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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.

By Kat Jercich | 01:45 pm | November 10, 2020
Patient-intake-management tools have evolved to meet health systems' needs, pivoting in response to COVID-19.
By Kat Jercich | 02:09 pm | November 09, 2020
EpicShare.org will give users the ability to share creative ideas around patient care with others, the CEO said on a Forbes podcast.
By Kat Jercich | 11:50 am | November 09, 2020
Although it may seem counterintuitive, telemedicine can act as a bridge between vulnerable pregnant people and their providers.
By Kat Jercich | 04:32 pm | November 06, 2020
The initiative is an expansion of a partnership earlier this year to develop face masks and nasopharyngeal swabs that could be printed on production-level equipment.
By Kat Jercich | 12:29 pm | November 06, 2020
The Combined Cyber Response Team will assist the University of Vermont Health Network in ensuring thousands of end-user devices are free of malware or viruses.  
By Kat Jercich | 03:43 pm | November 05, 2020
The company's NUCLeUS platform includes new telestration capabilities that allow multiple users to annotate live stream videos or still images simultaneously.  
By Kat Jercich | 01:39 pm | November 05, 2020
Amid pointed recent ransomware warnings from federal agencies, some Massachusetts health systems have ramped up filtering for external emails or temporarily blocked them altogether.
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By Kat Jercich | 02:29 pm | November 04, 2020
While "EHRs have known shortcomings," coordinated data initiatives and better interoperability can create a truly effective health IT infrastructure, say technology leaders from 15 academic medical centers.
By Kat Jercich | 05:46 pm | November 03, 2020
HealthTree founder Jenny Ahlstrom, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma a decade ago, said policy changes that have facilitated access to virtual care should remain permanent.
By Kat Jercich | 01:38 pm | November 03, 2020
Clinical decision support and hospital resource-management are particularly important as patient numbers begin to increase again, two new JAMA studies show.