EHR dissatisfaction is rampant. Doctors complain about too many clicks and unusable interfaces, to name just two common gripes. Health IT pros and clinicians hear and read about these problems a lot. But the other side of the story -- physicians who say the EHR makes them better doctors -- is less-often told. Yes, I love the EHR I use, said James Legan, MD. Legan, an internal medicine physician in Great Falls, Montana, who credits the EHR for helping him to practice medicine more effectively, is not alone. Medical Group Management Association CEO Halee Fischer-Wright, MD, while perhaps less exuberant than Legan, said EHRs have considerable promise in the practice of medicine. And then theres Jeffrey Cleveland, MD, a pediatrician at Carolinas HealthCare System.
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iMEDITEC 2017 will be held at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 6-7 September 2017. It will exhibit an exciting technical programme, complete with 22 tracks highlighting recent progress and inventions in all major areas of medical devices and their related technologies. iMEDITEC 2017 will also feature high-quality one-day workshop on 5th September, Industry Panels and Exhibition, as well as keynotes from prominent research and industry leaders.In conjunction to this conference, a general assembly meeting will be held to setup an International Medical Device Society (IMEDS) which will be held on 8th September 2017. Membership is open to all those interested in medical devices irrespective of disciplines (engineering, sciences, medicine, health science, law, human resources, etc.).Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical contributions for presentation at the conference and publication in our ISI-indexed proceedings. Selected papers will also be considered for publication in similar indexed journals.
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Hackers have proven they can get through hospital networks into medical and Internet of Things devices, which is why it is crucial that patient safety be prioritized when outlining a security strategy to make sure that hackers cant physically affect patients.A CISO should talk in the risk management language of the business, not in the technical management language of the information security field, said Bryan Hurd, senior executive, security strategy, at Versive, a vendor that uses artificial intelligence to hunt cyber-adversaries and insiders. Hurd previously was head of the Microsoft Cybercrime Center Intelligence Program.
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For the first half of 2017, insiders caused the majority of healthcare breaches. But for the first time this year, hacking incidents were the greatest threat to the healthcare industry, according to the latest Protenus Breach Barometer released Wednesday.Healthcare organizations reported 36 breaches to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights in July. Protenus had data from the 29 incidents, where 575,142 patient records were breached.
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Philips plans to fix alarming vulnerabilities in a web-based application used to track patient radiation exposure. Versions of the application, called the DoseWise Portal, mistakenly shipped with errors, including hard-coded credentials for a database holding patient data and unencrypted storage of other credentials.
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Technology has been tested and proven effective in many advanced and innovative industries, and is now extending and applying its benefits to more regulated industries such as healthcare. According to Mary Meekers Internet Trends 2017 report, healthcare is at a digital inflection point. She recognized and attributed this change in part to the increase of data collection from fitness trackers and health apps as well as the increase of hospitals sharing healthcare data with patients.As part of the report, consumers who were surveyed revealed which of the major tech companies they trust most with their private healthcare data. The results, showcased in the above graphic, is very telling of how consumers are becoming increasingly receptive to their data being shared and leveraged by these companies. By embracing the integration of technology, the healthcare industry has access to data that can be analyzed and leveraged for many opportunities ahead.
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It would seem the lab space is a relatively stable market, with the shift to EHR lab modules having largely run its course, but a high percent of providers suggests they are considering replacing their current solution. Its also not unreasonable to expect continued (although modest) consolidation, as the writing may be on the wall for some best of breed LIS vendors, causing them to seriously consider finding suitors among the EHR vendors.
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In five years big data will mostly be done in the public cloud. Insight PaaS will be the most common approach. Here is why.
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By ROBERT McNUTT, MD
Is coffee good for you?
A recent headline suggested that people who drink coffee live longer. Sounds great to me. I drink a lot of coffee, so maybe I will be immortal. But, wait, another report links coffee to cancer. Dang.
Estrogens were once touted as a life saving elixir for women of elegant ages, until these hormone supplements were linked to increased cancer risk. Wine will either add to your life expectancy or increase chances of breast cancer. If you are married and have cancer, your outcome is better; you live longer (and can drink more wine). Eggs either kill you (dropping the value of egg futures) or do not hurt you at all, (prompting a financial rebound in chicken-by-product).
Each study and report alluded to above is erroneous.
Indeed, these claims are what I call “fake” medical news. My definition: if a medical report is either wrong or not provable, it is fake.
When Is Medical News Fake?
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While automakers focus on defending the systems in their cars against hackers, there may be other ways for the malicious to mess with self-driving cars. Security researchers at the University of Washington have shown they can get computer vision systems to misidentify road signs using nothing more than stickers made on a home printer. UW […]
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For the first time this year, outside hacks surpassed insider breaches both in frequency and in the total number of affected patient records in July. But one Massachusetts case that took 14 years to crack came from inside the hospital.
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The Human Diagnosis Project might have the newfound support of the American Medical Association, but physicians are slightly more skeptical of the crowdsourced approach to medical care. At least one physician is concerned there is no way to validate the AI-powered initiative that relies on crowdsourced diagnostic data.
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Nuance Communications announced that nine U.S. healthcare organizations have adopted the company's radiology solutions to enhance clinical collaboration as well as deliver more complete, timely and higher quality radiology reporting. Capital Health, City of Hope, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Desert Radiology, LRGHealthcare, Medical University of South Carolina, Northeast Georgia Health System, Orion/Tower Imaging and Tennova Healthcare are representative organizations that have recently chosen Nuance to replace existing radiology solutions with Nuance's advanced diagnostic solutions, medical imaging exchange capabilities and clinical analytics to facilitate the transition to value based care.
Nuance's advanced radiology portfolio features image exchange, workflow orchestration, and advanced analytic capabilities that allow physicians to gain patient-specific insights, working to eliminate inefficiencies that can be frustrating for physician.
When we talk about the struggles of interoperability in healthcare, we are often referring to data trapped in our electronic health records (EHRs). However, images also need to be easily exchangeable across disparate systems so that radiologists can access centralized and consolidated data to make informed care decisions. Coordinated Care Health Network (CCHN), Oklahoma's largest health information exchange (HIE) and a Nuance partner, uses Nuance to obtain greater insights into patients' More >>
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