WEDI offers feedback on CISA’s cyber incident reporting rules

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange this past week offered its comments today in response to the publication of a proposed rule from the Department of Homeland Security regarding cybersecurity reporting requirements. WHY IT MATTERSThe recent notice of proposed rulemaking from DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act … Read more

Biden’s health AI leads depart CHAI roles

Micky Tripathi, U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT, and Troy Tazbaz, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s digital health director, stepped down from the Coalition for Health AI last week.  While the announcement followed concerns raised by Republican lawmakers – by letter last month to FDA and directly with its Center for Devices and Radiological … Read more

GenAI for documentation helps Lee Health physicians add an extra patient per day

Medical documentation by practicing physicians has been a challenge since the creation of the medical chart. During his years of practice, Dr. Will Carracino, chief medical information officer at Florida-based not-for-profit health system Lee Health, recalls struggling to keep up with documentation from the first day he became a physician. THE PROBLEM “It is challenging … Read more

Addressing behavioral health resources and costs in Ohio

Like many in the U.S., Ohioans are experiencing a historic shortage of behavioral healthcare resources. But population health management tools from Alera Health will help the Ohio Behavioral Health Providers Network better integrate mental healthcare.  Meanwhile, the state’s Miami University has awarded $1 million in funding to the Ohio Alliance for Population Health for the … Read more

Mythbusting some misconceptions about operational improvement technology

Revenue cycle management is a great place for operational improvement technologies. These technologies can leverage process and task mining to give leaders a bird’s-eye view of their teams’ workflows. But according to 20-year healthcare veteran Todd Doze, CEO of Janus Health, a revenue cycle management technology company, there are three common myths associated with operational … Read more

ONC says stakeholders can ‘pick up and run’ with new regs

Touted as the product of 10 years of work, the most recent proposed rule issued July 10 by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will usher in an age of automation for healthcare interoperability through application programming interface-based exchange capabilities, officials said on Wednesday.  The second version of ONC’s Health Data, Technology, … Read more

Advocate’s CDO offers tips from experience for integrating post-acquisition data assets

In a trend that shows no sign of slowing, hospitals and health systems are affiliating, acquiring and merging more than ever before. With those sprawling new entities come lots of challenges combining and streamlining their constituent parts. Especially data – and lots of it.  The integration of data assets after a merger or acquisition is … Read more

Rady Children’s debuts free 3D image viewing software, available for other providers

Three-dimensional reconstruction and modeling technology is not new in hospitals. In fact, many organizations have dedicated radiology technologists that perform 3D reconstructions from cross-sectional images. THE PROBLEM The results of their work are typically saved back to PACS, essentially as a video of predetermined angles – often referred to as a rotational cine or turntable … Read more