaul | ISMA breach affects 39k | Can Apple Watch revolutionize healthcare? | 18 top payers by region March 11, 2015 EHR outage update: ED did not shutdown | Epic president hints at interoperability push | Cleveland Clinic posts $467.5M operating surplus | The most ethical healthcare companies March 10, 2015 Epic decoded | St. Mary's Health reports email hack, breach | UCLA pilots genomic data project | Improper payments from federal programs reach $125B March 09, 2015 EHR failure closes Calif. ED | After Joplin tornado, tech-heavy hospital opens | 10 vendor contracts, go-lives | 5 things to know about Nina Pham's lawsuit March 6, 2015 Lessons from Hillary Clinton's email snafu | Breach reported at Medical College of Wisconsin | Opinion: The case against security audits | Hospitals contribute $2.6T, 5.6M jobs to the economy March 5, 2015 4 health IT lawsuits to know | VA misappropriates $92.5M for HIT project | 3 latest layoffs | King v. Burwell: 10 things to know March 4, 2015 What will the future healthcare CIO look like? | Cerner awarded $170M Australian contract | ICD-11 is already on the horizon | 15 healthcare capital projects March 3, 2015 Why the feds shouldn't pay 'ransom' to vendors | 3 benefits of the cloud | Allscripts financials indicate slow growth | Safer sooner: How hospitals can detect and avoid risks before they affect patient outcomes March 2, 2015 4 reasons CIOs get fired (and how to avoid them) | 90% of health sites leak info | Washington state exchange overcharges 13k | Chuck Lauer: Give nurses help with heavy lifts February 27, 2015 Is interoperability following MU's troubled path? | 4 ways net neutrality affects healthcare | VA seeks additional $24M for cybersecurity | 11 latest CEO moves February 26, 2015 Dr. Atul Gawande: Tech isn't top driver in healthcare | Epic, Allscripts, Cerner finalists for DoD contract | MU deadline extended for EPs | Coming soon: A Cleveland Clinic health plan? February 25, 2015 Cerner offers 'voluntary departure' to employees | CIOs not seen as strategic partners, report finds | Cleveland Clinic, VA to link medical records | 10 things on Geisinger's new CEO Dr. David Feinberg February 24, 2015 13 latest stories on Epic, Cerner, McKesson | Man posing as Cerner rep sold MRI to hospital, charged for wire fraud | 5 ways net neutrality affects healthcare | 4 CEOs discuss legacy February 23, 2015 The threat of hired hackers | 10 vendor contracts, go-lives | 'Anything easy ain't worth a damn.' A lesson from OSU football coach Woody Hayes | 29 exec moves February 20, 2015 MU participation required for CMS' Oncology Care Model | 11 groundbreaking cybersecurity projects | Cerner opens database to local hospitals | 5 things to know about the UCLA 'superbug' February 19, 2015 Epic to launch app exchange | 12 top innovators, spenders | 5 strategic CIO priorities | 9 latest CEO moves February 18, 2015 Cerner tops EHR-based HIEs | Why one physician is forgoing EHRs | 10 technology dangers in healthcare | Chuck Lauer: 10 traits of real, unforgettable leaders February 17, 2015 [Special Alert] [Special Alert] Black Book releases HIE vendor rankings | 5 stats on the future of HIEs February 17, 2015 24 women CIOs to know | How will Anthem CEO Joe Swedish fare? | CIO Eric Carey on embracing change | 17 exec moves February 16, 2015 Top EHR vendors by market share | Cerner warns of recruitment scam | 8 vendor contracts, go-lives | 8 of the biggest rebels in healthcare February 13, 2015 Epic faces overtime pay lawsuit | EPs face $200M in MU penalties | Facebook launches cybersecurity threat sharing platform | 12 latest CEO moves February 12, 2015 Mayo Clinic, Google partner to fact-check search results | Cerner's best financial year | 15 steps to negotiate IT contracts | 6 latest layoffs February 11, 2015 athenahealth to add 1,000 jobs | Anthem breach caused by weak login security | 5 traits of charismatic leaders | 5 key lessons to prevent your hospital from going the way of RadioShack February 10, 2015 5 CIOs on MU, security, interoperability | Epic EHR selected by 2 Pa. hospitals | Does Anthem need another name change? | How secure texting can boost workflow, improve outcomes February 9, 2015 [Special Alert] [Special Alert] 100 CIOs to Know in 2015 list is now live! February 9, 2015 8 IT leaders react to Anthem hack | McKesson's Q4 financial reports | 7 contracts, go-lives | Vaccine exemptions and the measles outbreak: 5 things to know February 6, 2015 Your guide to getting hacked | Anthem update: Chinese hackers suspected | 25 CIOs nominated for CIO of the Year | 13 latest CEO moves February 5, 2015 Anthem hacked: 80M records exposed | Specialties with the highest MU attestations | 4 measles tracking tools | 10 healthcare leaders react to Obama's budget February 4, 2015 CFO vs. CIO: Bridging the perspective gap | athenahealth solidifies move into hospital market | IBM: Watson is not a medical device | 15 things to know about Obama's 2016 budget February 3, 2015 Cerner's $1.3B Siemens acquisition complete | 8 vendor contracts | The promise of precision medicine | Coordinated Health names Greg Flanagan CIO February 2, 2015 Epic leads Best in KLAS awards | 8 IT hiring trends | Teladoc sues Texas Medical Board over telehealth limitations | The Super Bowl effect: Why Seattle and Boston should expect more severe flu seasons January 30, 2015 CMS to cut MU reporting to 90 days | TRH notifies 80k members of breach | 8 CEO moves | 20 systems, payers pledge to convert 75% of business to value-based arrangements by 2020 January 29, 2015 Epic's Mayo contract is a 'jewel' | HealthCare.gov updates cybersecurity | How telehealth embodies the PPACA | 5 costly healthcare megatrends January 28, 2015 8 Cerner updates | Hospital employee fired for record snooping | Bill Clinton comments on interoperability | 50 rural CEOs to know January 27, 2015 Cerner, UMC enter 10-year partnership | 17 CIOs nominated for CIO of the year | Cybersecurity risks in M&As | 5 healthcare changes, initiatives, investments January 26, 2015 350 Kaiser clinics reach HIMSS Stage 7 | BIDMC to develop OurNotes EHR platform | Why patient portals aren't catching on | 7 new vendor contracts, go-lives | 7 latest layoffs January 23, 2015 Mayo drops Cerner, GE for Epic | Docs propose drastic MU changes | Cerner to help design clinic rooms | NBA picks Kaiser Permanente as first-ever healthcare partner January 22, 2015 5 EHR complaints from CIOs | Mayo chooses Epic EHR, RCM platform | Could ICD-10 delays threaten national security? | 20 exec moves January 21, 2015 10 stories about Epic | HealthCare.gov's new privacy concerns | Telemedicine hindered by old technology | Shooting at Brigham and Women's Hospital January 20, 2015 Why ICD-10 training won't work | FBI shares cybersecurity intelligence with AHA | 12 vendor contracts, go-lives | 6 steps to optimize your EHR | The digital health trend to watch January 16, 2015 80% of eligible hospitals attested MU2 in 2014 | Google joins PwC's DoD EHR bid | Mount Sinai Health CIO Kumar Chatani: Excellence in IT system integration | The best healthcare jobs January 15, 2015 What common hospital device puts IT systems at risk of attack? | athenahealth moves further into hospital market | 5 healthcare cybersecurity trends | 341 healthcare deals announced in Q4 January 14, 2015 athenahealth expands More Disruption Please program | N.Y. passes telemedicine parity law | AHA-backed bill would ease MU attestations | 5 mistakes health systems make when cutting costs January 13, 2015 Meet Epic, IBM's 18-member advisory board | Sentara launches OTC retail site | CIO Edward Marx: published author and 'ordinary guy' | When will terrorism replace healthcare as the country's most talked-about issue? January 12, 2015 Jefferson Health renews focus on innovation | AHIMA names Cassi Birnbaum board chair | Sony