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The CMIO role will evolve as health systems’ needs change

HealthcareDive – Feature
“These days, chief medical information officers tackle a lot more than just EHR implementation. Initially brought on to help implement EHRs, CMIOs are increasingly involved in a range of activities, from privacy and cybersecurity to patient outcomes, population health management process improvement, compliance and more.” Read the full article.
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5 Ways Health IT Executives Can Transform the Data Center

Scalability needs push IT leaders out of physical spaces and into the cloud.
“Healthcare executives increasingly realize how critical IT and data center transformation are to overall organizational growth. As a foundation for customer retention, improved security and regulatory compliance — as well as greater revenue — an agile data center is necessary to support key business objectives. While most clear-thinking business leaders recognize that as truth, a wealth of opinions persist when it comes to what strategies ultimately provide the best return on investment.” Read the full article.
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Healthcare 2020: 8 healthcare questions you need to be prepared to answer

HealthcareDive – A recap of the National Business Group on Health’s 2017 Business Health Agenda conference
“If you didn’t attend the National Business Group on Health’s (NBGH) Business Health Agenda (BHA) conference, you have some catching up to do. The year 2020 may have seemed like an abstract event at one point in time, but it’s now very much a reality — less than three years away. It was also the topic of choice for this year’s BHA, “Healthcare: 2020.” Employer-sponsored healthcare plans will probably still be the norm in 2020, but they won’t look exactly the same; thought leaders at BHA 2017 are already preparing for a new wave of changes in plan design, health data, demographics and much more.”  Read the full article.
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Digital Therapeutics: The Future of Health Care Will Be App-Based

Forbes – Tech News
“The key difference is that digital therapeutics implement treatment programs tailored to specific ailments, especially major chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and pulmonary diseases like COPD.  Because patient behavior is so crucial in preventing and limiting the severity of these life-threatening illnesses, the early evidence is that these digital health programs, often combined with human coaching/interaction, can make a significant difference in health outcomes.”  Read the full article.
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Clampdown on network directories fueling online solutions

HealthcareDive Feature
“Providers are struggling to keep up with requests to verify network directory data as health plans comply with increasing mandates. Concerned about widespread inaccuracies in network directories for health plans, lawmakers across the country are seeking stricter data collection requirements. A mix of new state and federal regulations require payers to provide consumers with up-to-date network directories of available healthcare professionals.” Read the full article.
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Who’s responsible for protecting patient data in the cloud?

Cybersecurity experts lay out the facts, and misperceptions, about securing data in the cloud. The answer is not so simple.
“Cloud computing is still fairly new to healthcare and, as such, confusion and a few myths surround the technology. And many of those skewed perceptions are driven by simple misunderstandings, most notably about information security.” Read the full article.
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Healthcare executives on overcoming the barriers to payer-provider data exchange

FierceHealthcare Exclusive
“The holy grail of data-sharing is integrated clinical and claims data. But there are plenty of barriers, from cost to interoperability challenges to lingering distrust between payers and providers. But when we gathered a group of more than 20 executives to discuss payer-provider collaboration, they all agreed that health information technology and data play an integral role.” Read the full article.
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Internet unleashes .health domain names

Healthcare Industry News
“The health care industry now has its own domain name on the internet, just like universities have .edu and not-for-profits have .org. Several companies and organizations went live with the .health extension through DotHealth, the official registry.” Read the full article.
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CMS releases proposed rules on Outpatient and Physician Fee Schedule

HIMSS News
“Last month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released two new Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).”  Read the full article.
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65% of healthcare partnerships lead to cost savings, study shows

Reducing Healthcare Costs
“More healthcare organizations are partnering in hopes of reducing healthcare costs, improving quality of care and achieving better outcomes. The move from volume to value is prevalent both with private payers and the CMS.” Read the full article.
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