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Miriam Paramore interviewed Young as part of a series on Women in Health IT that she has titled “Women Who Get IT." In this inaugural interview, Paramore talks with Young not only about the work itself but also about work-life balance.

Healthcare IT News traveled to Epic's Verona, Wisconsin, campus and met with the company's elusive founder, as well as with Epic Vice President Peter DeVault. The two talked a lot about interoperability – but perhaps not enough to quell critics.

Ambulatory facilities and services led the month’s hiring, while hospitals were a close second in creating new jobs. 

The contract was awarded as part of VA's Transformation Twenty One Total Technology program, or T4.

The software currently enables people living with epilepsy to track their seizures and researchers want to develop the program into a seizure detector as well.

Health officials said Zika must have been contracted out-of-state, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called the virus unprecedented. 

As providers, payers and patients align in what Schoenberg calls a national play for delivering real-time care anywhere patients and providers can connect, telemedicine stands ready to revolutionize healthcare the way Amazon has rewritten retail.

OCR found the Illinois-based health system failed to conduct a thorough risk assessment and limit physical access to electronic health systems, among other infractions.

Harvard researchers predict that contact-free continuous monitoring platforms have the potential to save the healthcare industry as much as $15 billion.  

The analyst firm recommended that all technology vendors serving the hospital market have to recognize the evolving threat landscape their customers face and innovate accordingly.