hack less costly than anticipated | 11 CEO moves January 9, 2015 Epic, IBM form advisory group | Mayo Clinic developing device warranty software | White House CIO leaves for private sector | 200 statistics on physician compensation January 8, 2015 Most physicians plan to skip MU2 in 2015 | Spectrum Health closes tech company | Allina Health signs $100M deal to enhance data tools | CHIME names U of Michigan's Sue Schade CIO of the Year January 7, 2015 Epic's unorthodox campus expansion | 25 key health IT data points | HHS submits MU stage 3 proposed rule | CIOs: What's your top EHR complaint? January 6, 2015 US Postal Service latest hacking victim | Big data, regulatory demands + 8 more challenges for hospitals this year | 5 things to know about US CTO Megan Smith | Nebraska admits potential Ebola patient January 5, 2015 How athenahealth's CEO is redefining disruption | 10 notable CIO moves in 2014 | St. Louis Children's ends nurse advice hotline as people turn to mobile apps | 7 latest exec moves January 2, 2015 50 things on Epic, Cerner and other major EHR vendors | Apple HealthKit: Is 2015 its year? | CIOs: What are your NY resolutions? | 15 legislative changes coming Jan. 1 December 31, 2014 Mass. exchange payment system crashes hours before deadline | Worst software bugs of 2014 | Accenture wins $563M HealthCare.gov contract | 80% of pediatricians now using EHRs December 30, 2014 Biggest data breaches of 2014 | 10 mistakes CIOs should avoid | Mayo Clinic extends telehealth services to local schools | The 'worst' payers of the year: 7 thoughts from leaders December 29, 2014 Breach: Dignity Health patient data posted online | CIOs: This personality trait could hinder performance | Horizon BCBSNJ launches free telehealth program | University General Health closes Dallas Hospital December 26, 2014 2014's most popular IT stories | Patient sues N.Y. over mental health data | 100 great women's health programs | Adventist Health settles False Claims allegations December 24, 2014 Henry Ford avoids patient record lawsuit | Sony hack could cost $100M | CMS adds 89 Medicare ACOs | Pamela Arora, Ed Ricks, Frank Fear nominated for CIO of the Year December 23, 2014 Northwestern Memorial data breach affects 3k | Boston Children's to pay $40k over stolen laptop | 35% of Americans don't know patient portals exist | Healthcare leads all sectors in CEO turnover December 22, 2014 5 skills every CIO should refine | McKesson, Cerner, Cleveland Clinic: 10 updates from IT's biggest names | CIOs: What do you think of MU penalties? | Congress to ONC: Decertify EHRs that don't share data December 19, 2014 How 11 hospitals use IT for population health | VCU Health mistakenly donates CDs with PHI | Will Apple, Samsung and Google innovate healthcare? Some say no. | 5 priciest hospital transactions in 2014 December 18, 2014 257,000 clinicians face MU penalties in 2015 | Curiosity killed the cat - and HIPAA violations got the employee fired | Cerner acquires $500M in debt for future projects | 7 hospital, health system layoffs December 17, 2014 Blackmail threats over data hit Sony, Illinois hospital | 7 salaries in health informatics | Mayo partners with startup | Former LifePoint CFO files age discrimination suit December 16, 2014 Healthgrades' CEO discusses online physician reviews | 40+ hospital/health system CIOs speaking at CIO/HIT Summit in July - Submit proposals now! | Allscripts launches prior authorization solution | 5 most interesting M&A deals December 15, 2014 E-Book on CIO/CEO strategy inside! | SSM Health names Philip Loftus CIO | AHA to Congress: No more ICD-10 delays | 130 women leaders to know December 12, 2014 Mayo Clinic pilots telemedicine kiosks | Sony email leak: Amy Pascal's grace under cyberattack | McKesson launches venture fund | 10 largest donations to healthcare orgs December 11, 2014 50 of healthcare's most powerful | Target ruled negligent for data breach | Computer vs. physician: Who does data better? | MD Anderson's Chris Belmont, Duke Medicine's Dr. Jeffrey Ferranti and Pocono Med Center's Ferdinand Feola nominated for CIO of the Year December 10, 2014 Epic, Cerner, athenahealth join Argonaut Project | CEO of GE Healthcare IT: "We're being hit with a tsunami of data" | CIOs: Tell us your biggest feat | 24 latest exec moves December 9, 2014 In light of growing complexity, can EHRs do no harm? | Top 14 healthcare stories of 2014 | WellCare data breach caused by coding error | 8 hospital, health system capital projects December 8, 2014 Fin4 hackers target healthcare | 3 steps to successful IT upgrades | 13 latest vendor contracts | 13 new names in healthcare December 5, 2014 Epic adjusts noncompete clause for former employees | Why healthcare CIOs do, and don't, leave the industry | Cleveland Clinic on the growth of IT innovation | 10 smartest things people in healthcare do December 4, 2014 10 health IT predictions | Highlands-Cashiers Hospital notifies 25k patients of exposed data | CIO of the Year nominee Alan Smith | 3 thoughts on U.S. healthcare (Sons of Anarchy), foreign policy (Homeland) and the interest rate policy (not what Ben Franklin envisioned) December 3, 2014 A disruptive IT solution for patient safety problems | Chad Brisendine nominated for CIO of the Year | Mount Sinai, Edison Nation to commercialize innovations | 25 leaders' best piece of advice December 2, 2014 Server blip forces Cibola General to use paper records | UMass faces class-action suit over breach | Largest layoffs of 2014 | Call for speakers: Becker's CIO seeks topic proposals for CIO/HIT Summit in July in Chicago December 1, 2014 Massachusetts botches EHR incentive payments | Dr. Marc Chasin, CIO of the year nominee | A year of mixed results for ACOs | Healthcare's foggy & forgettable names November 28, 2014 Data security a top patient safety risk | Health IT leader to know: Vocera's Brent D. Lang | 50 things to know about the hospital industry | 10 most popular health IT articles in November November 26, 2014 CMS extends MU attestation deadline | Why CIOs should invest in services, not software | Joel Vengco and Pamela McNutt: 2 more CIOs nominated for CIO of the Year | 17 exec moves November 25, 2014 Beth Israel Deaconess MC to settle breach for $100K | Arnot Health chooses eClinicalWorks and 8 more contracts, go-lives | New cybersecurity threat: Offline computer hacking | 50 things to know about Medicaid expansion November 24, 2014 How Georgia Regents' telestroke program addresses rural care gaps | VA fails cybersecurity audit for 16th year | Truman MC awarded top IT honors | 130 CEOs of nonprofit hospitals, health systems November 21, 2014 Bon Secours Health's data breach - This and 11 more | CMS names first chief data officer | IT incubator MATTER receives $4.4M in funding | 6 things to know about healthcare's newest jobs November 20, 2014 Walgreens faces $1.4M penalty for HIPAA breach | Siemens Health CEO to join Cerner | Hospital layoffs, yet rising healthcare employment? 