January 2016

New Proposal to Give Providers and Employers Access to Information to Drive Quality and Patient Care Improvement
Examination of private insurance claims data offers new insights
CMS looks to adapt ACO benchmarks to regional realities
USPSTF releases updated depression screening guidelines
University to analyse 'Big Data' for Astellas
McKesson Declares Quarterly Dividend January 27, 2016
McKesson Launches Clinical Programs Solution
Livanta Selects InterQual to Support its Medicare Utilization and Quality Care Reviews
Sentri7 Earns Category Leader Designation for Clinical Decision Support-Surveillance in the 2015/2016 Best in KLAS Report
InterSystems TrakCare Honored With 2015/2016 Best in KLAS Award for Global (Non-U.S.) Acute Care EMR
Examining the benefits of large-scale insurance mergers
Texas hospital working to recover from ransomware attack
KLAS names top performing IT companies
Boston Scientific and Accenture Develop Data-Driven Digital Health Solution to Help Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Cost of Treating Chronic Cardiovascular Conditions
Connected health market to top $117B by 2020
Wellsoft wins 2015/2016 Best in KLAS for Emergency Department Information Systems
13 digital health companies make up second class of Texas Medical Center's innovation accelerator
KLAS congratulates the 2015/2016 Best in KLAS winners
USC reveals 8 foundational partners for Virtual Care Center
CHIME urges Congress to help improve care for chronic conditions
Medical records found in public dumpster
Premier rewards Inova for innovation
Device task force to spread open source security best practices
Health Language Solutions to Drive Semantic Normalization for California Integrated Data Interchange
Executive physicals remain common for CEOs
Broward Health CEO dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
Michigan hospital cyberattack comes in wake of water crisis
PARTNERS+simons Launches New Trust Measurement Model For Healthcare Industry Marketers
Dell joins HIMSS Innovation Center
Indiana, Ohio HIEs exchanging data
New collaboration to ramp up health data security
InterSystems Partners With Pulse Infoframe to Facilitate Collaborative Clinical Research
KEPRO Extends Use of InterQual to Support Clinical Excellence in Utilization and Quality Reviews
Optum and PAREXEL to Accelerate Drug Development, Reimbursement and Market Access with EHR-Fueled Clinical Research and Hybrid Studies
FDA issues draft guidance for interoperable devices
McKesson Corporation to Present at the Leerink Partners 5th Annual Global Healthcare Conference
ptum and Availity Partner to Improve Health Insurance Claims Submission Process for the Benefit of Care Professionals, Consumers and Health Plans
Stereotaxis and Philips Extend Development Collaboration to Interface Latest Systems
Leica Biosystems and Advanced Cell Diagnostics Partner to Develop and Commercialize RNAscope-based Diagnostic and Companion Diagnostic Tests
Insurer's lost hard drives contain info of 950K
Cerner CEO to undergo cancer treatment
ATA forum to help Congress with telehealth policy
Boston's Tufts Medical Center awards Jonathan Bush for visionary leadership
Probst: Healthcare ready to transition to 'something better'
HITPC finalizes 4 key recommendations for HIT comparison tool
Just say ‘no’ to QWERTY: 5 tips for using safer passwords
athenahealth Partners With University of Toledo Medical Center to Accelerate Development of Inpatient Electronic Health Record
athenahealth partners with medical center for inpatient EHR
Study: No one spends more on healthcare than the U.S. government
ACOs name interoperability as top challenge
Learn about the revamped eCQI Resource Center
Senate HELP Committee issues HIT draft legislation
California hospital pays more than $3.2 million to settle allegations
Zika virus: FAQ available
HCA Continental’s CIO on adopting cloud-based image sharing
Report covers threats to cybersecurity infrastructure
Ambulatory EHR market to grow by 30% within five years
Healthcare management platform Spreemo announces new VP
CHIME launches $1M patient identification challenge
25K patients affected by stolen laptop
Interoperability Standards Advisory open for public comment
Infographic: Inside the healthcare construction boom
2015 HIT VC funding comes in just under 2014's record
21K Blue Shield Calif. members affected by breach
Government Accountability Office finds flaws in FDA's methods
FDA's device cybersecurity draft guidance focuses on what manufacturers can do
Philips, Marin County Hospital launch $60M, 15-year partnership
WebMD not in acquisition talks
Trimble shares tips to spread innovation in healthcare
Trimble: Coordination key to care transformation
31 providers urge Burwell to rethink MU
Basch offers recommendations to 'reconceptualize' MU
AHA, ONC show significant increases in data exchange
Pharmacists call for HIE access
Study calls for more research on health data exchange
CMS announces 21 Next Generation ACOs for 2016
Minnesota-Based Health Technology Companies Join Forces To Help Hospitals Address CMS' Sepsis Guidelines
Hitachi ID Releases Case Study on Managing Partner Access at NCR Corporation
Accountable Care Organization National ACO Selects drchrono EHR
HL7, ONC launch C-CDA tool challenge
Medtronic, IBM Watson partner on new smartphone app
HIMSS Analytics launches market intelligence tool
Supreme Court won't hear Medtronic case
HHS initiative to help newbies enter healthcare innovation field
Records discovered in abandoned homeless shelter
8 in 10 health apps have significant security vulnerabilities
Partnership to accelerate care for elderly with chronic conditions
Cleveland provider earns HIMSS Davies Award
CHIME responds to MU announcement
Studies attribute better access to surgery to health reform
GE set to move HQ to Boston
Royal Philips, Calif. hospital announce 15-year, $90 million partnership
Nonprofit hospitals under the taxman’s magnifying glass
Texas ranked last for telemedicine
AMA working to 'craft a sensible future'
AMA: Chronic disease impacting healthcare infrastructure
Slavitt: CMS moving away from MU
Slavitt shares CMS implementation goals for 2016
Survey finds strong support among ICU nurses for telemedicine
DeSalvo, Savage address HIPAA guidance for patient access