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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.

Mayo Clinic sign on building
By Kat Jercich | 12:50 pm | March 24, 2022
The Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate is a 20-week initiative aimed at helping four companies in its initial cohort become market-ready.
A person using telehealth
By Kat Jercich | 05:16 pm | March 23, 2022
University of Iowa researchers found that a telemonitoring program could help reduce hospital resource utilization while allowing timely identification of disease progression.
A judge banging a gavel
By Kat Jercich | 01:09 pm | March 23, 2022
The Supreme Court rebuffed the electronic health record vendor's petition after a Seventh Circuit decision to reduce the damages from the Tata case.
President Joe Biden
By Kat Jercich | 02:37 pm | March 22, 2022
The warnings followed an alert from federal security agencies about Russian state-sponsored threat actors exploiting default protocols and known vulnerabilities. 
A doctor in a mask on a laptop screen speaking to a patient
By Kat Jercich | 12:29 pm | March 22, 2022
The companies say the deal will give providers and care teams a secure way for remote connections to patients.
Dr. Donald Rucker
By Kat Jercich | 04:40 pm | March 21, 2022
Dr. Donald Rucker sat down at HIMSS22 to discuss how the healthcare industry's transformation could affect patients and what's needed to achieve FHIR's full potential.
Patty Murray
By Kat Jercich | 11:31 am | March 21, 2022
The VA Office of Inspector General released a trio of reports this past week with allegations about medication, ticket-process and care-coordination concerns.
Optum Senior Vice President of Analytics Tushar Mehrotra and Boulder Community Health Chief Information Officer Michael Jefferies
By Kat Jercich | 01:54 pm | March 18, 2022
Boulder Community Health Chief Information Officer Michael Jefferies told HIMSS22 attendees about the challenges and triumphs of the partnership, which launched 18 months ago.
An old-fashioned broadcasting set
By Kat Jercich | 10:52 am | March 18, 2022
From on the ground in Orlando, HIMSS Media editors talk through cybersecurity, health equity, interoperability and takeaways from the conference.
Dr. Terry Adirim, Laura Prietula and Dr. Chuck Kowalewski
By Kat Jercich | 09:32 am | March 17, 2022
In a HIMSS22 panel, leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs discussed the implementation of the agency's new electronic health record and their hopes for the future of the project.

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