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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.

By Jessica Davis | 09:29 am | December 02, 2016
HIMSS and UPMC chief innovation officer Rasu Shrestha, MD will tackle some of the biggest questions facing healthcare as the industry moves into more connected care during a tweetchat on Dec. 15.
By Jessica Davis | 02:04 pm | December 01, 2016
The largest healthcare-focused legislation since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains $6.3 billion in provisions that will fund federal agencies and help speed the arrival of diagnostic tools and disease therapies.
By Jessica Davis | 04:35 pm | November 30, 2016
The virus first appeared in 2014, but reared its head again in August. It's since created a more sophisticated attack method, which has compromised more than 13,000 devices a day.
By Jessica Davis | 06:22 pm | November 29, 2016
Everything you need to know about population health happenings, including an all-day symposium, the new knowledge center, expert speakers and education sessions at this year’s conference.
By Jessica Davis | 11:39 am | November 28, 2016
Executives and those with certifications earn the highest salaries, while the industry mirrors others when it comes to the race and gender gap.
By Jessica Davis | 01:18 pm | November 22, 2016
There is still no way to decrypt the virus, first discovered in March. It's now spreading via Facebook messenger.
By Jessica Davis | 11:57 am | November 22, 2016
The virus was instead reclassified as a "long-term epidemic," comparable to other mosquito-borne diseases such as yellow fever and malaria.
By Jessica Davis | 02:04 pm | November 21, 2016
The salary differences between men and women are not a surprise in most industries and that includes healthcare.
By Jessica Davis | 01:03 pm | November 21, 2016
Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire cloud-based internet performance and DNS provider, Dyn, the technology giant announced Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed.  
By Jessica Davis | 03:45 pm | November 18, 2016
Calling addiction the biggest U.S. health concern, Vivek Murthy, MD, says it should be seen as a chronic disease and treated as such.