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Healthcare It | April 16, 2020

As hospitals and health systems nationwide grapple with the fast-moving demands of the coronavirus crisis, they're also faced with an added challenge: fending off a sustained upswell in cybersecurity threats, perpetrated by bad actors taking advantage of the pandemic's chaos. Healthcare IT News spoke recently with Dan Costantino, Chief Information Security Officer at Penn Medicine, who offered some insights into how his infosec staff has adjusted its strategies to support the hea...

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PYA | December 07, 2020

PYA and Grassi Healthcare Advisors (GHA) have dispatched Calibrated Performance™, an assistance line intended to help healthcare suppliers react to difficulties brought about by COVID-19 and other monetary stressors. While any supplier may profit by Calibrated Performance, given the pressing necessities of post-intense, gifted nursing (SNF), and senior consideration offices in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, PY...

EHRIntelligence | January 27, 2020

Cloud-based EHRs are becoming more prevalent in the healthcare field, raising debate about how effective they are compared to other types of EHR solutions. According to information published by HIMSS Analytics, two-thirds of IT leaders from health systems and hospitals reported that they currently utilize the cloud-based technology. Thirty percent of practices that house more than 11 clinicians are looking to replace their EHR system by 2021, according to a 2018 Black Book report. Ninety-three p...

Healthcare IT News | February 18, 2020

Northern California healthcare system Sutter Health announced today that has begun a pilot with startup Ferrum Health, to use AI to monitor the work of radiologists and catch preventable medical errors in patients with lung cancer. Ferrum is a new startup founded by Pelu Tran, who previously founded and led Google Glass company Augmedix. It’s an AI company, but rather than building its business model on selling particular algorithms, it’s focused on deploying existing algorithms in a...