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Patient Engagement
By Mike Miliard | 04:14 pm | December 05, 2018
The 22-year-old privacy law should be updated for a mobile tech-centric and data-driven world, the information management and medical informatics groups said.
Revenue Cycle
By Bill Siwicki | 02:58 pm | December 05, 2018
Staff immediately noticed the impact of the systems. They receive significantly fewer mailed checks, which has reduced the time spent to process payments. They also send fewer statements.
Privacy & Security
By Benjamin Harris | 02:05 pm | December 05, 2018
Their automated identity proofing process helps providers to adhere to looming government-mandated EPCS verification standards, enabling them to approve or deny prescriptions remotely.
IT Infrastructure
By Tom Sullivan | 10:06 am | December 05, 2018
The primer will include a Blockchain 101, use case discovery framework and a look at considerations for the digital distributed ledger technology.
Privacy & Security
By Tom Sullivan | 10:02 am | December 05, 2018
Criminals can use artificial intelligence to engineer automated phishing attacks with more convincing content and greater accuracy.
Connected Health
By Mike Miliard | 04:30 pm | December 04, 2018
The move comes as the AMA has published new data about how many physicians are actually using telemedicine technology.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:24 pm | December 04, 2018
Hennepin's Alex Knutson-Smisek says using the EHR to pinpoint SDOH was a hard sell but the work that followed was not overly complex.
Mergers & Acquisitions
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:51 pm | December 04, 2018
The first installment of our two-part series looks at many of the things that can, and commonly do, go wrong.
Workflow
By Bill Siwicki | 03:16 pm | December 04, 2018
In one case, 100 percent of Avera's respiratory therapists missed at least one therapy or medication order per day by at least 30 minutes – now, with the new platform, only 11 percent of therapists per day miss an order by that time.
Electronic Health Records
By Benjamin Harris | 02:37 pm | December 04, 2018
A new Black Book report spotlights emerging trends reshaping IT support, exploring the skills vendors will need and the tools they'll use to meet new demands.