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Mike Miliard

Mike Miliard

Mike Miliard is Executive Editor of Healthcare IT News. He focuses on topics such as interoperability, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, analytics, population health and patient experience and is responsible for overall coverage decisions.

HIE
By Mike Miliard | 04:29 pm | August 29, 2017
The decentralized technology offers stronger privacy protections than existing platforms since its multiple servers are less vulnerable to attack than a single access point.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 01:27 pm | August 29, 2017
The program can be used by physicians and pharmacists to help prevent doctor shopping and fraudulent prescriptions.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 02:18 pm | August 28, 2017
Small, rural and safety-net organizations could do better using their IT systems for performance management and patient engagement, new JAMIA study shows.
Mobile Health IT
By Mike Miliard | 02:57 pm | August 25, 2017
The pharma company also unveiled a new wearable wristband device to let patients track activity levels and monitor heart rate.
Workforce
By Mike Miliard | 05:45 pm | August 24, 2017
Women have a lot at stake in the fight over the future of healthcare and are more likely to be poor and depend on Medicaid and plan healthcare coverage for the whole family.  
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 05:05 pm | August 24, 2017
Vendor representatives from Cerner, Epic and others argue that mid-course changes in direction only waste the time and money of providers and tech developers alike.
Compliance
By Mike Miliard | 04:22 pm | August 24, 2017
The academic medical center cites years of misfiring alerts and wireless monitoring challenges that it says taxed its staff and put patient safety at risk.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 01:40 pm | August 24, 2017
New prompts set into EHR help clinicians think more critically about how they help patients manage pain.
Analytics
By Mike Miliard | 04:20 pm | August 23, 2017
Engaging with different stakeholders and coaching care teams has helped the health system realize a 40 percent improvement in 30-day readmissions.
Connected Health
By Mike Miliard | 03:53 pm | August 23, 2017
Agile Strategies Lab is billed as a Shark Tank-like initiative to help startups gain viability and attract VC funding. Early pitches include surgical devices and wearable monitors.