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By Leontina Postelnicu | 01:49 pm | September 10, 2019
The funding will support the Centres of Excellence in digital pathology and imaging with AI, adult social care, bioscience projects and more.
By Mike Miliard | 01:07 pm | September 10, 2019
Bayfront Health St. Petersburg pays $85,000 to HHS Office for Civil Rights and promises remediation after failing to give an expectant mother timely access to her medical records.
By Mike Miliard | 01:30 pm | September 09, 2019
While the agencies will no longer maintain or update the CONNECT wiki, it will continue to exist as an open source project whose code and community resources can be "used, adopted and implemented by any interested organization."
By HIMSS TV | 09:48 am | September 06, 2019
Quest Analytics CEO Ari Tulla compares and contrasts the United States and European healthcare systems – and explains why eliminating data silos is key to better outcomes in each.
By Mike Miliard | 03:46 pm | September 04, 2019
The nonprofit interoperability group will lead development, implementation and maintenance of the common agreement aspects of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.
By Nathan Eddy | 09:54 am | September 04, 2019
Deloitte shows how many providers – and even more payers – are going beyond checking boxes on new regs, understanding that wider data sharing has become a strategic necessity.
Security
By Mike Miliard | 02:58 pm | August 29, 2019
Healthcare information is being more widely shared than ever, but how can that be balanced with the need for robust privacy protections? At Health 2.0, two experts will frame the issue.
By Nathan Eddy | 12:11 pm | August 26, 2019
VHA medical facilities have a cumulative medical document backlog equivalent to more than five miles of stacked paper, with nearly 600,000 electronic files dating back to 2016.
By HIMSS TV | 10:12 am | August 21, 2019
Audacious Inquiry President Scott Afzal says his company created an encounter notification service for physicians that has become the starting point for using triggered events for a health information exchange.
By Mike Miliard | 05:38 pm | August 16, 2019
Launchpad helps streamline access for both vets and their caregivers, coordinating various VA apps in one place and enabling easier sharing of EHR data and access to telehealth.