<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd">
<html lang="en" dir="ltr"
  xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
  xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
  xmlns:og="http://ogp.me/ns#"
  xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
  xmlns:sioc="http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns#"
  xmlns:sioct="http://rdfs.org/sioc/types#"
  xmlns:skos="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#"
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#"
  xmlns:article="http://ogp.me/ns/article#"
  xmlns:book="http://ogp.me/ns/book#"
  xmlns:profile="http://ogp.me/ns/profile#"
  xmlns:video="http://ogp.me/ns/video#"
  xmlns:product="http://ogp.me/ns/product#">
<head profile="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab">
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/healthcareitnews_favicon.png" type="image/png" />
<meta name="description" content="Two Houston providers discuss the successful efforts that helped them to weather Harvey and remain open during the hurricane." />
<meta name="generator" content="Drupal 7 (http://drupal.org)" />
<link rel="image_src" href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/Gov-Rick-Scott-Twitter-712.jpg" />
<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" />
<link rel="shortlink" href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/node/539093" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Healthcare IT News" />
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="og:title" content="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" />
<meta property="og:url" content="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" />
<meta property="og:description" content="Two Houston providers discuss the successful efforts that helped them to weather Harvey and remain open during the hurricane." />
<meta property="og:updated_time" content="2017-09-08T15:52:20-04:00" />
<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/Gov-Rick-Scott-Twitter-712.jpg" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta name="twitter:url" content="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Two Houston providers discuss the successful efforts that helped them to weather Harvey and remain open during the hurricane." />
<meta name="twitter:image:src" content="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/Gov-Rick-Scott-Twitter-712.jpg" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2017-09-08T15:50:28-04:00" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-09-08T15:52:20-04:00" />
  <title>How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma | Healthcare IT News</title>
  <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/css/css_lQaZfjVpwP_oGNqdtWCSpJT1EMqXdMiU84ekLLxQnc4.css" media="all" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/css/css_xWLsM-D4WczGi6kl-EExooTkGvtOGjwzilEWJC1ifyM.css" media="all" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/css/css_0vE94v_FfkGxOXyU_bZxUTN-THU6xafrxTz-f2hCvtk.css" media="all" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" media="all" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/css/css_KPy3srJzJpVU1luqbQIxqwp2ZPIiZ4drT4sx7nsAceE.css" media="all" />
  <!-- HTML5 element support for IE6-8 -->
  <!--[if lt IE 9]>
    <script src="//html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
  <![endif]-->
  <script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_gPM6NXOQjN2XM2JWQGfy07nKmcdDFrL289YA7h80ySs.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_BLxotNs2yt7YGlf9QRI9L9AMfdnkQfnN-_ADBTW3SiE.js"></script>
<script src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_fmgt_ji14wxqy7h_MSSGjUm96p6T_qAClf9tBB56Cik.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_DK240lxvaGy-61Gd7t3kORJGCijOHUnPoq11IVC-_HU.js"></script>
<script src="https://use.typekit.net/foq7kex.js"></script>
<script>try{Typekit.load({ async: true });}catch(e){}</script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_S_pw2iUzk9u72__7Yrq_C0ff7CLmK7cgUPnUurM-3b0.js"></script>
<script>var switchTo5x = true;</script>
<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script>
<script>if (stLight !== undefined) { stLight.options({"publisher":"dr-17613d52-c063-2f4f-53da-60084ae0f079","version":"5x","doNotCopy":true,"hashAddressBar":false,"doNotHash":true,"onhover":false,"newOrZero":"zero"}); }</script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_hWfMB0ZAvMO77xEyqtqVFVazjU9yhvDfX0uycHOk7Mk.js"></script>
<script>setTimeout(function(){var a=document.createElement("script");
var b=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
a.src=document.location.protocol+"//script.crazyegg.com/pages/scripts/0030/3128.js?"+Math.floor(new Date().getTime()/3600000);
a.async=true;a.type="text/javascript";b.parentNode.insertBefore(a,b)}, 1);</script>
<script>var _vwo_code=(function(){
var account_id=131086,
settings_tolerance=2000,
library_tolerance=2500,
use_existing_jquery=false,
// DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE
f=false,d=document;return{use_existing_jquery:function(){return use_existing_jquery;},library_tolerance:function(){return library_tolerance;},finish:function(){if(!f){f=true;var a=d.getElementById('_vis_opt_path_hides');if(a)a.parentNode.removeChild(a);}},finished:function(){return f;},load:function(a){var b=d.createElement('script');b.src=a;b.type='text/javascript';b.innerText;b.onerror=function(){_vwo_code.finish();};d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(b);},init:function(){settings_timer=setTimeout('_vwo_code.finish()',settings_tolerance);var a=d.createElement('style'),b='body{opacity:0 !important;filter:alpha(opacity=0) !important;background:none !important;}',h=d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];a.setAttribute('id','_vis_opt_path_hides');a.setAttribute('type','text/css');if(a.styleSheet)a.styleSheet.cssText=b;else a.appendChild(d.createTextNode(b));h.appendChild(a);this.load('//dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/j.php?a='+account_id+'&u='+encodeURIComponent(d.URL)+'&r='+Math.random());return settings_timer;}};}());_vwo_settings_timer=_vwo_code.init();</script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_sUdSLjDevkGTYrhHlq-SuBXLnEolTgKl2DxE7VoWWLc.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_dC1gcX9DNOiTIIGQxqRXhC5pux3AHUkiCiTiMtgdCpE.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_iiro2olv-RX3gC3Gs2RbWAN3fitln8gMi7wDaiQWkFg.js"></script>
<script>jQuery.extend(Drupal.settings, {"basePath":"\/","pathPrefix":"","ajaxPageState":{"theme":"hitn_theme","theme_token":"M-7se-md_ytztn0l9_E_ioH2IoLjt2u5jqrAeuBZZvc","jquery_version":"1.10","js":{"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/oas_blocks\/pushdown_script.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/hitn_display\/hitn_display_sidebar_ads_responsovness.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/bootstrap\/js\/bootstrap.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/jquery_update\/replace\/jquery\/1.10\/jquery.min.js":1,"misc\/jquery.once.js":1,"misc\/drupal.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/jquery_update\/replace\/ui\/external\/jquery.cookie.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/jquery_update\/replace\/misc\/jquery.form.min.js":1,"misc\/ajax.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/jquery_update\/js\/jquery_update.js":1,"\/\/netdna.bootstrapcdn.com\/bootstrap\/3.0.2\/js\/bootstrap.min.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/himss_coverage\/lib\/carousel\/owl.carousel.min.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/himss_coverage\/lib\/himss_coverage.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/himss_taxonomy\/js\/oas.js":1,"sites\/all\/libraries\/colorbox\/jquery.colorbox-min.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/colorbox\/js\/colorbox.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/colorbox\/styles\/default\/colorbox_style.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/hitn_display\/hitn_display_sitewide.js":1,"https:\/\/use.typekit.net\/foq7kex.js":1,"0":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/views_load_more\/views_load_more.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/views\/js\/base.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/bootstrap\/js\/misc\/_progress.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/views\/js\/ajax_view.js":1,"1":1,"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/button\/buttons.js":1,"2":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/hitn_disqus\/hitn_disqus.js":1,"3":1,"4":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/himss_taxonomy\/js\/metadata.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/field_group\/field_group.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/hitn_theme\/js\/main_menu.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/hitn_theme\/js\/mobile_alterations.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/hitn_theme\/js\/jquery.sticky-kit.min.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/hitn_theme\/js\/sticky_ads.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/hitn_theme\/js\/slide_sharethis_fix.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/bootstrap\/js\/modules\/views\/js\/ajax_view.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/bootstrap\/js\/misc\/ajax.js":1},"css":{"modules\/system\/system.base.css":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/date\/date_api\/date.css":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/date\/date_popup\/themes\/datepicker.1.7.css":1,"modules\/field\/theme\/field.css":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/himss_coverage\/lib\/carousel\/assets\/owl.carousel.min.css":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/views\/css\/views.css":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/ckeditor\/css\/ckeditor.css":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/colorbox\/styles\/default\/colorbox_style.css":1,"profiles\/acquia\/modules\/ctools\/css\/ctools.css":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/himss_coverage\/lib\/himss_coverage.