Rachel Z. Arndt
Modern Healthcare
Chicago, IL, United States
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Patient-matching standards must be improved, government report shows
Providers, vendors and others told the Government Accountability Office they still struggle with correctly matching patients to their records, which can theoretically put patients in danger. → Read More
HIMSS Analytics sells vendor data business to Definitive Healthcare
Definitive Healthcare will combine the data from HIMSS Analytics with its existing data sets. → Read More
Cerner co-founder Cliff Illig resigns from the company
Illig is leaving the company to focus on "outside interests," including the professional soccer business. → Read More
ONC adds to its interoperability standards advisory
The ONC continually revises the interoperability standards advisory, a set of standards and specifications it encourages the industry to adopt in the quest for greater interoperability. → Read More
FDA launches new office to rethink how drugs are reviewed
Speaking via livestream at the J.P. Morgan Conference, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb announced a broad restructuring of the Office of New Drugs to make the approval process more structured, with data coming from the cloud. → Read More
HL7 releases new version of FHIR standard
The new release adds stability to several parts of the standard, giving developers confidence to make data-sharing tools using FHIR. → Read More
Telemedicine regulations tighten restrictions on medication abortion
Nineteen states ban medication abortion performed through telemedicine. Opponents of the bans say they restrict access, while proponents say they promote patient safety. → Read More
Providence St. Joseph Health hires Microsoft exec as CIO
B.J. Moore will join the health system in January after spending more than two decades at Microsoft, most recently in its cloud and AI division. → Read More
Teladoc CFO resigns after misconduct allegations
Mark Hirschhorn is stepping down from his dual role as CFO and COO after a report claimed that he and another Teladoc employee engaged in insider trading. → Read More
Patient health data will be easier to access under new rules
ONC head Dr. Don Rucker did not tell lawmakers when the information-blocking rule will be released, but he suggested that it would expand interoperability. → Read More
Allscripts' Netsmart stake sold to GI Partners
The electronic health record vendor first acquired a stake in behavioral health technology vendor Netsmart in 2016. Allscripts is now selling its portion to GI Partners, which also acquired a stake at the same time in 2016. → Read More
Chatbots created by hospitals, insurers assist patients
Chatbots are gaining traction in healthcare, helping connect patients to providers and payers on an efficient, cost-effective medium: mobile devices and computers. → Read More
Allscripts lays off employees in 'rebalancing' effort
The vendor did not say how many people were laid off, only that the layoffs were part of an effort to correctly assign resources to its projects. → Read More
Advanced Care Hospitalists pays $500,000 fine for violating HIPAA
As many as 9000 patients of the multi-specialty group had their data exposed when a third-party vendor posted the information to its website. → Read More
Verma touts MyHealthEData at White House interoperability forum
The White House gathered a group of interoperability boosters on Tuesday for its Forum on HealthCare Data Interoperability, where the CMS and others pushed for greater data exchange, including for patients. "Our transition to a value-based #healthcare system depends on #interoperability," CMS administrator Seema Verma tweeted at the beginning of the event. "People should be able to obtain their… → Read More
Telemedicine adoption by doctors slowed by the cost
Most providers that adopted by 2016 tended to be in larger practices and members of certain specialties, such as radiology, according to a new study. → Read More
Lyft hires its first vice president of healthcare
The on-demand transportation company, likes its primary competitor, Uber, thinks it can make a dent in the transportation problems that lead to missed appointments. → Read More
Making EHRs easier to use is goal of HHS draft strategy
The agency released a draft strategy outlining how vendors, providers, and federal agencies can reduce the technology-related burden on clinicians, including by simplifying EHR reporting requirements. → Read More
Atrium Health data breach exposes up to 2.65 million patients' data
A hacker got into one of Atrium Health's third party vendors, AccuDoc, in September 2018, potentially revealing personal data but not medical or financial information. → Read More
Judge rules UPMC should have protected employee data
Several years ago, hackers stole the personal information of all UPMC employees. Now, UPMC is still dealing with the legal aftermath, with a judge reviving the employees' suit against the health system. → Read More