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Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis is Senior Editor for Healthcare IT News, exclusively covering cybersecurity and government policy. She writes the bi-weekly HITN Cybersecurity Checkup and is lead editor for Women in Health IT.

Analytics
By Jessica Davis | 02:29 pm | October 17, 2017
Immunization tracking method leverages an open source tool developed by NIST and can be fully integrated into EHRs and other clinical software.
By Jessica Davis | 12:58 pm | October 17, 2017
The much-liked holdover from the Obama administration is a top contender to fill the position abruptly left vacant by Tom Price.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:31 pm | October 16, 2017
A Belgian researcher discovered a flaw in the protocol that could allow a hacker to hijack connections, launch man-in-the-middle attacks, view communications and decrypt traffic on all Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
Analytics
By Jessica Davis | 03:25 pm | October 16, 2017
EVP Amy Compton-Phillips says West Coast health system is leveraging real-time data and informatics to improve patient outcomes.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 03:45 pm | October 13, 2017
A report from the Wall Street Journal found that the Chicago-based company supplied inflated metrics and inaccurate reports, which may have boosted sales.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 01:50 pm | October 13, 2017
The renowned author and physician-scientist highlights the hurdles to sharing data with patients and asserts that giving patients their records could save lives.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:02 pm | October 12, 2017
Patient Home Monitoring failed to lock down public access to its online server, exposing personal data of 150,000 patients.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 02:47 pm | October 11, 2017
Interoperability and workflow norms stand in the way, but convincing insurers the tech is worth the extra price tag can be the biggest obstacle.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 01:29 pm | October 11, 2017
Several companies are working with policymakers and other vendors to reduce overprescribing.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:35 pm | October 10, 2017
Hundreds of gigabytes of data were exposed when the tech giant accidentally left four of its AWS S3 buckets open to the public.