The largest healthcare-focused legislation since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains $6.3 billion in provisions that will fund federal agencies and help speed the arrival of diagnostic tools and disease therapies. Powered by WPeMatico

She succeeds David Dunlap as President and CEO of the South Carolina health system.  Powered by WPeMatico

Siemens will offer funding and research support over the next four years to Northwell’s Imaging Clinical Effectiveness and Outcomes Research Program. It will also commit full-time employees to work with Northwell on its population health management initiatives. Powered by WPeMatico

Experian sees healthcare as particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks because medical identity theft remains so lucrative and relatively easy for hackers to exploit – and they continue to find markets for reselling patient data. Powered by WPeMatico

The virus first appeared in 2014, but reared its head again in August. It’s since created a more sophisticated attack method, which has compromised more than 13,000 devices a day. Powered by WPeMatico

AI and deep learning can help automate analytics on voluminous image data, enabling comparison with EHR information, genomics and more, officials say. Powered by WPeMatico

We’d like to hear from our audience of healthcare industry professionals about their feelings on the new healthcare leadership. Powered by WPeMatico

A look inside some of the most ambitious initiatives happening at Healthcare IT News’ 2016 Best Hospital IT Departments, which are cultivating a bold new era of care delivery by homing in on the patient experience. Powered by WPeMatico

Everything you need to know about population health happenings, including an all-day symposium, the new knowledge center, expert speakers and education sessions at this year’s conference. Powered by WPeMatico

Launching a patient portal is only step one, says HIMSS17 expert Jan Oldenburg. Empowering patients with the skills and technology to become partners in their own health takes much more than that.  Powered by WPeMatico