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HIMSS podcast on generative AI
By Bill Siwicki 11:03 am August 18, 2023
How is the technology being used, and how should health IT leaders respond? Venky Anant, a partner at research and consulting firm McKinsey Digital, has some answers.
By Andrea Fox 11:00 am August 18, 2023
Leading the list, jointly developed by CISA and international cybersecurity agencies based on their observations of bad actors in 2022, is a vulnerability in Fortinet SSL VPNs that many healthcare organizations have still failed to patch.
Jeff Gartland of Relatient
By Bill Siwicki 10:52 am August 18, 2023
A healthcare-scheduling expert explains how intelligent tools can save providers time and money by optimizing physician capacity, accelerating patient access and cutting unnecessary staff training and administration.
By Andrea Fox 10:30 am August 18, 2023
Larger companies are taking an "all or nothing" approach in light of proposed legislation, one HIE leader says, but electronic health record developers can look to modernized data lakes for inspiration and place guardrails around PHI.
Person in lab coat looking at computer display
By Susan Morse 10:24 am August 18, 2023
Episode-based payment incentives must be aligned across other value-based models, CMS says.
Logos of New Zealand Air Ambulance and Celo Health
By Adam Ang 02:30 am August 18, 2023
The messaging platform is already being used by some partners of the aeromedical service provider.
Margie Zuk of MITRE
By Bill Siwicki 10:22 am August 17, 2023
Ahead of her appearance at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, an information security expert from MITRE offers advice on ways provider organizations can prepare for the worst in a complex and wildly fluctuating threat landscape.
A black gavel lays on a desk
By Andrea Fox 09:30 am August 17, 2023
When Vanderbilt University Medical Center turned over non-anonymized medical records to the state without patient consent, it pitted Tennessee state law against HIPAA and unleashed a federal investigation as well as a class action patient lawsuit. 
A doctor holds a tablet
By Andrea Fox 04:01 pm August 16, 2023
The developer's Viz HCM algorithm can be used to assess electrocardiograms. When findings are suspicious of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the app alerts cardiology specialists to provide further triage.
Points on a grid with a cloud graphic
By Mike Miliard 10:41 am August 16, 2023
New York's HEALTHeLINK and Boston Children's Hospital are recognized by HHS for their exploration of advanced FHIR capabilities and USCDI data quality improvement, respectively.