Healthcare CIO workload has increased both in scope of responsibilities and in complexity since HITECH and these executives expect this workload to continue to grow significantly over the next five years, according to a white paper from executive search firm SSi-Search.

An Institutes of Medicine (IOM) committee has issued new recommendations that electronic health records (EHRs) should include social and behavioral data on patients in addition to medical data. However, the IOM does not address the potential patients sensitivities and security issues in including this data.

BOSTON—Three rising stars in healthcare shared their experiences on how to transform the industry through innovation at the AMDIS Fall Symposium.

The proposal to delay the mandatory implementation of ICD-10 coding went from introduction to being passed by Congress in less than a week and left many hospital and health system CIOs, CMIOs and consultants across the country scrambling to figure out what their next steps should be.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a free app to help small to medium-sized outpatient healthcare providers conduct required security risk assessments.

Early results released this week from a survey on ICD-10 readiness by The Advisory Board Company indicate that most healthcare organizations are at or below their budget for the transition, but they are behind schedule on testing and financial planning.

If healthcare could achieve the type of interoperability in devices and information technology (IT) systems other industries take for granted, the cost of care could be lowered by billions while patient outcomes are simultaneously improved finds a whitepaper issued jointly by the West Health Institute and Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

The Valley View Hospital Association (VVH), which operates a small hospital in Gleenwood Springs, Colo., voluntarily disclosed that a virus had infected the hospital’s computers and captured data that included personal but not medical information on 5,400 patients.