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While legislators offer proposals to recalibrate the development and rein in the deployment and oversight of the VA's Oracle Cerner electronic health records, other leaders want to scrap the system altogether.

While stakeholders agree the new interoperability and decision support rules could improve quality outcomes, some note that significant up-front commitment is needed for health IT developers while providers still document care with unstructured data.

A cloud computing expert discusses ways around the challenges of finding qualified cloud professionals, developing an appropriately tailored approach to cloud hosting and creating a comprehensive cloud-forward plan.

Security professionals must protect networks while avoiding burdensome access controls.

The Indiana health system has achieved massive success with its patient engagement and telemedicine initiatives, its SVP of digital health explains.

The new 'Patient Progression Hub' is a hospital operations control center housing a video wall with customized AI-driven apps and interfaces that monitor and manage patient flows. 

Northern California health system wanted a solid foundation before digital transformation.

At HIMSS23, Steven Lazer, global healthcare and life sciences chief technology officer at Dell Technologies, joined MobiHealthNews to discuss Dell's work within digital health.

At HIMSS23, panelists explained how digital therapeutics must appeal to all healthcare stakeholders — including clinicians, patients, hospitals and payers — to work well in clinical settings.

The aspirational model is intended to serve as a starting point and a path forward for healthcare, health data and government leaders to follow in creating HDUs, says the consortium of health data organizations.