Dell launches initiative for girls in technology, partners with Girls Who Code

19. October 2016 Health 0
Technology giant Dell is partnering with Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. The goal is to strengthen and expand after-school programs in computer science education for about 15,000 girls in grades 6-12 across the country. In addition to a $400,000 cash donation to support the after-school computer ...

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to keynote HIMSS17

19. October 2016 Health 0
IBM’s tech-savvy chief has been instrumental in the company’s supercomputing work with Watson, the surprising partnership with Apple to create health apps, and she has boldly proclaimed that cognitive computing is the future of healthcare.  Powered by WPeMatico

$294 Million in Primary Care Workforce Awards Help Expand Access to Primary Care

19. October 2016 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced more than $294 million in awards to primary care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and NURSE Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. This funding helps to increase access to primary health care services in the communities that need it most. ...

$2.14 million HIPAA settlement underscores importance of managing security risk

19. October 2016 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
St. Joseph Health (SJH) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules following the report that files containing electronic protected health information (ePHI) were publicly accessible through internet search engines from 2011 until 2012. SJH, a nonprofit integrated Catholic health care delivery ...