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By Kat Jercich | 04:09 pm | August 31, 2020
Stakeholders stressed the importance of a patient-identification strategy in an ONC working session Monday.
By Dave Muoio | 04:05 pm | August 31, 2020
The new analysis of a Pear Therapeutics-based randomized controlled trial came along another investigation that spotted early signs of treatment dropout.
By Kat Jercich | 03:59 pm | August 28, 2020
Although AI documentation assistants will likely be integral to future primary care consultations, they'll still need to be supervised by a human. 
By Mike Miliard | 03:35 pm | August 28, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice says its Viztek subsidiary violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently gaining 2014 Edition certification for its EXA EHR.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:19 pm | August 27, 2020
Whole Life Health Care uses the vendor’s Success Community platform to get best practices on technology and pandemic care to meet the excessive demands of the COVID-19 era.
COVID-19
02:53 am | August 27, 2020
COVID-19 has revealed a lot about the world we live in. It has reinforced the possibilities that open up when we collaborate and come together, united towards a common cause; in this case, of defeating the spread of SARS-CoV-2 says Atif Al Braiki, CEO, Abu Dhabi Health Data Services LLC (Malaffi).
By Bill Siwicki | 12:10 pm | August 25, 2020
The government grant will help strengthen Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation’s resources with more laptops, mobile devices and remote patient monitoring strategies so doctors can monitor patients from anywhere.
By HIMSS TV | 07:57 am | August 24, 2020
CEO Prof. Eugene Kandel says once the ecosystem is connected in a single depository, it's relatively easy to collect needs and bring them together.
By HIMSS TV | 09:48 am | August 21, 2020
This week's top stories include AdventHealth lamenting $260 million in losses, Dr. Fauci "cautiously optimistic" about a vaccine by early 2021 and a study finding ICD-10 codes have poor sensitivity for fever, cough and labored breathing.
By HIMSS TV | 09:19 am | August 19, 2020
During FutureMed 2020, Sweden's state epidemiologist Dr. Anders Tegnell said he supports the country's decision to keep schools open with social distancing guidance in place.