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How to improve communications through EHR scheduling software
Dr. Patrick J. Guffey, chief medical information officer at Children’s Hospital Colorado, is on a mission to get rid of pagers.
Most are not HIPAA compliant. There’s no link from pager to the EHR without manual transcription. It’s another device physic…
Former Disney exec Ben Sherwood is focused on leading through disruption in HIMSS22 keynote
Ben Sherwood, the former president of Disney-ABC Television Group who drove ABC News to the top-watched spot during his tenure, is also a New York Times best-selling author.
Northwell partners with Clinithink on revenue cycle management
Northwell Health has signed a 10-year agreement with Clinithink to use its patented technology and natural language processing in revenue cycle operations.
Buy American final rule should strengthen medical supply chain
A final rule issued on Friday implements an executive order to spur domestic production of supplies, including products in the medical supply chain.
Biden’s bid to lower drug costs a high priority for stakeholders
Much of the stakeholder reaction to healthcare initiatives in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday centered on the president’s repeated urging to Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
“That is why my top priority i…
DOJ will name a prosecutor for pandemic fraud, Biden says in State of the Union address
The Department of Justice will soon name a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud, President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address Tuesday.
“We are going to go after the criminals who stole billions of relief money meant for small businesses an…
How one CIO built a COVID-19 data collection system from the ground up
When the number of COVID-19 cases began ramping up in California as they did elsewhere across the country in March 2020, San Francisco Department of Public Health CIO Eric Raffin was tasked with tracking cases, test counts and hospitalizations.
Using technology to align incentives across the care continuum
Care coordination is key in acute care as well as for patients making the transition from hospital to home, or to an assisted living facility, or even back to the primary care provider for follow-up.
AHA warns hospitals of potential cyberattacks due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The American Hospital Association is warning U.S. hospitals of potential cyberattacks due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
CDC relaxes indoor mask guidance, including for schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is relaxing indoor mask standards, including for schools, for the 70% of communities deemed to have medium or low COVID-19 levels.
