Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Samsung. Unbeknownst to all, the healthcare industry is in possession of vast amounts of valuable data, while also being the most at-risk and easy to breach. Using outdated, interconnected electronic systems without a strong security plan contributes to this problem. According to Symantec’s 2016 Internet Security Threat Report, healthcare was the most targeted sector in 2015. To help ease the pain of this huge wound, Samsung and Booz Allen Hamilton
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The Reality of Ransomware Attacks: Are Healthcare Providers Truly Prepared?
HIMSS’ Director of Privacy and Security Lee Kim, explains why now is the time for healthcare to get serious on preperation to tackle ransomware attacks. Healthcare data hacked into and virtually held hostage? It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s a true story told repeatedly and increasingly both in the U.S. and abroad. Today, ransomware and cyber-attacks in healthcare are beyond real, and so are the costly consequences. According to HIMSS’ Lee Kim, now is the time to
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New Zealand Ministry of Health Taps Accenture Consortium for EHR Rollout
The Ministry of Health in New Zealand has selected an Accenture and MartinJenkins consortium as their strategic partner to support the development of a two-stage business case for an EHR rollout, CIO New Zealand first reports. As part of the contract, Accenture will work the Ministry's EHR project team on the business case that will be presented to the Cabinet for approval in early June 2017. Accenture was selected after a competitive request for proposal (RFP) process with 7 other potential
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Can Ambient Cognitive Cyber Surveillance Reduce EHR Data Breaches?
Editor's Note: Santosh Varughese is the President of Cognetyx, a provider of 'Ambient Cognitive Cyber Surveillance' to protect information assets against cyber security threats, data breaches and privacy violations. Since cybersecurity healthcare threats on hospital EHR systems have become a topic of nightly newscasts, no longer is anyone shocked by their scope and veracity. What is shocking is the financial damage the attacks are predicted to cause as they reverberate throughout the economy.In
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Penn State Health to Implement Cerner’s Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle
Penn State Health has selected Cerner Millennium Revenue Cycle to integrate with its existing Cerner EHR across the health system, including more than 60 clinics. As part of the implementation, Cerner will also extend the clinical and financial health information technology system to Penn State Health St. Joseph, previously St. Joseph Regional Health Network. Cerner's Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle is designed to support clinicians and staff to update the billing process throughout the
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Revenue Cycle Management Vendor Recondo Lands $16M to Fuel Solutions Growth
Recondo Technology, a Greenwood Village, CO-based provider of cloud-based revenue cycle management solutions has raised $16 million in debt and capital funding led by Lehmi Ventures with Bridge Capital serving as the debt partner. The company plans to utilize the funding to support product development investments, particularly in areas of API-enabled revenue cycle content, expanded claims statusing, and authorization automation—all solutions designed to measurably improve financial
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Apixio Unveils Risk Adjustment Solution to Strengthen Plans in Health Insurance Exchanges
Apixio Inc., the data science company for healthcare has unveiled its HCC Profiler for Commercial Risk, for more accurate and complete risk coding for health plans on the federal and state health insurance exchanges. Insurance exchanges are one aspect of the Affordable Care Act that has struggled with several large insurers including Aetna and Oscar opting to leave in 2017. Two key issues driving this are that exchanges are attracting individuals who are sicker than expected. And, insurers
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NantCare Unveils Solutions to Support CMS Oncology Care Model
NantCare, a member of the NantWorks will be providing community oncology practices with solutions and resources that will help these practices comply with the administrative and clinical requirements put forth by the CMS’ new Oncology Care Model (OCM). Typically only available at large cancer institutions, NantCare will provide access to clinical trials through facilitation of participation in Cancer MoonShot 2020’s QUILT Trials, eliminating the need for patients to travel to major cancer
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Inspira Health Network to Implement Cerner’s EHR, Population Health Platform
Inspira Health Network, one of southern New Jersey’s leading healthcare providers offering primary, acute and advanced care services has selected Cerner to implement network-wide health IT system. Named InspiraOne, Cerner's integrated health IT system will support the delivery of care across the full continuum of primary, acute and advanced services.As part of the implementation, Inspira Health Network will extend Cerner's EHR across Inspira's three hospitals and more than 100 ambulatory
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Why Digitized Mental Healthcare is Better Mental Healthcare
If community hospitals are a general barometer of health in the surrounding area, the emergency room is the canary in the coal mine. Viral outbreaks, increases in violence, loss of health insurance from local layoffs—all are social ills that make their presence known first in the ER.Based on recent ER studies, the U.S. is on the cusp of a full-blown mental health crisis.According to a recent survey of more than 1,700 emergency physicians by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP),
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