Strategic Planning

Only a quarter of IT leaders and executives are confident about their cyberdefense strategies, while a majority are at least somewhat confident, says Jill Brewer, market insights lead at HIMSS.  

The strategic $745M transaction opens new opportunities for Astrana in Orange County, California, where it has limited operations, says CEO.

The deal is expected to add to Cencora's capabilities in Specialty and expand its MSO business.

Rutgers will use the grant to create interventions ranging from diagnostics to medical procedures and behavioral health interventions.

CEO David Joyner put much of the onus on the poor performance on elevated utilization coming out of the pandemic.

When hit, all hospital functions are severely impaired, including clinical care delivery, which can result in patient deaths, says Eric Liederman, CEO of CybersolutionsMD and former national leader of privacy, security and IT infrastructure at Kaiser Permanente.  

The AHA says the final rule only worsens the problem of "sustained and substantial underpayment" of hospitals.

Passwords don't need to be changed as often as every 90 days, but multifactor authentication is a must, says Jonathan Bauer, CIO Atlantic General Hospital Health System.  

Using AI to extract data is one of the more promising areas of cybersecurity, says Darren Lacey, CISO at Johns Hopkins.  

It's important for chief AI officers to have a strong sense of the regulatory environment and the skills to align AI investments to the company's business strategy, says Dennis Chornenky, UC Davis Health's AI chief.