By Bob Grant – In the past 90 days, there have been five separate instances of hospitals in the US and Canada being hit by ransomware attacks. The most recent of these instances affected MedStar Health, which is the largest health care provider throughout the Maryland and Washington, D.C. area.
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By George Rust MD, MPH – As an academic primary care doctor and a clinician-teacher turned researcher, I’ve always thought of AHRQ as the research agency that “gets it.” AHRQ gets the primary care generalist perspective — that the whole is often greater than the sum of its parts.
By Shefali Luthra – Medical errors are estimated to be the third-highest cause of death in the country. Experts and patient safety advocates are trying to change that. But at least one of the tools that’s been considered a fix isn’t yet working as well as it should, suggests a report released on April 7, 2016.
By William Hyman – Users of software such as EHRs are sometimes presented with jargon laced responses that may be unique to the software world. For example, as I may have noted here before, I have long been fond of the term “upgrade” when used to mean fixing something that was never right in the first place.
On our next Healthcare De Jure, host Matt Fisher and his guests discuss the use of Artificial Intelligence in patient engagement and care coordination. Join the conversation at #HCdeJure.
By John Halamka MD – In my 20 years as a CIO, my expertise has evolved to include infrastructure provisioning, software architecture, strategic planning, mobile application advocacy and cloud procurement. However, in recent years, my focus has been guided by privacy and security risk mitigation.
By Rod Baird – This blog post covers the LTPAC Practice Management highlights from the American Medical Directors Association meeting in Orlando, FL during March 2016. For the first time in my 10+ years of participation, almost all of the pieces of the LTC and PAC puzzles were on display.
This week’s HIE rundown includes: Healthix partners with HBI Solutions, adding real-time predictive analytics to HIE offerings, Zillion releases digital health platform for enhanced consumer engagement and intervention, & NHHIO upgrades communication system, selects TigerText secure messaging platform.
By Art Gross – The topic of ransomware, especially ransomware hitting healthcare organizations, is making headlines daily. Dan Munro has a very good article over at Forbes that asks an important question: Is Ransomware Considered A Health Data Breach Under HIPAA?