Data Warehousing

EHR snooping at Montefiore leads to security breach

By Mike Miliard 02:59 pm February 01, 2021

The New York health system said an employee, who has been fired, inappropriately accessed electronic health records and viewed clinical information, including test results and diagnoses.

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HCA data consortium with AHRQ and others seeks to speed COVID-19 research

By Mike Miliard 05:33 pm January 27, 2021

Johns Hopkins, Duke, Meharry Medical College, Harvard Pilgrim and others will gain access to HCA's data registry to help boost patient outcomes and improve public health.

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Biden's COVID-19 plan depends on a data-driven approach for efficacy, equity

By Kat Jercich 03:17 pm January 21, 2021

The strategy includes a proposed executive order that will direct federal agencies to ramp up collection, sharing and analysis of data to "support an equitable COVID-19 response and recovery."

HHS Secretary Alex Azar (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

HHS wants hospitals to report vaccination rates alongside inpatient data

By Kat Jercich 03:06 pm January 14, 2021

A senior official said that the information is intended to provide a snapshot of the status of U.S. healthcare facilities as COVID-19 vaccine rollouts continue.

Epic, Cerner and other health IT heavy hitters join forces for Vaccine Credential Initiative

By Mike Miliard 09:51 am January 14, 2021

The new coalition, which also includes Carin Alliance, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft and Salesforce, is using FHIR standards to enable more secure, interoperable access to digital vaccination records.

HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Robert Kadlec at a Senate committee hearing

HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Robert Kadlec (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

HHS launches COVID-19 antibody treatment locator tool

By Kat Jercich 10:12 am January 12, 2021

The tool, which is based on shipments reported by the distributor, currently only displays information from 22 states.

Komodo Health co-founders Web Sun and Arif Nathoo (courtesy Komodo Health)

Komodo Health acquires Mavens to create healthcare enterprise platform

By Kat Jercich 03:29 pm January 11, 2021

The company says the move will enable its customers to more efficiently connect patients with lifesaving therapies.

Microsoft partners with Verily, Broad Institute to advance biomed innovations

By Kat Jercich 12:43 pm January 11, 2021

The software giant will contribute cloud, AI and data technologies toward expanding Harvard and MIT's open-source Terra platform.

VUMC researchers use EHR data to study functional seizures

By Kat Jercich 03:01 pm January 08, 2021

The team found that post-traumatic stress disorders and sexual assault trauma were associated with functional seizures.

CIOs and CTOs look to cloud for infrastructure modernization

By Mike Miliard 11:24 am January 04, 2021

More than half of tech leaders polled by IBM say their organizations' digital transformation efforts are lagging – and they're looking for partners to help with managed services.