The FBI is investigating a Monday cyber attack by anonymous hackers that forced MedStar Health's 10 hospitals and more than 250 outpatient centers to shut down their computers and email. After the cyber attack was discovered, the provider immediately made the decision to take down all of their systems as a precaution to ensure further security breaches. The Washington, D.C.-based healthcare system employs more than 30,000 people and treats hundreds of thousands of patients in the Washington
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Carolinas HealthCare To Implement Epic EHR at Southeastern Health
Carolinas Healthcare System, a nonprofit hospital network based in North and South Carolina announced it has signed a shared services agreement with Southeastern Health to implement Epic for a single, integrated EHR. The deal will equip Southeastern with access to Carolinas group purchasing capabilities including its operational and best practices initiatives. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Southeastern Health includes Southeastern Regional Medical Center, which is licensed for
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Massachusetts General Hospital Launches Digital Pathology Study
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced that it will serve as a key testing site for a clinical analytical study involving Philips’ digital pathology whole slide imaging (WSI) IntelliSite Solution. The study is designed to show the reproducibility of the IntelliSite pathology solution in disease detection as part of the industry’s efforts to obtain regulatory clearance of WSI for primary diagnostic use. If approved for diagnosis, in contrast to the industry’s current analog process, soon
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CVS Health Foundation Awards $1.5M in Community Health Grants
On Monday, CVS Health Foundation released new data from programs supported through partnerships with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). The Foundation also announced $1.5 million in new grants in support of chronic disease management and prevention, such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and asthma, improved care coordination and increased access to care to the following NACHC and NAFC
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NTT Data to Acquire Dell’s Perot Systems Unit for $3B
NTT Data Corp., a global provider of technology-enabled services and solutions has agreed to buy Dell’s Perot Systems Unit for $3.05 billion in an effort to expand its market presence in healthcare IT, insurance and financial services consulting. Formerly known as Perot Systems, Dell's IT services division is a major provider of technology consulting to hospitals and government departments. Founded in 1988 by former U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot, it was acquired by Dell in 2009 for $3.9
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Ensuring EHR Data Quality: What Comes Out Must Go In
Editor's Note: Karen Conway is the Executive Director of Industry Relations at GHX, a provider of healthcare-focused supply chain solutions. Much of the conversation at this year’s HIMSS conference was removing the barriers to the data that exists in electronic health records (EHRs). At least one session- the HIMSS Supply Chain Special Interest Group – focused on the overlooked need to first populate EHRs with quality data about the products used in healthcare. Otherwise, you know the old
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Dell Inks Multiple $100M Deals with Dubai Health Authority, BCBS Rhode Island
Dell Services recently landed ground-breaking deals with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI). In addition, Dell Services beat out other competitors to ink deals with marquee brands including American Express Global Business Travel, Bombardier, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Markit and Thermo Fisher Scientific. This customer momentum builds upon continued success with customers including American Red Cross,Baystate, Gap, Hilton, Owens &
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Epic’s Care Everywhere Exchanges Quarter Billion Patient Records
This week, Verona, Wis.-based EHR leader Epic announced that in the last 12 months, nearly a quarter of a billion patient records were exchanged on it's Care Everywhere platform—up 300% from the year prior. The milestone represents records that were exchanged with groups using other EHRs, HIEs, HISPs, entities connected to the eHealth exchange, and members of the Epic Community.Epic’s Care Everywhere interoperability platform supports millions of patient record exchanges each month to improve
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Main Line Health Selects Epic for Integrated EHR
Main Line Health, a Philadelphia-based not-for-profit health system has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR across its continuum of care. The Epic implementation called PIVOT project (Promoting Innovation by Valuing Organizational Transformation) will provide seamless integration between inpatient and outpatient solutions that encompass clinical information, patient registration, patient scheduling and billing. Following a year-long, comprehensive, system-wide
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NIH, ONC Launch Sync for Science Pilot: 5 Things to Know
This week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced the launch of the Precision Medicine Initiative's (PMI) Sync 4 Science (S4S), a pilot program that will allow individuals to access their health data and send it to researchers. The pilot program will build off existing community standards and specification efforts (e.g., FHIR, SMART Health IT, Argonaut, CMS EHR Incentive Program) to support a key use case:
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