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Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich is the Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Advocate, and others. Previously, she was Vice President and Managing Editor at Rewire.News.

HIMSS21
By Kat Jercich | 11:02 am | August 10, 2021
The pandemic has exemplified the crucial role information technology plays in healthcare, said execs at the HIMSS21 CIO Summit on Monday.
HIMSS21 Digital
By Kat Jercich | 07:11 pm | August 09, 2021
Dr. John Halamka, in his HIMSS21 Digital session, proposes a public-private collaboration of government, academia and industry to take on the challenge of transparency in machine learning.
HIMSS21 Digital
By Kat Jercich | 04:39 pm | August 09, 2021
In a HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital session, two experts discuss what it's taken for the University of Rochester to spin up a virtual behavioral health program over the past nine years.
HIMSS21
By Kat Jercich | 04:20 pm | August 09, 2021
Panelists at the HIMSS21 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday emphasized the importance of getting clinicians and decision-makers on board with safeguarding a health system from bad actors.
HIMSS21 Digital
By Kat Jercich | 04:39 pm | August 06, 2021
Panelists at a HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital session will discuss how tools can most effectively address wellness disparities in the United States.
By Kat Jercich | 01:24 pm | August 06, 2021
The Data Aggregator Validation program is aimed at ensuring the validity of clinical data and saving provider organizations time and money.
By Kat Jercich | 03:43 pm | August 05, 2021
A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that hospitals with low cybersecurity ratings were more likely to experience a data breach.
By Kat Jercich | 10:14 am | August 05, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a wide range of vulnerabilities for bad actors to take advantage of, a new report shows.
By Kat Jercich | 12:49 pm | August 04, 2021
The tech giant follows of Google and Epic, which have also rolled out their own vaccine mandates over the past week.
By Kat Jercich | 04:42 pm | August 03, 2021
Researchers found a 169% year-over-year increase in global telehealth investment, with the top five deals alone worth $1.5 billion.