4 thoughts | Is the physician shortage real? November 19, 2014 Brigham and Women's reports breach after armed robbery | 8 EMR mistakes | AHIMA, CHIME concerned about ONC leadership | 5 ways to drive healthcare innovation November 18, 2014 Teaching the Internet to whisper: The evolution of HIPAA | Samsung names 24 IT partners | CHI contracts with Allscripts - This and 8 other vendor contracts, go-lives | 30 largest ACOs November 17, 2014 CFO pleads guilty to lying about MU attestation | FTC asks Apple: Is patient data safe? | 20 latest CEO moves | How tech can innovate the pharmacy November 14, 2014 Cerner to create 16k jobs in 10 years | Highmark subsidiary data breach affects 75k patients | Healthgrades launches new online search platform | 6 shifts in healthcare leaders' priorities November 13, 2014 4.7% of hospitals fail post-payment MU audits | 10 statistics on hospital, health system telemedicine use | 4 questions to ask before EHR replacement | PPACA enrollment expected to tumble: 5 things to know November 12, 2014 Rethinking mobility & data security | 10 physician leaders to follow on Twitter | 10% of ONC-certified EHRs not tested on clinicians | 12 statistics on C-suite salaries November 11, 2014 Epic to cloud-host in 2015 | Apple drops Fitbit from stores | How much time do EHRs waste? | 11 emerging healthcare roles November 10, 2014 Just 17% of hospitals have met MU Stage 2 | 17 statistics on clinician mobile device use | 7 vendor contracts, go-lives | The 3 mottos of subpar hospitals November 7, 2014 Can EHRs track provider performance? | $19k pricetag for data breach victims | Healthcare employees report declining confidence | 11 CEOs name their #1 problems November 6, 2014 HIPAA and Ebola: What info should be quarantined? | Cerner to offer free patient ID services | Republicans take Congress: 4 things to know | 10 reads on disruption and innovation November 5, 2014 Judy Faulkner: Epic is not a barrier to interoperability | Call to action: Encrypt and protect data | 10 things on CMS' final 2015 payment rules | 790 hospitals earn 'A' patient safety grade from Leapfrog November 4, 2014 Life of a CIO: UAB's Joan Hicks | Cerner, MedStar expand agreement | 14 exec moves | Physicians rank 7 top insurers November 3, 2014 Cleveland Clinic's 10 top innovations for 2015 | 12 vendor contracts, go-lives | 100 physician leaders of hospitals, health systems | Ebola, midterms & False Claims Act: 3 issues this week October 31, 2014 IBM, Cleveland Clinic employ Watson for cancer genomics | CIO Randy Davis discusses future of IT | Cerner, Truven to integrate offerings | 3 frightening things in healthcare October 30, 2014 Should patients pay for portals? | Google Fit goes live on Android | US Ebola response gets political | Will the midterms impact healthcare? October 29, 2014 5 things on IT M&A in Q3 | Ebola quarantine controversy: Leaders speak out | 10 strategies to reduce data breach risks | 10 leadership lessons October 28, 2014 Telemedicine's 3 biggest obstacles | 6 vendor contracts, go-lives | Texas Health revenue drops after Ebola case | 10 important reads for hospital leaders October 27, 2014 Life of a CIO: Broward Health's Dr. Doris Peek | Geisinger, NIH launch genomic patient portal | NYC physician diagnosed with Ebola | 100 great spine, neuro programs October 24, 2014 Dr. Karen DeSalvo leaves ONC for Ebola response team | Rulings protect hospitals from data theft lawsuits | Detroit Med Center to lay off 565 | Why a failing bookstore is the key to healthcare October 23, 2014 Texas Health alters EHR after missed Ebola diagnosis | Why one Aussie doc thinks mHealth apps are 'useless' | 9 things for leaders to look for | 50 stats on physician starting salaries October 22, 2014 3 reasons to modernize IT | AMA suggests how to make MU physician-friendly | ICD-9 has no Ebola code | How CEOs' social connections can hurt their organization October 21, 2014 Hospitals ensure EHRs help, not hinder, Ebola diagnoses | How much Epic, Cerner have paid lobbyists | Physician EHR satisfaction higher with mobile access | Caradigm to be title sponsor of Becker's CIO Roundtable October 20, 2014 6 vendor contracts, 5 go-lives | How to navigate OCR audits | CMS places Baylor on "immediate jeopardy" | 100 heathcare stats October 17, 2014 Where your MU program should be now | Apple, Fitbit break ties | 39 hospitals facing highest Medicare fines for readmissions | 7 transactions, partnerships October 16, 2014 The rise of hospital-backed venture capital funds | Are EHRs ready for next-level infrastructure? | 2nd Dallas clinician tests positive for Ebola | 10 CEO moves October 15, 2014 Why CIOs rarely become CEOs | UPMC-Highmark split faces EMR issues | Google ventures into telehealth | ACO manifesto: 75 things to know October 14, 2014 Johns Hopkins' Stephanie Reel: What makes a great CIO | 4 ways to stay competitive during ICD-10 prep | Dallas nurse tests positive for Ebola | Consumers see benefit of HealthKit, survey finds October 13, 2014 Why we switched to McKesson | MU only needs 7% of EHR data | Epic, Surescripts enter partnership | 8 layoffs October 10, 2014 How to find success in the digital health market | 8 interoperability obstacles | Lobbyists press lawmakers for IT clarifications | 5 executive moves October 9, 2014 6 vendor contracts | Beth Israel Deaconess' patient portal, by the numbers | Dallas Ebola patient dies | Providers pessimistic about interoperability October 8, 2014 How Geisinger engages patients | CMS reopens MU hardship exception application period | 3 recent go-lives | 150 CFOs to know October 7, 2014 Texas Health backtracks on blaming EHR flaw for missed Ebola diagnosis | Ochsner first to integrate Epic, HealthKit | Facebook considering foray into healthcare | Biggest C-suite pay increase October 6, 2014 Beebe Healthcare: "Why we switched to Cerner" | EHRs' ROI in primary care averages 10 months | More lawmakers support 90-day MU reporting period in 2015 | 8 CEO moves October 3, 2014 A look inside Banner Health's telemedicine success | 200 hospital benchmarks | Cedars-Sinai breach actually affected 33k patients | Ebola update: 100 potentially exposed in Dallas October 2, 2014 6 recent data breaches | CMS: 44k providers have applied for MU hardship exceptions | 11 stories on HIEs | Register now for the Becker's CIO Roundtable! October 1, 2014 11 vendor contracts, 7 go-lives | North Shore-LIJ starts ICD-10 coding company | 10 most social media-friendly hospitals | 7 executive moves September 30, 2014 Cerner, Humana, American Well integrate with HealthKit | Electronic surveillance decreases mortality, finds study | Nebraska Medical Center fires 2 for snooping in Ebola patient's record September 29, 2014 Dr. Farzad Mostashari on the promise of ACOs | Intermountain joins Cerner's DoD bid | Average salaries of 6 health IT jobs | 6 failed hospital deals this year September 26, 2014 Why Wellmont switched to Epic | ACOs troubled by interoperability | Philips refocuses on healthcare | 6 hospital partnerships, transactions September 25, 2014 UPMC's patient portal advice | HCA buys health IT company | 6 steps to evaluating healthcare innovations | 3 things the most innovative health systems do September 24, 2014 5 vendor contracts, 4 go-lives | Berkshire Health System's HIE journey | 6 recent layoffs | Why IT staffers like their jobs September 23, 2014 Cerner, athenahealth integrating with HealthKit | Epic experience leads to higher salaries | Providence launches venture capital fund | Johns Hopkins names first chief patient experience officer September 22, 2014 10 stats on health IT salaries | UCLA offers virtual visits | Google Glass improves surgeons' performance, study finds | Micro-clinics: The future of healthcare? September 19, 2014 Looking back on 25 years of health IT | 11 recent data breaches | 7 must-have skills in today's health IT job market | 100 great heart programs September 18, 2014 Stanford, Duke to pilot Apple's HealthKit | EHRs worsen job satisfaction | 5 reasons patients use online portals | 35 findings on American physicians September 17, 2014 How Boston Children's defended against a cyberattack | Industry lobbies for 90-day MU reporting period in 2015 | 18 stats on nurses' mobile device usage | 10 executive moves September 16, 2014 Data breaches at Tampa General Hospital, 2 other providers | Hospital for Special Surgery launches innovation center | 4 recent go-lives | 7 cities with the highest readmission rates September 15, 2014 59% of providers don't encrypt mobile devices | 7 vendor contracts | 7 CIO, CMIO moves | 6 questions great leaders ask September 12, 2014 IT takes on care transitions tech | 8 lessons for successful HIEs | Toshiba, Johns