Bill Siwicki

Breaches rose in number last year and continued causing operational, financial and reputational damage to healthcare organizations.

The research firm offers five cybersecurity predictions for 2017, ranging from Internet of Things devices to Trump facing a cyber-crisis.

And 36 percent of respondents  are worried that their health information will get into the wrong hands.

After a successful year-long telemedicine program, Children’s Mercy informatics director Richard Stroup seized the opportunity to open the cloud-based app up to other hospitals. Seattle Children’s is already using it and Cincinnati is next.

The immediate past chair of the North America HIMSS Board of Directors has contributed to nursing and healthcare through leadership roles as an advanced practice nurse, chief nursing officer and CEO.

The vendor reworked its Datashop value-based care tool and plans to formally introduce the new version in the HIMSS17 Population Care Management Center.

Cybersecurity, analytics and population health have the attention and dollars of healthcare organizations, which also are beginning to invest in prescriptive analytics and artificial intelligence, a new Healthcare IT News survey finds.

But telemedicine faces a challenge as consumers seek healthcare services from an ever-expanding array of providers and locations, and healthcare organizations must be prepared.

And while health IT leaders say they have problems finding qualified people, the fact is they are not making the investments they need to train and develop project managers, says a HIMSS17 speaker.

Frank Abagnale, the renowned security expert and former confidence artist, will discuss cybersecurity issues and identity theft at HIMSS17.