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HHS initiative to re-focus on incidents affecting fewer than 500 patients.

Since HIMSS’s July 27 2016 release of the longitudinal gender compensation study in which we reported on a widening pay gap between men and women health IT workers, I’ve published a blog on what these facts tell us, and an overview of why pay gaps exist.

As cybercriminals continue to assault the healthcare industry, most health executives are elevating data security as a business priority, according to the 2016 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey, released Aug. 16.

Leidos, which along with Cerner and Accenture, last year won a $9 billion contract to provide the Department of Defense with a new electronic health record at DoD facilities worldwide, has recently positioned itself to gain even more healthcare business.

People often ask me how I find time to write a weekly blog with a big, busy CIO job.

The 2016 MGMA Cost and Revenue Report also found technology costs have increased 40 percent from 2009 to 2015, corresponding with the 2009 HITECH Act.

“You need to go beyond puppies and rainbows.

Miriam Paramore interviewed Young as part of a series on Women in Health IT that she has titled “Women Who Get IT." In this inaugural interview, Paramore talks with Young not only about the work itself but also about work-life balance.

Ambulatory facilities and services led the month’s hiring, while hospitals were a close second in creating new jobs. 

HIMSS VP: Disparity between male and female compensation rates has widened in the past decade.