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/hitn_theme\/ds_layouts\/2_rows\/2_rows.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/hitn_theme\/ds_layouts\/3_rows\/3_rows.css":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/contrib\/field_collection\/field_collection.theme.css":1,"sites\/all\/libraries\/fontawesome\/css\/font-awesome.css":1,"\/\/netdna.bootstrapcdn.com\/bootstrap\/3.0.2\/css\/bootstrap.min.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/bootstrap\/css\/overrides.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/hitn_theme\/css\/style-default.css":1}},"colorbox":{"opacity":"0.85","current":"{current} of {total}","previous":"\u00ab Prev","next":"Next \u00bb","close":"Close","maxWidth":"98%","maxHeight":"98%","fixed":true,"mobiledetect":true,"mobiledevicewidth":"480px"},"views":{"ajax_path":"\/views\/ajax","ajaxViews":{"views_dom_id:73e60a83cec9ba6770e9d2b86a0fa6ca":{"view_name":"himss_views","view_display_id":"himss_banner_block","view_args":"","view_path":"node\/539093","view_base_path":null,"view_dom_id":"73e60a83cec9ba6770e9d2b86a0fa6ca","pager_element":0}}},"urlIsAjaxTrusted":{"\/views\/ajax":true},"better_exposed_filters":{"views":{"himss_views":{"displays":{"himss_banner_block":{"filters":[]}}},"top_3_news":{"displays":{"block_3":{"filters":[]},"block_2":{"filters":[]}}},"most_read_news":{"displays":{"block_1":{"filters":[]},"block_3":{"filters":[]}}},"video":{"displays":{"block":{"filters":[]}}},"resource":{"displays":{"block_4":{"filters":[]},"block_2":{"filters":[]}}},"past_issues":{"displays":{"block_1":{"filters":[]}}}}},"hitn_disqus":{"domain":"prod-hitn","url":"http:\/\/www.healthcareitnews.com\/news\/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma","title":"How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma","identifier":"node\/539093"},"field_group":{"div":"default"},"bootstrap":{"anchorsFix":1,"anchorsSmoothScrolling":1,"popoverEnabled":1,"popoverOptions":{"animation":1,"html":0,"placement":"right","selector":"","trigger":"click","title":"","content":"","delay":0,"container":"body"},"tooltipEnabled":1,"tooltipOptions":{"animation":1,"html":0,"placement":"auto left","selector":"","trigger":"hover focus","delay":0,"container":"body"}}});</script>
  <!-- Begin Data Layer -->
  <script type="text/javascript">
    window.Et = window.Et || {};
    window.Et.metadata = {"id":"539093","type":"news","title":"how hospitals can prepare for hurricane irma","marketo_params":"id=539093&type=news&title=how hospitals can prepare for hurricane irma&primary=electronic-health-records&topic=technology&topic=ehr&topic=engagement&topic=workforce&topic=leadership&topic=electronic-health-records&topic=patient-engagement&","primary":"Electronic Health Records","topics":"Technology,EHR,Engagement,Workforce,Leadership,Electronic Health Records,Patient Engagement","oas_hostname":"oascentral.healthcareitnews.com","oas_sitepage":"healthcareitnews.com\/electronic-health-records","oas_query":"technology,ehr,technology,engagement,workforce,leadership,technology,ehr","oas_listpos":"Top,Frame1,Right1,Right2,Position1,Bottom,Bottom1"};
    var dataLayer = [window.Et.metadata];
  </script>
  <!-- End Data Layer -->
  <!-- OAS Rich Media -->
  <script type="text/javascript">
    <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
    (function() {
      var url = 'http://oascentral.healthcareitnews.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_mjx.ads/',
        sitepage = 'healthcareitnews.com/electronic-health-records',
        listpos = 'Top,Frame1,Right1,Right2,Position1,Bottom,Bottom1',
        query = 'technology,ehr,technology,engagement,workforce,leadership,technology,ehr',
        rns = (Math.random() + "").substring(2, 11);
        document.write('<script src="' + url + sitepage + '/1' + rns + '@' + listpos +  '?' + query + '"><\/script>');
    })();
    //--><!]]>
  </script>
  <!-- End OAS Rich Media -->
</head>
<body class="html not-front not-logged-in no-sidebars page-node page-node- page-node-539093 node-type-news" >
<!-- Google Tag Manager -->
<noscript><iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-MPFFF4" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];var j=d.createElement(s);var dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.src='//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;j.type='text/javascript';j.async=true;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-MPFFF4');</script>
<!-- End Google Tag Manager -->
  <div id="skip-link">
    <a href="#main-content" class="element-invisible element-focusable">Skip to main content</a>
  </div>
      <div class="region region-scripts-ini">
    <section id="block-oas-blocks-oas-ad-block-frame1" class="block block-oas-blocks clearfix">

