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Erik Decker (right) of Intermountain, speaks Tuesday before a House subcommittee. Seated next to him is Dr. Christian Dameff of the University of California San Diego Health.
By Susan Morse | 11:59 am | April 02, 2025
House subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity protection for legacy medical devices overshadowed by HHS cuts.
Geoff Wester of SSM Health on online scheduling
Success Stories & ROI
By Bill Siwicki | 11:29 am | April 02, 2025
With the EHR technology, the health system achieved a new patient acquisition boost of 19% through its website and has quadrupled its online booking completion rate.
The United States Capitol at night
By Andrea Fox | 10:54 am | April 02, 2025
In their letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., lawmakers requested written responses to a list of questions and a "detailed, staff-level briefing" from those "responsible for developing and executing" the reorganization and reduction in force.
IT professionals meet in a server room
Cybersecurity In Focus
By Andrea Fox | 10:51 am | April 02, 2025
Improving cybersecurity despite resource challenges requires small healthcare providers to pull many support levers. "We need to move away from the idea that each rural hospital is solving these issues alone," says one infosec leader.
Doctor talking to patient on telehealth screen
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By DT Research | 09:15 am | April 02, 2025
Telemedicine delivers health equity and improved patient outcomes.
Dr. Jonathan Thierman of LifeBridge Health on telemedicine
Success Stories & ROI
By Bill Siwicki | 12:36 pm | April 01, 2025
The new telemedicine site offers extremely short wait times and enables providers to see nearly twice as many patients as they would in the same period for in-person visits. And it beats the overhead and infrastructure costs of a new physical location.
Patient accesses digital therapeutic on telehealth tablet
By Andrea Fox | 08:04 am | April 01, 2025
The merger of American Telemedicine Association's advocacy arm with DTA will create the Advancing Digital Health Coalition, a combined policy and advocacy platform focused on advancing new technologies with the potential to transform patient care.
Businessperson viewing graphs on a tablet
HIMSS25 Europe
By Aline Noizet | 06:35 am | April 01, 2025
The EHDS promises to advance access to large data sets for research and public health decisions – and ideally enable personalised patient care. AIDAVA was launched to make the latter possible by helping curate and publish individual health data using AI.
Woman stands by window head against a wall
By Andrea Fox | 03:14 pm | March 31, 2025
Researchers and developers have announced artificial intelligence tools that aim to shrink the time mental health providers spend on administrative tasks, provide faster triage, support clinical decision-making and improve patient access. 
Jon Freedman of Chartis on telemedicine
By Bill Siwicki | 12:59 pm | March 31, 2025
After yet another temporary extension of pandemic-era virtual care flexibilities, a partner at healthcare consulting firm Chartis offers a vision for a sustainable future for these promising care models.