Hopkins tackle big data | 6 questions great leaders ask September 11, 2014 Apple Watch, HealthKit's impact on healthcare | Best, worst states for telemedicine | Louisiana Medicaid miscalculated EHR payments | 20 hospital bankruptcies, closures September 10, 2014 [Special EHR Edition] CIOs share MU2 strategies, challenges | 5 ways to use EHRs to reduce readmissions | 4 EHR implementation best practices from AHRQ | Physicians' EHR burden | Register now for the CIO Roundtable September 9, 2014 Mayo Clinic, IBM's new plans for Watson | Duke University Health System reports data breach | 10 definitions of big data | Upcoming webinar: CIO and Health IT Open Discussion, Sept. 10 September 8, 2014 New MU rule: 10 things to know | HealthCare.gov hacked | Why ICD-10 could complicate adverse event reporting | Register now for the CIO Roundtable September 5, 2014 Interoperability: The 'unicorn' of data? | Medicare's proposed telehealth coverage met with approval | 7 stats on cloud security | 9 ways to make a bad decision September 4, 2014 Data breach at Memorial Hermann | Parkland's new digital hospital | 17 exec moves | Attend our CIO roundtable free of charge September 3, 2014 How to lure IT employees | Apple updates HealthKit privacy rules | 7 stats on C-suite hiring | Driving clinical performance with data September 2, 2014 [Special EHR edition] 25% of physicians looking to switch EHRs | Walgreens implements Greenway's EHR | Patients' EHR portal frustrations | How ICD-10 could improve EHR interoperability September 1, 2014 10 most-read stories in August | Will Amazon enter the digital health market?| New Georgia rule requires in-person visit before telemedicine | Register now for CIO roundtable August 29, 2014 [EHR edition] How the Cerner/Siemens acquisition will change IT | 8 EHR legal issues | Who is in your C-suite? | 60 things on healthcare reform August 28, 2014 UPMC CIO Dan Drawbaugh resigns | Dignity, St. Joseph invest in mHealth startup | Where physicians, nurses are paid the most | Register now for the CIO Roundtable August 27, 2014 26 CIO, CMIO moves so far in 2014 | 6 vendor contracts | 6 layoffs | 3 CIOs needed to proctor November roundtable in Chicago August 26, 2014 Cedars-Sinai, St. Elizabeth's report data breaches | 24 of the fastest-growing health IT companies | Where CIOs are hiring, outsourcing | 5 hospital downgrades August 25, 2014 NewYork-Presbyterian, Brigham & Women's share hackathon successes | FBI: Hackers targeting healthcare orgs | 5 things patients want in patient portals | 6 HIE best practices August 22, 2014 Feds remain mum on HealthCare.gov security | CHS hacked | 10 vendor contracts | 7 CEO moves August 21, 2014 [Special mHealth Edition] 5 mHealth startups to watch | New app is Uber for healthcare | App lets LA crowdsource first aid | Register now for our ASC conference August 21, 2014 [Special mHealth Edition] 5 mHealth startups to watch | New app is Uber for healthcare | App lets LA crowdsource first aid | Register now for our ASC conference August 20, 2014 Exclusive: Dr. Farzad Mostashari on his new startup | 4 recent go-lives | How HIEs are like Facebook | Has your organization replaced an EHR system? August 19, 2014 [Special EHR Edition] Epic president testifies on interoperability | What docs want in EHRs | 5 stats on EHR adoption | More calls for EHR training in med school August 18, 2014 6 CIOs with 20+ year tenures | The cost of post-merger IT integration | The evolution of healthcare investment | Register now for our ASC conference August 15, 2014 7 stories on health IT and infection control | EHRs: 50 things to know | How data-mining can reduce ED visits | 100 ACOs to know August 14, 2014 [Special mHealth Edition] 30 things on mHealth | Senator seeks more mHealth privacy regulations | 3 Qs for mHealth developers | 100 largest hospitals August 13, 2014 7 go-lives | 4 vendor contracts | 5 statewide HIE updates | Register now for our ASC conference August 12, 2014 [Special EHR Edition] EHRs: 50 things to know | The problem with EHRs | 5 stats on EHR adoption | 24 leading women in healthcare August 11, 2014 8 points on CIOs' salaries | MU2 attestations hit 78 | 10 things to know about Cerner's acquisition of Siemens Health Services | Register now for our ASC conference August 8, 2014 CIOs' most-desired regulatory changes | 5 elements of effective CDS systems | 14 HIMSS stage 7 hospitals | CMS' 2015 IPPS final rule: 7 things to know August 7, 2014 [Special mHealth Edition] 12 mHealth apps from hospitals | What the new FDA guidance means for mHealth | 5 ways texting can improve outcomes | Register now for our ASC conference August 6, 2014 Why Apple, Epic, IBM will take over healthcare | Blue Shield of California, Anthem Blue Cross partner for massive HIE | 8 exec moves | Register now for our ASC conference August 5, 2014 [Special EHR Edition] Is Epic interoperable? | 11 recent EHR go-lives | Payers using EHR data to ID high-risk patients | CPSI net income up August 4, 2014 11 recent vendor contracts | 25 things to know about hospitals' investments in IT | McKesson revenues exceed expectations | 4 recent layoffs August 1, 2014 How truthful are patients around EHRs? | E-prescribing risks | 4 HIPAA shortcomings | Have a bad boss? 5 considerations July 31, 2014 How 3 CIOs juggle competing priorities | 12 recent exec moves | Senate committee to make recommendations on MU3 | CIOs: What regulatory change would you make? July 30, 2014 7 CIOs discuss changing roles, new challenges | How (and how often) Kaiser Permanente members use its patient portal | Biggest health IT stock gains, losses so far in 2014 | 7 things CEOs hate July 29, 2014 How I became a healthcare CIO: 10 CIOs, 10 career paths | 5 CIO, CMIO moves | Health IT lobbyists spending more | 50 things to know about the largest GPOs July 28, 2014 6 vendor contracts | Cerner earnings jump | Health IT hiring on the rise | 100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs July 25, 2014 Telemedicine From a Patient's POV | Why ACOs Need Health IT | Health IT M&A Activity Surges | Mayo Clinic vs. Cleveland Clinic July 24, 2014 How 3 CIOs Attract, Retain Top IT Talent | Sutter Health Dodges Data Breach Lawsuit | Hospitals Respond to Proposed MU Flexibility | 18 CEO Moves July 23, 2014 Why NewYork-Presbyterian Is Renting Space at a Tech Accelerator | 9 Most Common Issues in EHR-Related Malpractice Claims | Q2 Results From athenahealth, GE Healthcare | 10 Concerns, Trends Facing Hospitals Right Now July 22, 2014 4 Recent Data Breaches | 5 New Apps | 4 Go-Lives | 15 Most Expensive Cities for Primary Care July 21, 2014 CVS Partners With 4 Major Providers for Care Coordination, EHR Integration | 9 Recent Vendor Contracts | 6 Ways Big Data Can Reduce Costs | Wal-Mart's Lesson for Reinventing Hospitals July 18, 2014 When Physicians Prescribe mHealth Apps | 10 Most-Used EHRs | 6 Ways Big Data Can Cut Costs | 10 of the Biggest Rivalries in Healthcare July 17, 2014 4 Big Data Best Practices from Booz Allen | MU2 Success Story: University of Missouri Health Care | HealthPartners' Virtual Clinic Expands to 6 States | 10 States With Highest, Lowest Post-PPACA Uninsured Rates July 16, 2014 Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, athenahealth and Other Major EHR Vendors: 50 Things to Know | Why Most Physicians Want New Practice Management Software | e-Prescribing Up Tenfold | 4 Recent Layoffs July 15, 2014 4 Recent Go-Lives | Epic Adds 600 Employees | How Hospitals Can Limit Liability From Software Failures | 70 ACOs Announced This Year July 14, 2014 How 25-Bed Cottage Hospital Reached MU2 | 11 Recent Vendor Contracts | 3 eHealth Myths, Debunked | 5 Questions Leaders Should Quit Asking July 11, 2014 Most Wired Hospitals of 2014 | On HIEs, Interoperability: Q&A With CMIO Dr. Christopher Jaeger | 9 Findings on HIPAA Compliance | What Healthcare Can Learn From Blockbuster July 10, 2014 How America's Largest Companies Are Poised to Shake Up Healthcare | 5 Health IT Safety Issues Execs Should Monitor | CMS: 10 Hospitals Have Reached MU2 | 50 Top Grossing Public Hospitals July 9, 2014 How Jefferson University Health Is Using Telemedicine to Re-Imagine Care Delivery | Medtroninc Settles False Claims Allegations With $2.8M | Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Expands Telemedicine Reimbursement | 50 Top Grossing Nonprofit Hospitals July 8, 2014 Who is Healthcare's Jeff Bezos? | Digital Health Startup Funding Skyrockets | DuBois Medical Center's MU2 Journey | EHRs Can Cut Costs by 10% July 7, 2014 Dignity Health's Google Glass Success | CIOs Getting More Respect in C-suite | 5 States With Most HIMSS Stage 7 Hospitals | 9 Transactions, Partnerships July 3, 2014 [4th of July Issue] Pairing Veterans With Health IT Careers | How Rush U. is Bringing Veterans Into Health IT | 9 Lessons Healthcare Leaders Learned From the Military July 2, 2014 A CISO's Biggest Challenge | 7 Recent Data Breaches | 12 New HIEs | 10 Exec Moves July 1, 2014 [Most Read in June]: How Tenet is Using Predictive Analytics | Apple Partners With Mayo, Epic for HealthKit | 8 Hospitals That Have Reached MU2 | 7 IT Contract Tips June 30, 2014 How 3 CIOs Are Doing More With Less | Only Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH Expanded Market Share in 2013 | 5 Things to Know About the DoD Contract | 55 Hospitals Patients Would Recommend June 27, 2014 CIOs Biggest Strengths | Data of 97k Patients Compromised at Radiology Clinic | Sutter Health to Launch HIE | Boston Children's Announces Innovation Summit June 26, 2014 Inside 3 Innovative Community Hospitals | Verizon Launches Telemedicine Service | Allscripts, CSC, HP Partner to Bid Against Epic on DoD Contract | 5 Emerging Health IT Startups June 25, 2014 What Hospitals Look for in CMIOs | Breaches at Medtronic, Rady Children's | 4 EHR Issues That Can Compromise Patient Safety | 8 Reasons to Use Cloud Services June 24, 2014 7 Tips for Successful Vendor Negotiations | 8 Recent Vendor Contracts | 5 Go-Lives | Maricopa Sees High ROI With Telemedicine June 23, 2014 [Mobile Monday] Swedish Covenant's Mobile Security Strategy | 5 Things to Know About HealthKit | The Most Popular Clinical App | 12 Stats on Physician Smartphone Usage June 20, 2014 AHA Urges ONC on MU Flexibility | HealthKit Likely to Avoid FDA Regulation | EHR Troubles Alexian Brothers' Medicaid Program | 50 Lawsuits, Settlements June 19, 2014 Most Exciting New Technology? 3 CIOs Reflect | Overview of the Biosensing Wearables Market | Farzad Mostashari to Help Independent Physicians Form ACOs | 250 Exec Moves June 18, 2014 [Special Edition] The 26 Smartest People in Health IT June 18, 2014 Hiring an IT Exec? Think Outside the Box | Most Common Cause of Data Breaches | Google Follows Apple With New Mobile Health, Fitness Platform | 91 Layoffs in 2014 June 17, 2014 [3-Minute Lists] 8 Data Breaches | 5 Vendor Selections | 4 Recently Launched Apps | Health IT and Patient Safety: 5 Things to Know June 16, 2014 4 Traits Hospitals Look for in CIOs | 5 Recent Go-Lives | Data Breach at St. Joseph Health | 9 Recent Transactions, Partnerships June 12, 2014 What One CISO Learned in Iraq | 6 Recent Go-Lives | Epic, IBM to Bid on DoD's EHR Contract | Via Christi EHR Blamed for Excessive Patient Wait Times June 11, 2014 Legacy Health CIO Dr. John Kenagy: Why a CIO is Really a CFO, COO and CMO, Too | 4 Steps to Better HIPAA Compliance | EHR Readiness Assessment Toolkit | 24 Exec Moves June 10, 2014 Who's to Blame When IT Projects Fail? Everyone | 5 Recent Vendor Selections | Hershey Medical Center Reports Data Breach | 10 Cities Where Patients are Most, Least Happy With Physicians June 9, 2014 [New Tech Special Edition] Apple Partners With Epic, Mayo for New Health Platform | 7 New Apps | Wearables 2.0: Smart Clothing, Ingestible Sensors, Implantable Monitors June 5, 2014 How Tenet Is Using Predictive Analytics to Improve Employee Retention | 15 Things to Know About Google Glass in Healthcare | How MU Affects EHR Installs | 13 Recent Exec Moves June 4, 2014 26 of the Smartest People in Health IT | How a Manufacturing Background Has Helped St. Bernards' CIO | Survey: EHR Purchases Up, Satisfaction Down | 5 Recent Layoffs June 3, 2014 11 Recent Vendor Contracts, Go-Lives | Who's to Blame for IT Project Failures? | ONC Announces Consolidation, New Priorities | Most Popular Lists June 2, 2014 3 CIOs Reflect: Better to Have IT or Business Background? | Athens Regional CEO, CIO Out After Troubled EHR Install | Providers' Top Data Security Concern | 6 Recent Transactions, Partnerships May 29, 2014 11 Recent CIO, CMIO Moves | 5 Recent Go-Lives | 25 Hospitals Reach HIMSS Stage 6 | 5 Things to Know About Co-Management Agreements May 28, 2014 The Health App Market at a Glance | 7 Recent Health IT Vendor Contracts | Thefts Compromise Data at Humana, Elliot Hospital | For CIOs, More Important to Have IT or Business Background? May 27, 2014 Moody's: Why IT Investments Help Hospitals "Win" | 5 Recent Cyberattacks, Phishing Schemes | For CIOs, More Important to Have IT or Business Background? | 6 Recent Layoffs May 22, 2014 CMS Adds Flexibility to 2014 MU Attestation | 4 Signs of Great Health Systems | Cleveland Clinic to Open Telemedicine Kiosks | Physicians' Top 3 Internet Challenges May 21, 2014 What the LabMD Case Means for Data Security | 8 Recent Health IT Vendor Contracts | 17 Latest CEO Moves | CIO, Health IT and CFO Roundtable- Seeking Great Speakers May 20, 2014 Dignity Health CIO Deanna Wise on "Marketing" IT Successes | 5 Recent Go-Lives | 3 Ways to Use Health IT to Improve Clinical Integration | 9 Exec Moves May 19, 2014 Epic? Allscripts? CPSI? 7 Execs Explain Their EHR Vendor Choice | 10 Disruptive Forces in Healthcare | 6 Major Hospital Operators' EHR Incentive Payments | AMA Advocates for MU Flexibility May 15, 2014 Seattle Children's CIO Wes Wright on His Biggest Accomplishment, Biggest Mistake | Physicians' At-Work Texting Habits: 10 Stats | 4 EHR Vendors With Growing Revenues | Why Healthcare CEOs Are Fired May 14, 2014 The Case for Medical Scribes | 6 Recent Data Breaches Caused by Employees | The Worst Payers of 2014 | 5 States Where HIE Use is Highest, Lowest May 13, 2014 Cleveland Clinic's App Development Strategy | Data Breaches at Baylor, CHI | 7 Recent Go-Lives | 21 Hospitals, Health Systems With Strong Finances May 12, 2014 NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia Pay Largest-Ever HIPAA Fine of $4.8M | 5 Things to Know About the Telemedicine Market | 8 Recent Vendor Contracts | 10 Recent Layoffs May 8, 2014 Just 4 Hospitals Have Attested to MU2 | Epic, Cerner, athenahealth Named to Our "150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare" | Flowers Hospital Faces Suit Over Data Breach | States With Lowest, Highest EHR Adoption May 7, 2014 Sanford Health CIO Arlyn Broekhuis on Installing Epic | EHR Install Weakens Centegra's Profitability, Credit Rating | Data Breaches at UMass Memorial, Molina | 15 Healthcare Orgs Where Millennials Want to Work May 6, 2014 Medical Scribes Net Allina Health Extra $200k | 10 Things to Know About athenahealth | Brigham and Women's Finds Innovation in a "Shark Tank" | 804 Hospitals Earn "A" From Leapfrog May 5, 2014 UPMC's Dan Drawbaugh: What's "Critical" for CIOs | Data Breaches at Boston Medical Center, DeKalb Health | Stakeholders Take Aim at 2015 Edition Proposal | 8 Top C-Suite Priorities May 1, 2014 NorthShore CIO Steven Smith: IT's Biggest Opp | UPMC to Sell Analytics Software | 7 Negative Outcomes From EHR Implementations | 6 Stats on Hospitals and Social Media April 30, 2014 "My Best Investment": 5 CIOs Reflect | 7 Recent CIO Appointments | Piedmont Posts Unedited Physician Reviews