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Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich is the Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Advocate, and others. Previously, she was Vice President and Managing Editor at Rewire.News.

Department of Health and Human Services building
By Kat Jercich | 05:21 pm | November 23, 2021
HC3 researchers say these hacks – where new vulnerabilities are exploited before a patch can be applied – are on the rise.  
Hospital beds
By Kat Jercich | 01:18 pm | November 23, 2021
Researchers note that providers have raised concerns about alert fatigue from artificial intelligence-enabled sepsis models.
A gavel
By Kat Jercich | 05:02 pm | November 22, 2021
The 2021 Telemental Health Laws Survey cites actions taken by legal agencies to crack down on providers accused of abusing the system.
Athenahealth booth
By Kat Jercich | 12:04 pm | November 22, 2021
The $17 billion deal marks the second time the cloud health IT vendor has been acquired in the past three years.
Senator Warner
2021 Year in Review
By Kat Jercich | 10:31 am | November 22, 2021
Federal officials, scholars, chief information officers and two sitting U.S. senators weigh in on their experiences with virtual care and their predictions for the future.
A doctor at a computer
By Kat Jercich | 04:54 pm | November 19, 2021
A wide-ranging Commonwealth Fund analysis aims to evaluate health equity across race and ethnicity on a state-by-state basis.
Two surgeons at work
By Kat Jercich | 12:23 pm | November 19, 2021
In a paper published this week, researchers examined dozens of previous studies in which patients had been monitored after discharge from the hospital.  
Coast Guard ships
By Kat Jercich | 04:19 pm | November 18, 2021
The service still needs to complete implementation for its afloat sickbays, along with its medical and dental radiology system.
Hand on keyboard
By Kat Jercich | 01:27 pm | November 18, 2021
The bad actors are exploiting known vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet, the agency said.
Welcome to Ohio sign
By Kat Jercich | 04:05 pm | November 17, 2021
The Southern Ohio Medical Center still faced complications nearly a week after an unauthorized third party gained access to its servers.