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Healthcare organizations can better prepare for – and respond faster to – new and emerging cyber threats when improved information sharing plays a bigger role in their cyber defense strategies, according to HITRUST.

The White House event on June 14 convened to gauge the state of gender equality around the world with a look into the range of issues including economic empowerment, health and wellness, the Affordable Care Act and changing care delivery.

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is partnering with FHI 360 and JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) to encourage young women to pursue higher education and, ultimately, careers in science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design.

Research firm’s latest report also reveals that electronic health records software vendors have made substantial clinical workflow enhancements since 2014 but lacking interoperability continues having an impact on users.

The first stage of the Department of Defense's EHR modernization project will not be ready in time for its scheduled December rollout, according to a recent audit by the Office of the Inspector General.

The American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association call on ONC to rethink how it measures interoperability. Rather than simply gauging data exchange, they contend, ONC should focus on better care coordination.

The government seems poised to name its first federal CISO.

The EHR maven has pledged to give away most of her fortune.

Froedtert medical Director James Thomas said Watson for Clinical Trial Matching is expected to make better matches and do so more quickly.

The protected health information of thousands of football players may have been compromised after a backpack that held a laptop containing the digital medical records of NFL team members was stolen from the car of a Washington Redskins trainer.