Online | Annual Meeting Reg Ends Tomorrow - Record Attendees April 29, 2014 Cerner: 10 Things to Know | 15 Recent Data Breaches | Essentia Health: Medical Devices Very Hackable | Conference Registration Ends May 1 April 28, 2014 Penn State CIO Rod Dykehouse on His "Atypical" Investment | Boston Children's Cyberattacks | 11 Most Popular Data Analytics Tools | 12 Exec Moves April 24, 2014 Epic: 10 Things to Know | CTCA, Baptist Health Appoint New CIOs | Top CIO Speaker Needed for Webinar | 2 CIOs Win Leadership Awards April 23, 2014 How Boston Children's Uses Analytics | 6 Top Apps for Docs | 4 Emerging Big Data Companies April 22, 2014 How Sutter Health Uses Tablets to Improve Care Coordination | UNC Reduces Patient Load During Epic Rollout | Community Hospital Points to Siemens Install as Reason for Layoffs | 6 Vendor Contracts, Go-Lives April 21, 2014 Mercy CIO Gil Hoffman on His Transition Into Health IT | 3 Hospitals That Have Hosted Hackathons | Why Top Hospitals Have Inadequate Websites | Register Now for Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting - Just a Few Spots Left! April 17, 2014 CMS: ICD-10 Guidance Coming "Soon" | 5 Recent Data Breaches Caused by Employees | 19 Recent Executive Moves | Registration for Annual Meeting Ends May 1st (Less Than 55 Spots Remain) April 16, 2014 4 Lessons From Fletcher Allen CIO Chuck Podesta | Epic EHR Install Dampens Wellmont's Operating Margin | 8 Things to Know About Incoming HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell | Registration for Annual Meeting Ends May 1st (Less Than 55 Spots Remain) April 15, 2014 [Google Glass Special Edition] Glass On Sale Today Only | 4 Healthcare Apps for Glass | Children's Memorial Hermann's Innovative Glass Use | Registration for Becker's Hospital Review Annual Conference Ends May 1 April 14, 2014 5 Successful Hospital-Developed Apps | OIG Reverses 2011 Ruling About HIE Fee Structures | 7 Recent Vendor Contracts, Go-Lives | Registration for Becker's Hospital Review Annual Conference Ends May 1 April 10, 2014 Kaiser, Legacy Health to Allow Patient Access to Clinical Notes | ABILITY Network Receives $550M Equity Investment | 20 Healthcare Organizations Named to InformationWeek's Elite 100 | 12 IT Positions With the Largest, Fastest-Growing Salaries April 9, 2014 How the ICD-10 Delay Will Benefit Nonprofit Hospitals | 8 Recent Data Breaches Caused by Laptop Thefts | 20 Things to Know About Kaiser Permanente | University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics CIO Lee Carmen, University of Mississippi Medical Center CIO David Chou Offer Insight, Best Practices During Free Webinar May 21 April 8, 2014 100 Great Hospitals | 2 New Data Breaches | Sanford Health's New Take on Telemedicine | NorthShore CFO Gary Weiss, Ochsner CFO Harry Reese, Methodist Health System CFO Michael Schaefer, S&P Director of U.S. Public Finance Kevin Holloran Kick Off the CFO Senior Leadership Webinar Series (April 23, No Charge) April 7, 2014 CIOs and the ICD-10 Delay: What's Next | Kaiser Permanente Suffers Data Breach | FDASIA Health IT Regulation Proposal: 6 Things to Know | 4 Executive Positions With the Biggest Raises April 3, 2014 Stakeholders Blast ICD-10 Delay | Palomar Health Breach Affects 5k | 50 of the Healthiest Counties in America | Learn Meaningful Use, Data Analytics Best Practices During the CIO Leadership Series Webinar April 2, 2014 4 Necessities for an Effective Digital Strategy | Franciscan Health System Hit by Phishing Scam | 5 Ways to Reduce Third-Party HIPAA Risk | HHS Releases Security Risk Assessment Tool April 1, 2014 Senate Approves ICD-10 Delay | How Rush is Bringing Veterans Into Health IT | 5 Ways to Improve Hospital Data Security | 4 Characteristics of Poorly Performing Hospitals March 31, 2014 14 CIOs Share Advice, Best Practices | House Passes Bill Including ICD-10 Delay | 6 Health IT Vendor Agreements | Medical Device Interoperability Could Save $35B Annually March 27, 2014 5 IT Imperatives for Providers | UK HealthCare Data Breach Affects 1k | How EHRs Can Cause Patient Harm | 6 Recent Hospital, Health System Layoffs March 26, 2014 7 Responsibilities of CIOs | XP Support Sunsetting: Are You Ready for April 8? | 5 Recent Vendor Selections | 14 Recent Executive Moves March 25, 2014 5 Hospitals Using, Piloting Google Glass | Hospitals' Predicted ROI From MU2 | Why Hospitals' IT Budgets Are Increasing | Register Now for Becker's May Conference, Early Registration Ends Next Week March 24, 2014 Why End Users Should Be Involved in IT Selections | How Much Does MU2 Cost? | 10 IT Jobs With Climbing Salaries | What Physicians Like, Dislike About Hospital Employment March 20, 2014 How VCU Medical Center Uses EHR Data to Reduce Patient Harm | Epic Leads Among Large Physician Practices | Major Payers Ready for ICD-10 | 54 Stats on Medicare Margins March 19, 2014 5 Health IT Startups to Watch | Colorado Hospital Hacked, 5k Patients' Data Breached | IT Execs' Most Common Non-IT Responsibilities | 100 CMOs to Know March 18, 2014 Castlight Health IPO Values Company at $3B | 8 Ways mHealth Is Used to Improve Patient Care | ICD-10 End-to-End Testing Scheduled for July | Top 10 Cities for Healthcare March 17, 2014 The Consequences of CIO Overload | Data Breaches at UCSF, DMC, St. Joseph Health | Which Physicians Would Choose Their Specialties Again? | Hear CIOs from Hospital for Special Surgery, Novant Health, Spectrum Health at Our Annual Conference March 13, 2014 CMS Clarifies MU2 Hardship Exceptions | Register for the CIO Senior Leadership Series | Top EHR Vendors by Hospital Size | How to Bring Physicians on Board With ICD-10 March 12, 2014 Fitch: ICD-10 Could Hurt Nonprofit Hospitals' Credit Ratings | 7 Health IT Takeaways from SxSW | Hospitals' Top 10 IT Staffing Needs | 5 Hospital Executive Compensation Trends March 11, 2014 Why Barnabas Health CIO Dr. Luis Taveras Starts Work Before 7:30am | 11 Ways IT Departments Use Clinicians | Rhode Island Hospital First to Use Google Glass in ED | CIOs From Hospital for Special Surgery, Novant Health, Spectrum Health and More to Speak at Our Annual Conference March 10, 2014 How to Attract the IT Professionals Who Could Work Anywhere | 11 Stats on CEOs' IT Worries | OIG: Data Security Issues at 10 Medicaid Agencies | What's Your Favorite New IT Product? March 6, 2014 Intermountain to Skip MU Attestation in 2014 | 10 Statistics on Hospitals' Data Backup Strategies | Montefiore's Mobility Journey | Learn to Use Health IT to Improve Patient Experience at Our Annual Conference March 5, 2014 6 Hospitals With EHR-Related Credit Challenges | 6 Technologies Most Commonly Used for Patient Engagement | EHR Incentive Payments Top $20B | 10 Best Practices for ICD-10 Physician Education March 4, 2014 Why Children's Medical Center Dallas is Untethering Patient Data | 7 Mobile Devices Most Commonly Provided to Clinicians | Trinity/CHE's Kyle Johnson Takes CIO Post at EMHS | Register for Becker's Hospital Review Annual Conference March 3, 2014 Post-Merger IT Advice From Baylor Scott & White | CIOs' Top 7 IT Priorities | HIMSS Unveils New Maturity Model | Cleveland Clinic, Dell Partner to Offer Epic Services February 27, 2014 Top Reasons Clinicians Use Mobile Technology | "Struck by Orca": 72 ICD-10 Codes, Illustrated | EHRs Can Help Reduce Hospital Infections | 9 Stats on BYOD Security Policies February 26, 2014 Legacy Health's CIO Has a PhD in CPOE, Advice for Any CIO | Top EHR Vendors by MU Attestations | Half of Hospitals to Purchase New EHR by 2016 | CMS Posts Final ICD-10 End-to-End Test Checklists February 25, 2014 From 'DOA' to HIMSS Stage 6: Akron Children's IT Turnaround | 7 Statistics on Information Security Budgets | Major Stakeholders Lobby HHS to MU Flexibility | CVS Switches to Epic February 24, 2014 Intermountain CIO Marc Probst on Data Privacy, Security | Allscripts