Category: HIE

Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, the top executive of one of the nation’s most prestigious hospital systems and also a decorated Vietnam veteran, is being considered by the White House, reports The Wall Street Journal. …read more    

University of Colorado Health leaders are harnessing big data to achieve personalized medicine University of Colorado Health (UC Health) takes its mission to “push the boundaries of medicine” very seriously. This young health system, an umbrella organization that encompasses the renowned academic institution, the University of Colorado Hospital, as well as existing additional health systems…

The number of employees at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center impacted by a fraudulent tax return scam by identity thieves, thought to originally have impacted 27,000 people, has more than doubled. read more …read more    

(HealthTech Wire / Interview) – Ahead of the HIMSS Turkey event on June 4-5, 2014, David Hancock of Orion Health discusses the issues that Turkey and other developing countries face in achieving continuity of care.Is … …read more    

At HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Martin Lupinetti is leading the advance of an HIE at is bringing numerous parties together to share clinical data in order to improve patient care At HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania, executive director Martin Lupinetti has been leading the advance of a health information exchange (HIE) that is bringing…

One day after a preliminary Inspector General report confirmed secret waiting lists at a Phoenix veterans hospital, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pledged to keep VA hospitals open nights and weekends if necessary to see veterans who have been unable to get care. …read more    

In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor, Gabriel Perna and Editor in Chief, Mark Hagland discuss the four “Most Interesting Vendor” selections: 3M, Merge Healthcare, Greenway Health, and Cerner. Perna and Hagland discuss each vendor and why the Healthcare Informatics staff says in many ways, these companies encapsulate where the industry is headed. In this…

U.S. companies, including those in the healthcare sector, increasingly are hiring chief information security officers who understand business and risk management. read more …read more    

John Loonsk, former director of interoperability and standards at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and current chief medical information officer at CGI, would like to see a “reboot” of HITECH efforts. read more …read more    

The Memorial Day weekend included shearing day on the farm. Every year in May, we trim 15 pounds of fiber from each alpaca, removing a body size “down jacket” just in time for Summer. The animals are transformed from teddy bears to Dr. Seuss animals. We gently halter the animals and reassure them with ear…