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HIMSS24 Native American Health IT Symposium: ‘Many nations, one record’
ORLANDO – For the first time, the Indian Health Service has a contract to install a new electronic health record connecting tribal communities across 37 states.
The initiative was a massive undertaking involving the National Indian Health Board, triba…
Scammers take advantage of Change cyberattack
Scammers are taking advantage of the Change Healthcare cyberattack to steal credit card information, according to the Minnesota Hospital Association and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
CFOs need to see the clinical benefits of spending money on digital health solutions
ORLANDO – Health systems are caring for patients during a time of workforce shortages and patient demands for the same convenient options they get online from retailers.
Tech investment must bring value to care delivery
ORLANDO – Digital health experts talked about the state of healthcare investment and what’s needed to close the gap in a fragmented care delivery model.
The future of AI is in collaborating to build foundational models
By Susan Morse, executive editor
ORLANDO – At HIMSS24, the discussion around artificial intelligence has moved from excitement about the potential of AI to help solve healthcare’s biggest challenges to the desire for a solid foundation for implementation.
HIMSS and South Korea sign Memorandum of Understanding
ORLANDO – Hal Wolf, president and CEO, HIMSS and Geun Chan Lim, CEO of Korea Health Information Service, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at HIMSS24 on Tuesday.
The MOU brings a three-year collaborative relationship between HIMSS and the Republic o…
Healthcare leaders are ‘strangled by time’
ORLANDO – Forty percent of C-suite leaders are thinking of leaving their jobs over the next 12 months. In healthcare, this is closer to 75%, said Suneel Gupta, founding CEO of Rise.
This is because CEOs are exhausted, said Gupta, who kicked off the Exe…
HHS sends letter to healthcare leaders on Change cyberattack
The American Hospital Association said it welcomes a letter from the Department of Health and Human Services calling on UnitedHealth Group for increased transparency about the Change Healthcare’s cybersecurity attack and urging UHG to step up payments …
Keeping up with the pace of technological change
ORLANDO – Keeping up with the pace of change of technology is a challenge for health systems, said digital information officers speaking during the Executive Summit at HIMSS24.
While the pace has changed, the financing for technology has lagged, accord…
Change expects to start testing and restoring service on March 18
UnitedHealth Group said it expects to begin testing and reestablish connectivity to its claims network and software on Monday, March 18, restoring service through that week.
All major pharmacy claims and payment systems are back up and functioning, UH…
