UnitedHealth Group’s proposed £1.2 billion acquisition of UK-based healthcare software business EMIS is edging closer after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally cleared the purchase following an in-depth investigation.EMIS supplies data management systems…
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Patty Riskind, MBA is CEO of Orbita of Boston, MA.
Tell me about yourself and the company.
I’ve worked in healthcare data analytics tech for over 30 years, predominantly in the patient engagement…
Dr. Terri Shieh-Newton, an intellectual property attorney and immunologist at Mintz, discusses AI-driven healthcare solutions’ ownership rights. She highlights the importance of probing data methodologies and classification for robust patents. The challenge of establishing…
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Epic is leading healthcare data exchange progress with Mayo Clinic, Kaiser, and Stanford Health, fostering nationwide information sharing. Matt Doyle, Epic’s interoperability software development lead, discusses their Quality Health Information Network (QHIN) efforts. Over…
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Healthcare has seen the highest data breach costs for the 13th consecutive year, with breaches averaging $4.45 million globally, according to Ponemon Institute and IBM Security research. Healthcare sector breach costs surged by 53%…
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Pat Hurley, VP and General Manager, Americas at Acronis
The protected health information (PHI) entrusted to healthcare providers is more valuable than credit card numbers to cyber criminals. Why? Because medical records contain a cache…
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Rick Stevens, CTO at Vispa, joined us to discuss the current trends in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and emphasized the need to distinguish between automation and true AI. While automation is important, Rick highlights…
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We recently talked with Nicole Rogas, the President of symplr, a leading healthcare IT company. In this engaging interview, Nicole shares her inspiring journey in the industry and her passion for making a meaningful…
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Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives…
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In 2022, President Biden re-ignited the Cancer Moonshot with a call to cut the cancer death rate by half and “improve the experience of people and families living with and surviving cancer.” Both goals are ambitious…
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