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A letter from the HIMSS EHR Association outlines concerns and requests clarifications around issues such as automation bias and how the industry would transition away from legacy technologies that conflict with the guidance.

Greg Miller, chief growth officer at health IT vendor Lumeon, says manual methods for coordinating, verifying and advancing steps in a patient's clinical journey are leading to burnout for providers.

Patty Hayward, VP of industry strategy for healthcare and life sciences at Talkdesk, unpacks the results of a recent report, which finds providers struggling with integration of patient-facing tools.

It does this by leveraging an AI tool that reads patients' histories and doctors' notes in real time.

At the 2022 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum in Boston, keynote speaker Anita Allen described the delicate and complex balance between the imperative of data sharing and the need to protect privacy.

The COO of one of the largest direct healthcare providers in the country looks ahead at these and other trends she sees in the year ahead.

Anita Allen, professor of law and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, says "data sharing is the new health ethic," in a preview of her keynote address at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.

Bob Segert sees the company as viable for a public offering after three years of its life as a private entity. Meanwhile, athenahealth announced a new clinical advisory board this week to tackle provider burnout and other EHR documentation challenges.

There are still a lot of misconceptions about the ONC rule and its requirements, says Joerg Schwarz, senior director for healthcare interoperability strategy at Infor, who offers some tips for provider organizations.

The researchers will explore the structure-function relationships that may be overlooked in cardiovascular physiology through the joint research effort.