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In advance of his appearance at HIMSS21, Admiral Michael S. Rogers, who also served as commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, says the government and private sector must work more closely and collaboratively.

She joined the company in 1988 as an implementation programmer before rising through the management ranks.

Version 2 of the United States Core Data for Interoperability offers "clearer direction toward the standardized, electronic exchange" of those data types and others, enabling better care for "all patients."

The Boston-area health system hopes to have two clinical systems live by September and for the full digital platform, including 300 other apps, to be operational by this time next year – offering big opportunities for scaling AI and machine learning.

The agency says the DICOM standard used by picture archiving communication systems is open to exploitation when connected to the Internet, and that providers should act now to patch at-risk PACS.

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After agreeing to a "mutual separation," Rusty Frantz stepped down this week as president and chief executive officer, and also from the company's board.

Electronic health records are overloading outpatient docs with info in "disparate files and folders rather than presenting comprehensive, actionable data in a context that gives meaning," say researchers in a VA-funded study.

The initiative, funded from the American Rescue Plan, is aimed at public health informatics and data reporting. It seeks to boost minority-serving institutions such as HBCUs.

There's widespread recognition that AI and machine learning have value, but also that they're not fully understood, according to the HIMSS State of Healthcare – which finds operational use cases slightly more favored than clinical ones.