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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 | 11:06 am | February 15, 2016
Even grand visions should begin by soliciting feedback from as many employees as possible, according to Jerry Sobolik, senior business analyst at the famed health system.
By Jessica Davis | 12:22 pm | February 11, 2016
Patients with access to their online health information who received timely alerts about gaps in care were more inclined to receive preventative tests and screenings compared with patients who didn't use the service, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.
By Jessica Davis | 12:24 pm | February 10, 2016
NewYork-Presbyterian has deployed its Patient Placement Operations Center, designed to support the hospital's existing patient teletracking systems.
By Jessica Davis | 11:55 am | February 09, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules on patient record disclosures to ensure substance use disorder patients can participate in new integrated healthcare models without risk of having their records shared inappropriately.
By Jessica Davis | 04:48 pm | February 08, 2016
As the industry moves toward data-driven medicine clinicians are going to need more decision support tools than in the past.
By Jessica Davis | 03:09 pm | February 08, 2016
The vast majority of Americans say they would welcome using technology and mobile devices to monitor their health, according to a recent study by the Society for Participatory Medicine, a nonprofit membership organization focused on patient engagement.
By Jessica Davis | 10:56 am | February 08, 2016
More than one-third of hospitals aren't meeting National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators performance metrics, a new Ohio State University study on chief nurse executives finds.
By Jessica Davis | 11:21 am | February 05, 2016
A bipartisan group of Senators this week unveiled legislation to remove Medicare barriers to telemedicine use in a bill that proponents say can generate $1.
By Jessica Davis | 08:58 am | February 05, 2016
Digitizing clinical quality measures, also known as eCQM, isn’t just about meeting government requirements.