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Article by Mary Butler. This article was originally published on the Journal of AHIMA website on June, 2016 and is republished here with permission. Teachers know there are two kinds of students. Student A studies and does their assigned reading throughout the whole semester, earning extra credit where they can. When the final exam rolls up, they’re…
By Hal Hodson for New Scientist It’s no secret that Google has broad ambitions in healthcare. But a document obtained by New Scientist reveals that the tech giant’s collaboration with the UK’s National Health Service goes far beyond what has been publicly announced. The document – a data-sharing agreement between Google-owned artificial intelligence company DeepMind and…
By Lisa Vaas for naked security Every week seems to bring news of another case of ransomware. It’s nasty stuff. Nasty enough that the US and Canada on Thursday issued a rare joint cyber alert warning about the recent surge in ransomware attacks, in which data is encrypted and crooks demand payment for it to be unlocked. The…
Presbyterian Medical Center has paid $17,000 to hackers who took over its computer systems. By Todd Campbell for The Motley Fool After hackers used malware to commandeer computers at Presbyterian Medical Center on Feb. 5, the Hollywood hospital paid them over $17,000 in ransom to regain control over their systems. The cyber-ransom is the latest threat posed by…
By Michael Walter for Radiology Business IBM has announced plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based analytics company, for $2.6 billion. The deal will give IBM access to the data of more than 200 million unique patients, helping it further strengthen the power and capabilities of its cognitive Watson Health unit. “With this acquisition,…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Healthcare As physicians look for ways to reduce the clerical load associated with EHR data entry, they are increasingly turning to medical scribes. Scribes help physicians with EHR navigation, retrieval of diagnostic results, documentation and coding. This allows the physician to free up time for patient care. Yet while the…
By Max Green for Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review More than half of the physicians who bill Medicare in the U.S. are currently being penalized 1 percent of their 2015 payments as a result of the meaningful use program, according to Steven J. Stack, MD, president of the American Medical Association. “Imagine, in a world…
By Marc Probst, CIO and Vice President, Intermountain Healthcare for (HCI) Healthcare Informatics The federal government recently announced that its mandate for health information technology will move in a different direction. The change represents a vital opportunity that could lead to dramatic improvements in health care delivery. Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Centers…
By Matt O’Connor for (H&HN) Hospitals & Health Networks Here are the 8 presidential election candidates’ stances on health care, taken directly from their websites. Jeb Bush: Website ObamaCare is a government takeover of more than one-sixth of the American economy, and it epitomizes why Americans are so fed up with Washington. To win on repeal, conservatives…
CINCINNATI, OH – For the fourth consecutive year (2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015/2016), Dolbey was named Best in KLAS for Speech Recognition. Dolbey earned this year’s 2015/2016 Best in KLAS award for its patented Fusion SpeechEMR® front-end speech software. Dolbey’s back-end speech product, Fusion Speech®, also earned the 2015/2016 KLAS Category Leader award for the…