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By Mike Miliard | 11:42 am | September 10, 2015
National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD, announced this week that Rebecca Freeman, RN, will join the agency to spearhead its nursing outreach and help shape its clinical informatics activities.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:31 am | September 10, 2015
Big Blue continues building on its supercomputer with tools that with Apple, pilot projects and new deals to advance the platform for entrepreneurs and healthcare providers.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:08 am | September 10, 2015
Kyra Bobinet, MD, says a doctor can look at all the vital signs, test results, images and assorted assorted other EMR data and still have no idea how to treat a patient. "That's not real life," she says. "That's not how to care for people."
By Bernie Monegain | 08:56 am | September 10, 2015
In an unprecedented alliance between client and vendor, Boston-based Partners HealthCare and Salt Lake City-based Health Catalyst have agreed to share best practices, intellectual property, technology and training in an effort to take population health management to new heights.
By Eric Wicklund | 03:43 pm | September 09, 2015
Apple unveiled a host of new products Wednesday and the latest version of Watch is the one that advanced the company's healthcare focus at the latest launch event.
By Erin McCann | 11:49 am | September 09, 2015
Is your electronic health record ONC-certified? Turns out, even if your EHR vendor and product is "certified" as meeting certain usability requirements, they might not actually be doing so, according to new analysis.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:29 am | September 09, 2015
Patient engagement just got a boost with GetWellNetwork's acquisition of San Diego-based Skylight Healthcare Systems. Both companies describe themselves as early pioneers in interactive patient care.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:33 am | September 09, 2015
Richard Clarke, cybersecurity expert and former national security advisor to three U.S. presidents, will keynote the HIMSS Media and Healthcare IT News Privacy & Security Forum Dec. 1-3 in Boston.
By Jack McCarthy | 09:26 am | September 09, 2015
Security specialists bring to market new cloud services to secure PHI and PII for Salesforce users.
By Tom Sullivan | 09:04 am | September 09, 2015
HIMSS officials plan to share the three "asks" with Congress during National Health IT Week in early October.