Data Warehousing

As risk levels increase, health systems have "significant challenges to overcome," according to the 13th annual report – including suboptimal security spending, vulnerable legacy tech and weak-link human factors.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office found that clinicians faced challenges regarding the accuracy, accessibility and appropriateness of patient information.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office drew particular attention to the "incomplete and inconsistent" public health data federal agencies have relied on during COVID-19.

Rémy Evard has also been named head of technology at the cancer center.

In a preview of her HIMSS22 session, Dr. Tania M. Martin-Mercado stresses the importance of acknowledging widespread bias without defensiveness.

Manoj Srivastava, a cybersecurity expert at Kaseya, offers a view ahead at a variety of security technologies important to 2022.

It's a seismic acquisition, one that was first floated more than 13 years ago. Now that it's finally happening (pending regulatory approval), observers assess the deal and offer thoughts on what's next.

In the COVID-19 era, health systems recognize that existing data infrastructure is inadequate. Here are three things large datasets need to be useful.

"It's not about ultimate security. It's about doing what's right for the organization, and it should be business-driven," said one expert at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.

Kanav Hasija, cofounder and chief customer officer at Innovaccer, talks about how his cloud-based platform accelerated the COVID-19 response with Dr. Soham Shah, vice president of clinical informatics at Dignity Health.