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The value-based network will enable rural hospitals to meet the increasing challenges of delivering healthcare. 

<p>TEFCA implementation and FHIR standards need to address effectiveness and expense issues, say FAST cochairs Deepak Sadagopan and Duncan Weatherston.</p>

The average total cost of a cyberattack was $4.99 million, a 13% increase from the previous year, new survey finds.

BCBS Michigan is partnering with other BCBS companies on a number of initiatives spanning technology, health plan offerings and innovation.

<p>Jacqueline de Leeuw, CNIO at Radboud University Medical Centre, said that during the process of achieving HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 certification her organization was challenged to become better digitized.</p> <p>  </p>

Healthcare industry veteran Jim Rechtin will transition to the role of CEO in the latter half of next year.

The new organization would oversee one billion dollars of medical services provided over a nine-county region.

The goal is to better align payers and providers when it comes to measuring the success of medical treatments, company says.

Optum will assume responsibility for ProHealth Care's rev cycle management, IT, informatics, analytics and inpatient care management.

MorganFranklin Consulting's Ferdinand Hamada and Matt DeFrain offer their perspectives on the current threat environment and how health systems can build better cybersecurity resilience and business continuity strategies.