Posts $128M Operating Loss | CMS to Offer End-to-End ICD-10 Testing | Data Breach at St. Vincent Health February 20, 2014 7 Recent Data Breaches | Breach Notification Guidelines From WEDI | CIOs and the SGR | How Many Patients Check Online Physician Reviews? February 19, 2014 Hospitals' Top 6 Sources for Innovation | How a Regional Patient Index is Improving Care Around Dallas | When, Where Consumers Use Health Apps | C-Suite Increasingly Collaborates on IT Purchasing Decisions February 18, 2014 CIO Compensation: It's About More Than Money | 11 Ways to Improve Staff Productivity | 13 Hospitals Achieve HIMSS Stage 6 | AMA Urges HHS to Reconsider ICD-10 Mandate February 17, 2014 Mass General CIO Keith Jennings on the Epic Transition | Physicians' Mobile Device Usage | 10 Most-Read Health IT Market Stories | Reader Feedback Wanted February 13, 2014 Calculating the ROI of Health IT | Who's Responsible for Innovation? | 10 States With the Most HIMSS Stage 6, 7 Hospitals | Google's Cloud is Now HIPAA-Friendly February 12, 2014 Texas Health Resources' CDS Best Practices | CMS Extends 2013 MU Attestation Deadline One Month | 5 HIMSS Stage 7 Best Practices | ONC Turns Focus to MU3 February 11, 2014 Telemedicine Edition: 10 Most-Read Telemedicine Stories | Telemedicine Patients Younger, Richer | Cell Carrier Launches Telemedicine Service | How Telemedicine Is Improving Care in Arkansas February 10, 2014 CIO of the Year Ed Marx on Leadership, Mountain Climbing | St Joseph Health System Breach Affects 400k | athenahealth's Q4 Results | ICD-10 Staff Training Best Practices February 6, 2014 Hospital Sisters Health System's EHR Deployment Strategy | Cerner Reports Record Bookings in Q4 | Data Breaches Up 138% Since 2012 | ICD-11 to Launch in 2017 February 5, 2014 The EMR App Market, Present and Future | Average Salaries for 9 Health IT Skills | 7 Telehealth Adoption Strategies | Hospitals' Average Data Outage Recovery Time February 4, 2014 The 3 Costliest IT Incidents for Hospitals | Unity Health Plans Data Breach Affects 41k | 10 Statistics on EHR Incentive Program Participation | 4 Most-Reported Clinical EHR Benefits February 3, 2014 Epic, athenahealth Lead Vendor Rankings | CCHIT's New Direction | Kaiser Sued Over Data Breach Response | eHealth Exchange Participation on the Rise January 30, 2014 Top 5 Causes of Major Data Breaches | Why to Involve Physicians in Data Analytics | Practice Fusion Offers Free Laptops to New Subscribers | HIPAA-Covered Entities Subject to FTC Action January 29, 2014 Mountain States Health Alliance CIO Paul Merrywell on Data Security | 13 Stats on ACOs' Tech Costs | Top 5 HIE Vendors | How Physicians Are Using Smartphones, Tablets January 28, 2014 Hawaii Pacific Health CIO Steve Robertson's Best Practices | 23 States Without Any Stage 7 Hospitals | "Digital Divide" in EHR Adoption Persists | U.S., U.K. to Collaborate on Health IT January 23, 2014 Boston Medical Center's $36.5M Data Analytics Success Story | 7 Recent Data Breaches | Google's New Foray into Healthcare | CIO Speakers Sought for November Strategy Roundtable January 22, 2014 100 CIOs to Know | Summa Western Reserve CIO on Healthcare's Biggest Challenges | ONC: Physician EHR Adoption on Track | CIO Speakers Sought for Becker's Strategy Roundtable January 21, 2014 CIOs Share 7 Best Practices for Reaching HIMSS Stage 7 | IBM's Watson and the Future of Data Analytics | ONC's Guidelines on EHR Safety | Where Providers Are Most, Least Prepared for MU2 | CIOs: Speak at Our November Roundtable January 16, 2014 What Frustrates Hospital CEOs, CIOs About Health IT | 74% of Docs Have Not Started ICD-10 Prep | 14 Recent Health IT Market Stories | A Patient Portal Success Story January 15, 2014 Texas Health Resources' Edward Marx Named CIO of the Year | Predictive Analytics: Healthcare's Next Big Challenge | HHS, HITRUST, Others Partner for Cyberattack Simulation | Surescripts Adds 2 Dozen EHR Vendors to Network January 14, 2014 Phoebe Putney Data Breach Affects 6,700 | Children's Colorado CIO Mary Anne Leach's Best Advice | How Augmented Reality Technology Could Improve Surgery | The Challenges of Rural Health IT Adoption January 9, 2014 10 Key Technologies for 2014 | New Model for Determining EHRs' ROI | Meditech System Blamed for Hospital's Cash Flow Issues | Health System/Hospital CEOs, CFOs and CIOs Sought for CEO Roundtable January 8, 2014 3 Hospitals With Successful Tele-ICU Programs | 5 Things to Know About the DELTA Powered Analytics Maturity Model | 6 Digital Health Funding Trends | Data Breach at Riverside Health January 7, 2014 Baptist Health CIO Roland Garcia Shares Best Practices | Health IT Legislation to Watch in 2014 | NextGen Sued Over EHR Installation | Health IT Market to Hit $31.3B by 2017 January 2, 2014 10 Most Read Health IT Stories of 2013 | 27 Stats on Health IT Salaries | Why to Expect More Healthcare Data Breaches in 2014 December 31, 2013 Mount Sinai CIO Kumar Chatani Shares Best Practices | EHR Stark, Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors Extended | First Healthcare Informatics Subspecialists Certified | HIMSS Foundation, NeHC Merge December 26, 2013 Spectrum Health CIO Patrick O'Hare Shares Best Practices | 9 Recent Data Breaches | Clinical Executives' Crucial Role in Health IT Adoption | 9 Stats on ICD-10 Readiness December 19, 2013 New National Coordinator for Health IT Appointed | States With Legislated Telemedicine Coverage | 7 Health IT Market Predictions | CIOs: Speak At the CEO Strategy Roundtable December 18, 2013 15 CIOs Who Changed Jobs in 2013 | 3 MU2 Mistakes to Avoid | Data Breach at SIU HealthCare | Illinois, Missouri HIEs to Share Data December 17, 2013 Why an MU Extension Isn't Enough | Cottage Health System Breach Affects 32k | Cerner Settles With Trinity Medical Center | athenahealth Stock Plummets December 12, 2013 Kaiser Permanente Data Breach Affects 49k | 5 Top Causes of Data Breaches in 2013 | 8 Recent Health IT Market Stories | How Google Glass Can Prevent Wrong-Side Surgeries December 11, 2013 How Miami Children's CIO Was Inspired by a Natural History Museum | 26 Hospitals That Reached HIMSS Stage 7 in 2013 | Data Breach at Horizon BCBS | Does HIPAA Hinder Innovation? December 10, 2013 CMS Extends MU2 Deadline | Advice from OSU Wexner CIO Phyllis Teater | Epic Faces Suit Over Overtime Wages | Data Breach at Houston Methodist December 5, 2013 3 Observations About the EHR Market | First-Year Results on the NY Digital Health Accelerator | Could Iris Biometrics Help Solve Hospital Patient ID Problems? December 4, 2013 Dignity Health's mHealth Strategy | Data Breaches at UPMC, UW Medicine | How Meaningful Use Helps Recoup IT Expenditures December 3, 2013 Dr. John Halamka on Learning From Mistakes | How Smartphones Cause HAIs | Nuance Shares Tumble | 34 Hospitals Join Chicago HIE November 27, 2013 3 Biggest HIE Challenges | Providence Health Starts Layoffs to Offset EMR-Related Hires | MU3 Recommendations for HIEs | ProHealthCare, OHSU Become Epic Pioneers November 26, 2013 KishHealth's CIO Shares Best Practices, Lessons Learned | UCSF Data Breach Affects 8k | Average EMR Technician's Salary | GAO Calls for Updated Consumer Privacy Framework November 21, 2013 Sentara Healthcare's IT Strategy | 6 Statistics on Ambulatory Physician EHR Satisfaction | Data Mapping Best Practices | EHR Market to Hit $6B by 2015 November 20, 2013 Aging Baby Boomers + Advancing Technology = Healthcare's Biggest Opportunity | CareFusion Acquires GE Healthcare's Vital Signs for $500M | 12 Coordinated Care Initiatives November 19, 2013 Mt. San Rafael Hospital's CIO on Best Practices, Biggest Mistakes | Cone Health Cites Epic Costs as Contributor to Negative S&P Outlook | New Telehealth Bill | 10 Stats on Health IT Adoption in California November 14, 2013 How Health IT Will Affect Physician Demand | 2 HIE Updates | How EHR Interfaces Affect Lab Test Ordering November 13, 2013 The Most Commonly Used MU2-Ready EHR Vendors | How Scripps Health Is Making the Case for mHealth | Data Breach at DaVita Affects 11,500 | White House CTO Subpoenaed November 11, 2013 Lutheran Health Network CIO Shares Biggest Accomplishment, Biggest Mistake | Allscripts Posts 3Q Loss | CMS CIO Steps Down | Why Clinicians Like Vendor-Neutral Archives November 7, 2013 The Most Commonly Overridden CDS Alarms | Recent Studies Doubt Usefulness of eICU Monitoring, iPads | Data Breach at University Hospitals November 6, 2013 The Top-Rated Patient-Facing Apps | Helpouts, Google and Telehealth | 11 Statistics on EMR Costs November 5, 2013 Wake Forest Baptist CFO Says Troubled Epic Implementation Led to Lower S&P Rating | 9 Statistics on Hospital Leaders' Population Health Strategies | 3 Health IT Market Updates October 31, 2013 11 Statistics on Venture Capital Funding in Health IT | 2 HIO Updates | ECRI's Health IT Hazard Reporting System October 30, 2013 3 Common Myths About HIOs, Debunked | 5 Traits of Hospitals Awarded EHR Incentive Payments in 2012 | 35% of Patients Would Switch Hospitals Following Data Breach October 29, 2013 Miami Children's Offers Private-Label EHR to Affiliated Physicians | Cerner Shares Drop | Top mHealth Users by Condition October 24, 2013 University Health System's IT Strategy | 6 Best Practices for Community-based mHealth Programs | The Health IT Markets to Watch October 23, 2013 How Texas Children's Improves Data Analytics | 9 Recent Data Breaches | 16 Statistics on Meaningful Use Attestation October 22, 2013 Dignity Health's Data Analytics Secret | HIMSS: No EMR Progress at 25% of U.S. Hospitals | athenahealth's 3Q Results October 17, 2013 ED Physicians' EMR Burden | HIMSS: 25% of Hospitals Have Made No EMR Progress | Why Advocate Is on Instagram October 16, 2013 How Cleveland Clinic's Physician Portal is Strengthening the Care Continuum | What Frustrates Physicians About EHRs | 6 Highlights of CHIME's CIO Forum | Space Still Available at the CEO Roundtable! October 15, 2013 24 Stats on HIE Adoption Among Hospitals | 2 Recent Data Breaches | New Global Center for Health Innovation Opens October 10, 2013 Partners, Essentia, Centura Share Best Practices on Remote Patient Monitoring | Blame Rising Healthcare Costs on Technology, Not the Uninsured | HHS Acknowledges Design Flaws in Healthcare.gov | Space Still Available at Becker's CEO Strategy Roundtable October 9, 2013 Intermountain's CIO Talks Cerner Partnership | 14 Statistics on Recent Health IT Hiring | 4 Health IT Market Updates October 8, 2013 Dr. Mostashari's New Job | Data Breach at CaroMont | Google Takes Step Toward HIPAA Compliance | Space Still Available at Becker's CEO Strategy Roundtable October 3, 2013 BCBS Invests Further In Telehealth | iTunes Makes It Easier to Find Clinical Apps | The HIPAA Risks Posed by Business Associates October 2, 2013 How the Shutdown Will Affect the ONC | EMRs and Physician Stress | Only 32% of Patients Want Electronic Records October 1, 2013 More Leadership Changes at ONC | KentuckyOne Offers Telemedicine Services to All State Residents | Technical Glitches in PPACA Exchange Websites | Last Day for Early Registration: Becker's CEO Strategy Roundtable September 26, 2013 17 Senators Join Call for MU2 Extension | Allscripts Sued for Patent Infringement | Patient Engagement Strategies From Children's Dallas September 24, 2013 7 Recent Data Breaches | OSU's Telestroke Robots | What Patients Know About EMRs, HIEs | Early Registration Ends in 7 Days for Becker's Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable September 19, 2013 How Unity's HIE Improved Population Health | GAO: HHS Wasted $260M on IT Investments | Hear 12 Healthcare CEOs Talk Innovation and the Industry's Future at the CEO Strategy Roundtable September 17, 2013 Hacker Accesses 1,300 Records at UChicago | 41% of Patients Willing to Switch Providers for Online EMR Access | A Guide to National Health IT Week September 12, 2013 How UPMC is Using Big Data | 64% of Hospitals Have MU2-Ready Vendor | How 3 Statewide HIEs Became Financially Independent September 10, 2013 Data Management Strategies from Geisinger, Intermountain, Carolinas Healthcare | Best Health IT Investment Practices | Data Breach at MUSC September 5, 2013 6 Steps to Recruiting the Best IT Talent | Top Clinical Apps | BCBS Gives Away Physician e-Visits September 3, 2013 Why 2 Organizations Switched EHR Systems | BYOD Best Practice from Seattle Children's | Epic, Cerner Grab Majority of New EHR Business August 29, 2013 Epic Outage at Sutter Health | 5 Steps to Post-Rollout EHR Optimization | Big Ideas on Big Data at ACE August 27, 2013 Healthcare CIOs: Smaller Raises, More Responsibility | How to Identify and Prevent Data Breaches | 2 More Statewide HIEs August 22, 2013 Mayo Clinic's App and the Future of Patient Engagement | FDA Issues Guidelines on Wireless Healthcare Devices | HIMSS Lobbies for MU2 Extension | Webinar: What to Expect from the Newly Insured August 20, 2013 9 Steps to Using Big Data | The Changing Role of Hospital CIOs | How Remote Monitoring Cut Readmissions to 2% August 15, 2013 14 Statistics on Clinicians and Mobile Device Usage | 50 Social Media-Friendly Hospitals | 3 Major HIE Expansions August 13, 2013 Farzad Mostashari's Departure: What's Next | 5 BYOD Best Practices | How to Recruit Cyber Security Professionals August 8, 2013 Dr. Farzad Mostashari Resigns from ONC | Social Media: 10 Ways to Ensure HIPAA Compliance | 18 Findings on Patient Use of EMRs August 6, 2013 The 20 Most Popular EHRs | 4 Best Practices for Physician HIPAA Omnibus Compliance | Tech Terms Cheat Sheet August 2, 2013 46 Stats on Physicians, EHRs and Meaningful Use | 10 Trends That Will Shape mHealth | Best Practices for Cloud Storage July 30, 2013 5 Physicians' Favorite Apps | How to Save Money on EHR Implementation | How mHealth Can Change Patient Behavior July 25, 2013 The 8 EHR Vendors Preferred by Physicians | CIOs Call on CMS to Extend Meaningful Use Stage 2 | Infographic: A Decade of Data Breach + 4 Best Practices July 23, 2013 CIO Compensation Up 7.5% | The Real Causes of HIPAA Security Breaches | 3 Benefits of Systemwide Health Information Exchanges July 18, 2013 8 Benefits, Drawbacks of Open-Source EHRs | Hospitals Adding to IT Staff, Though Qualified Workers Hard to Find | Meeting Meaningful Use Improves Quality of Care July 16, 2013 Best Practices of AHA's "Most Wired" Hospitals | Telehealth Safe, Cost-Effective Alternative to Follow-Up Visits | Overcome 3 Common Barriers to Physician EHR Adoption July 11, 2013 The No. 1 Healthcare App in the U.S. | EHR Implementation Success Story: Dartmouth-Hitchcock | 15 Stats on Mobile Device Data Security July 9, 2013 5 Top Categories for Venture Capital, Angel Investments in Digital Health | HHS Unveils Final HIT Patient Safety Plan | 10 Top States for EHR Adoption July 2, 2013 7 Takeaways From the ONC's Report on Health IT | Health IT Salaries Low, But Jobs Seen as Secure | FDA Raises Medical Device Standards to Prevent Cybersecurity Breaches June 25, 2013 Top 10 Health IT Strategies to Manage Risk | 7 Latest Healthcare Data Breaches | FDA Clears First Prescription-Only App | Telemedicine Patients More Likely to be Urban, Affluent June 18, 2013 7 Recent Healthcare Data Breaches | Adopting a Marathon Mentality for ICD-10 | 10 Strategies to Manage HIT Risk | FDA Tips to Avoid Cyberattacks June 11, 2013 Total Medicare, Medicaid EHR Incentive Payments Hit $14.6B | Cleveland Clinic to Let Patients View Almost All Info in EMRs | Most Physicians' EHRs Don't Meet MU Criteria, Survey Finds June 4, 2013 Top 10 Gamechangers of Healthcare IT | 9 Latest Healthcare Data Breaches |What Healthcare Providers Need to Know About CMS' EHR Incentive Pre-Payment Audits