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Across the healthcare industry, "the state of decision-making is really bad." Following the so-called Three Ps could point a way forward.

Reinventing care beyond the hospital is one of the timeliest challenges to solve with technology, process and structure.

UH CMIO Jeffrey Sunshine said that deploying an interoperability tool and new modules will help the hospital to create a single patient record physicians can access at the point of care.

Now the question is whether cyber criminals could someday emulate that approach to access encrypted patient data.

The work will help determine how effective Philips IntelliSite whole slide imaging can be in detecting disease, streamlining pathology workflows and lowering costs. 

Ohio Governor John Kasich said during Tuesday night's Presidential Town Hall that he has a plan to replace Obamacare while Texas Senator Ted Cruz pointed to the VA as an area that needs greater accountability when it comes to healthcare.  

Each has pros and cons, including accuracy, price and the potential to scare patients with Big Brother-like perceptions. And biometric technology is evolving quickly enough that hospitals need to frequently evaluate options.

Despite saying that it responded quickly to the malware that locked users out of IT systems, the health network had to deny some patients access while it continues recovering from the malicious code. 

More hospitals ranked telehealth as a priority than did last year, and many reported success at engaging patients and improving outcomes. 

Rather than streamlining operations such as clinical and IT that could create significant savings, many merged organizations continue running acquired hospitals as individual entities, the consultancy found.