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Medical device vendor disables internet updates over hacking risk, FDA alerts

By Jessica Davis 04:56 pm October 12, 2018

The Food and Drug Administration issued a cybersecurity alert on two Medtronic devices that could allow a hacker to hijack the software update process to change the device’s function. Medtronic disabled the online software update to eliminate the flaw. IMPACT

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Remote patient monitoring via smartphone cuts one-week post-partum visits by 57%

By Bill Siwicki 02:19 pm October 12, 2018

This case study shows how UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital accomplished that reduction by sending new mothers home with a free blood pressure cuff and access to a remote monitoring portal.

Two phishing attacks on Minnesota DHS breach 21,000 patient records

By Jessica Davis 02:14 pm October 12, 2018

For more than a month, two separate employee accounts were compromised by the cyberattacks before the IT department discovered the hack.

National Health IT Week 2018: Here’s what was said on social media

By Tom Sullivan 10:49 am October 12, 2018

Technology was critical but so, too, were the personal and patient-centric stories shared on Twitter this week.

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AcademyHealth, HIMSS partner on Health Datapalooza

By Jessica Davis 10:33 am October 12, 2018

The two nonprofit health IT groups hope to strengthen public-private partnerships and advance policy, starting by collaborating on the next Health Datapalooza.

HHS enlists HIMSS Healthbox to reduce innovation barriers by engaging investment community

By Tom Sullivan 09:20 am October 12, 2018

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is working with HIMSS Healthbox to reach out to investors and better understand the barriers to innovation. WHY IT MATTERS

Leveraging IT for better health outcomes – recent developments in Singapore

By Dean Koh 04:38 am October 12, 2018

The IT journey in clinical systems in Singapore dates back to the 1980s and by the early 2000s, two distinct electronic medical record (EMR) systems emerged from the two integrated clusters. However, this meant that sharing of patient information, especially those moving from different clusters, was a big challenge.

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How Penn Medicine is redesigning its EHR for a new era of care

By Mike Miliard 04:53 pm October 11, 2018

Penn Medicine is pursuing a new initiative it says will innovate electronic health records for 21st Century medicine. The goal, officials say, is to make the technology more interactive and responsive to clinicians – nudging the EHR into a new era where it's not just a documentation system but a crucial tool for care delivery.

CISOs Anahi Santiago, Heather Roszkowski and Cris Ewell.

CISOs offer insights into patch management strategies

By Mike Miliard 02:35 pm October 11, 2018

Keeping software up to date without disrupting care delivery requires a plan for regular patching – and responding to emergency alerts when necessary.