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The share of hospitals with a senior information security officer rose 14% during the past year, according to the new HIMSS survey....
The five-year demonstration project — scheduled to kick off early next year — also encourages the creation of medical triage lines for low-acuity 911 calls....
"I think the bottom line is: The AG is not going to be satisfied with a duopoly in which one firm is clearly dominant and is going to be able to have its way," said Tim Greaney, former assistant chief in the DOJ's antitrust division....
The state's health policy commission reported Partners' acquisition of Care New England will not affect competition or set back care access because of the health systems' different patient populations and geographies....
The strategy would expand the car-hailing firm's focus on addressing social determinants of health from just transportation to include combating food deserts and nutritional deficiencies....
Digest the biggest health IT conference of the year with this roundup of what grabbed the attention of more than 43,000 health execs, policymakers and academics....