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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

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To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

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" MEETING THE CHALLENGE TBRHSC automated the pre-op messaging for all surgeries across Northwestern Ontario surgical hospitals. "The vendor's project management and guidance has been really impactful to our leadership team," she added. They understand us and what we are trying to do." Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

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Lastly, most healthcare IT expenditure over the last ten years has been focused on digitizing patient records, and investment in cybersecurity capability has lagged other industries. Threat actors know healthcare is a prime target for extortion and target them accordingly.

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5 Ways to Close the Cloud Security Gaps in Healthcare

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The following is a guest article by TJ Houske, Senior Vice President of Technology, Operations, and Engineering at OTAVA Ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations doubled in the last five years, according to a new study by JAMA Health Forum. The most common victims have been health clinics.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

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"In the six years prior to the pandemic, we slowly were shifting healthcare IT at AGH," he reported. Partnering with senior leadership at the hospital, we were able to roll out systems that kept us on the cutting edge of technology. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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More Hospitals Achieving Interoperability Goals

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New research from the ONC has found that a meaningful percentage of hospitals are engaged in data sharing, with a growing number making patient health information available from outside sources. Though the data goes back a couple of years, it’s still a worthwhile look at where data sharing trends are among hospitals.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

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To help shed a light on these topics, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to see what health IT trends they believe deserve more attention. One challenge is extensive nomenclature differences across physician practices, hospitals, and pharmacies. So what trend isn’t being talked about enough?

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