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Tasked with accomplishing what takes some health systems $100 million with less $10 million, the IT shop conceived a new approach that saved $4.5 million a year and streamlined IT infrastructure management. 

Internet users reported major accessibility issues early Friday, as a slew of major websites were rendered temporarily inaccessible, including Netflix, Twitter, Spotify, Etsy, The New York Times and SoundCloud.

Disruption is already starting. Hospital and IT vendor executives should should pay close attention to innovations and emerging business and care models, Frost & Sullivan says.

Hackers attacked the computers systems of Rainbow Children’s Clinic and deleted some patient records housing sensitive data. 

The biggest problem? Outdated IT and tight budgets make it hard to fend off growing throngs of hackers.

IBM's tech-savvy chief has been instrumental in the company's supercomputing work with Watson, the surprising partnership with Apple to create health apps, and she has boldly proclaimed that cognitive computing is the future of healthcare. 

Managing user privileges is among the most basic practices in any security strategy. Establishing a process also paves the way for other tactics, like provisioning and bridging the gap between IT and HR, that can keep internal and external threats at bay. Experts divulge insights and best practices. 

The academic medical center also intends to open eight precision medicine centers to advance technologies and measurement tools to improve patient care.

Hospitals still not using staffing software are struggling with nurse scheduling which hampers employee morale and, in turn, detracts from patient satisfaction. A new survey suggested that predictive analytics tools can help with both problems simultaneously.

The Seattle-based company, which aims to re-engineer how consumers manage their care’ also brought on a vice president of product management to advance its platform.