EHRs

Cybercriminals said they'll unlock the data for 45 Bitcoins, and they gave the hospital an option of paying 3 Bitcoins to unlock a single computer. 

Clinical decision support misfires are commonplace but often hard to detect, according to a close examination of CDS systems at Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston published in the most recent Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Researchers say that pilot program demonstrates how readily available technologies can be used along with an EHR to improve communication between doctors and patients with type 1 diabetes.

Looking into its crystal ball – or perhaps digital spreadsheets – PiperJaffray analysts see big plays in the RCM market. That potential is so large, in fact, that Cerner alone has a $40 billion opportunity, and it ranks fifth in market share.

UH CMIO Jeffrey Sunshine said that deploying an interoperability tool and new modules will help the hospital to create a single patient record physicians can access at the point of care.

The group seeks permanent waivers for physicians who write 25 or fewer prescriptions per year.

The PC maker also signed an agreement to enable the Dubai Health Authority to make an insurance program work with new EHR.

NTT Data announced today it has agreed to buy computer giant Dell's IT service operations for $3.05 billion. The Japan-based NTT provides software and systems, including EHRs, surgery management, billing and insurance claims technologies. Analysts note the NTT acquisition of the Dell unit comes at a time when the global technology services firm NTT is working to broaden its traction in North America. [Also: 'Innovation means accepting risk,' Michael Dell says.] To that end, NTT is expected to add about 28,000 Dell employees with the purchase, mainly from North America and India, bringing its total global workforce to more than 100,000. The move will reportedly enable Dell to pay down some of the $43 billion debt it is taking on to fund its pending $67 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of data storage provider EMC Corp. Twitter: @Bernie_HITN Email the writer: bernie.monegain@himssmedia.com Like Healthcare IT News on Facebook and LinkedIn

Substance use disorder treatment centers are notoriously behind in technology, but Kemah Palms Recovery has implemented the tracking tech and an EHR to improve outcomes and report value.

HIMSS Analytics said the Epic shop saw a return on its investment in half the expected time.