      
  <div class="oas-ad-Frame1-wrapper"><div id="oas_Frame1"><script>OAS_RICH('Frame1')</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
  </div>
<header id="navbar" role="banner" class="navbar fixed">

  <div class="supernav_signup">
    <div class="container">
                <div class="region region-signup-nav">
    <section id="block-boxes-menu-signup-subscription" class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple clearfix">

  <span class="green-prefix">Email</span>      <h2 class="block-title">The latest news in Healthcare IT – straight to your inbox.</h2>
    
  <div id='boxes-box-menu_signup_subscription' class='boxes-box'><div class="boxes-box-content"><script src="//app-ab05.marketo.com/js/forms2/js/forms2.min.js"></script>
<form id="mktoForm_3126"></form>
<script>MktoForms2.loadForm("//app-ab05.marketo.com", "922-ZLW-292", 3126, function(form) {
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 div').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 input').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 label').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 span').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 button').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 fieldset').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 .mktoCheckboxList').on('click', function (e) {
          e.preventDefault();
var label = jQuery(this).find('label');
label.toggleClass('option-checked');
if (label.hasClass('option-checked')){
jQuery(this).find('input:checkbox').prop( 'checked', true );
}
else {
jQuery(this).find('input:checkbox').prop( 'checked', false );
}
});
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 .mktoCheckboxList input:checkbox').attr('value',1);
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 .mktoCheckboxList input:checkbox').prop( 'checked', true );
jQuery('#mktoForm_3126 .mktoCheckboxList label').toggleClass('option-checked');
});</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
<section id="block-boxes-menu-magazine-subscription" class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple clearfix">

      
  <div id='boxes-box-menu_magazine_subscription' class='boxes-box'><div class="boxes-box-content"><h3>The Magazine</h3>
<p><img alt="Magazine Image" class="supernav_magazine_thumbnail" src="/sites/default/files/magazine_covers.png" /></p>
<!-- http://placehold.it/160x120 --><p> <a class="supernav_magazine_subscribe" href="https://www.sub-forms.com/dragon/init.do?site=HMS1_HInewsub">Subscribe</a></p>
</div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
  </div>
          </div>
  </div>

  <div class="container">
    <div class="navbar-header">
              <a class="logo navbar-btn pull-left" href="/" title="Home">
          <img src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/all/themes/hitn_theme/logo.png" alt="Home" />
        </a>
      
      
      <!-- .btn-navbar is used as the toggle for collapsed navbar content -->
      <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
        <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
      </button>
    </div>

          <div class="navbar-collapse collapse">
        <nav role="navigation">
                      <ul class="menu nav navbar-nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="#" id="link-menupopup" class="nolink" ><span>Main</span> Menu</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="#" id="link-signup" class="nolink" >Sign Up</a></li>
<li class="last expanded dropdown"><a href="/" data-target="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Topics <span class="caret"></span></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/analytics">Analytics</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/topics/artificial-intelligence">Artificial Intelligence</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/category/resource-topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/electronic-health-records">EHR</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/government">Government &amp; Policy</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/interoperability">Interoperability</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/category/resource-topic/patient-engagement">Patient Engagement</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/population-health">Population Health</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/category/resource-topic/precision-medicine">Precision Medicine</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/privacy-security">Privacy &amp; Security</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/financialrevenue-cycle-management">Revenue Cycle</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/category/resource-topic/telehealth">Telehealth</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="/womeninhit">Women In Health IT</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>                                      </nav>
      </div>
      </div>
</header>

<div class="main-container">

  <header role="banner" id="page-header" class="white-row">
              </header> <!-- /#page-header -->


    <section class="col-sm-12">
      <a id="main-content"></a>
                                              <div class="region region-content">
    <section id="block-system-main" class="block block-system clearfix">

      
  <div  about="/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="node node-news view-mode-full  clearfix row">

<div class="ds-row-1 col-md-12">
    <div class="ds-row_1 container">    
      <div class="group-top-bar field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-top-728x90-ad field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-oas-blocks-oas-ad-block-top" class="block block-oas-blocks clearfix">

      
  <div class="oas-ad-Top-wrapper"><div id="oas_Top"><script>OAS_RICH('Top')</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div></div><div class="group-main-content-wrapper field-group-div"><div class="group-sidebar field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-right-ad-1 field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-oas-blocks-oas-ad-block-right1" class="block block-oas-blocks clearfix">

