Jessica Davis

The U.

HIMSS is recognizing North York General for its clinical decision support, computerized provider order entry and closed-loop medication administration initiatives that improved patient outcomes.

Epic landed the top spot for Overall Software Suite in the 2017 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report, for the seventh consecutive year. It also earned the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor and Best in KLAS awards in eight other segments.

Christina Hoffman discusses common challenges and suggests that medical schools should teach students creative time management skills to use during patient encounters. 

Employees of Wyoming-based Campbell County Health and eHealthInsurance are the latest victims of a W-2 phishing scam, the organizations announced last week.

McKesson has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoverMyMeds, a developer of electronic prior authorization technology, for $1.1 billion. CoverMyMeds has partnered with McKesson's RelayHealth subsidiary since 2010.

Arizona-based Banner Health and Royal Philips have extended their ongoing collaboration on connected health innovations with a 15-year agreement. They plan to determine how telehealth can improve care management for patients with chronic conditions.

The grant will be awarded over the next decade and will help expand the UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation as a global population health hub.

Lack of regulation and visibility of hacks to the public allow organizations to put IoT and mobile security on the back burner, but Arxan exec Mandeep Khera expects both regulations and hacks to increase this year.

While officials made no major changes to the security guidance, the proposed updates evolve the voluntary guidance and introduces measurement methods for cybersecurity.