The American Hospital Association and HITRUST say they are optimistic about the Biden Administration’s nearly 40-page national cybersecurity policy proposal in its strategies to fight destabilizing cybercrime and cyberterrorism.WHY IT MATTERS
After continued waves of ransomware attacks…
Sun Pharma probes cyber breachIndian pharma giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has reported an “information security incident,” according to PTI.
The news report noted that the company has already reported the incident to the authorities and has…
The Australian Digital Health Agency has come up with its first mobile consumer application for accessing health information on My Health Record.WHAT IT DOES
Available on both iOS and Android devices, the my health app…
According to a 2021 HIMSS survey, 73% of healthcare provider organizations have legacy information systems. They’re costly to maintain and a pain to keep up.The question is, what to do about them?
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Some telling new statistics from the Qualtrics XM Institute’s latest research on customer-facing employees show healthcare workers are less likely than the global average to say their teams are understaffed (7% versus 11%).But these…
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To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments.WHY IT MATTERS
The dual team study published by…
The HIMSS EHR Association this week sent a letter asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend the comment period on its Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes proposed rule by…
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With the boom of telehealth caused by the pandemic, patients by and large are more comfortable than ever looking for telemedicine advice and care. Because patients can turn to telehealth to increase access to specialists who can…
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With the Veris Cancer Care Platform, cancer care teams at the New Jersey Cancer Care, PA can now review patients’ physiologic and clinical data in real time and deliver personalized care.WHY IT MATTERS
Today, NJCC…
UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual…
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