      
  <div class="oas-ad-Right1-wrapper"><div id="oas_Right1"><script>OAS_RICH('Right1')</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-right-ad-2 field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-oas-blocks-oas-ad-block-right2" class="block block-oas-blocks clearfix">

      
  <div class="oas-ad-Right2-wrapper"><div id="oas_Right2"><script>OAS_RICH('Right2')</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div></div><div class="group-main-content field-group-div"><div class="group-title-line field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2>How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma</h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subheader field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Two Houston providers discuss the successful efforts that helped them to weather Harvey and remain open during the hurricane.</div></div></div><div class="group-author-line field-group-div">By <a href="/author/jessica-davis">Jessica Davis</a><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">September 08, 2017</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-time-am-pm field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">03:50 PM</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-sharethis-top-block field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-sharethis-sharethis-block--2"
         class="block block-sharethis clearfix">

      
  <div class="wrapper-sharethis-counter">
    <span class="text-block">Share</span>
    <span class='st_sharethis_hcount'></span>
  </div>
  <div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" st_title="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" class="st_facebook_custom" displayText="facebook"></span>
<span st_url="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" st_title="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" class="st_twitter_custom" st_via="HealthITNews" st_username="" displayText="twitter"></span>
<span st_url="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" st_title="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" class="st_linkedin_custom" displayText="linkedin"></span>
<span st_url="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" st_title="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" class="st_email_custom" displayText="email"></span>
</div>

</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-thumbnail field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/Gov-Rick-Scott-Twitter-712.jpg" width="712" height="400" alt="" /><div class="image-field-caption">
  <p>Florida Governor Rick Scott talks to local emergency leaders in Florida as Hurricane Irma approaches. Photo via <a href="https://twitter.com/FLGovScott/status/906185109379756033" target="_blank">Twitter</a></p>
</div>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Even in the midst of a storm, healthcare providers are responsible for ensuring medical services continue. So, as Hurricane Irma looms off of the coast of Florida, and Hurricane Jose close behind, it&rsquo;s imperative hospitals not only plan to weather the storm -- but also ensure patient safety in the aftermath.</p>
<p>Communication was top of mind for VillageMD Houston, which was able to remain open during Hurricane Harvey by using its cloud-based EHR -- and by zeroing in on patient needs.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Most importantly -- connect with your patients. Having a plan for getting communications out to patients prior to any potential storm is key,&rdquo; said Dan Jenson, CFO of VillageMD Houston. &ldquo;Inform them of the best way to contact you during an emergency and where to turn for care once the storm passes.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;This is imperative as resources may be scarce,&rdquo; he said.</p>
<p>For Advanced Diagnostics Hospital and Clinic in Houston, its storm preparations were put to the test with Harvey. To its CEO and COO Rob Turner, safety of patients, staff and providers were imperative as the hospital determined how to keep operations up and running during the storm.</p>
<p>The first step is to make the decision early on whether the provider should remain open or evacuate. Turner said the media can often generate a lot of hype when major storm systems hit, so it&rsquo;s critical for providers to rely on solid data sources, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</p>
<p>NOAA provides weather forecast tools and satellite views that follow the storm and its path.</p>
<p>Once the organization determines whether to keep operations running, providers need to review their disaster preparedness plan and test staff by running drills, explained Turner.</p>
<p>No matter the size of the organization, much of the preparedness checklist is the same: food and water supplies, reliability of power sources and test phone and internet connections.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The unfortunate nature of disasters like Hurricane Harvey and Irma is that nothing can truly prepare you for the weather that might ensue,&rdquo; said Turner. &ldquo;Because we are on a cloud-based IT system, we weren&rsquo;t concerned with servers or access to patient data, but for some facilities, it&rsquo;s a critical concern.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Turner recommends choosing what Advanced Diagnostics dubbed the &lsquo;Ride Out&rsquo; team -- &ldquo;a group of essential employees who decide to stay at the facility throughout the hurricane to care for patients.&rdquo;</p>
<p>And for non-essential employees, Turner said to &ldquo;ensure they are able to work remotely from safe environments. In addition to providing peace of mind, this allowed us to keep our back-end operations running as usual.&rdquo;</p>
<p>And lastly, Jenson recommended organizations put a post-storm plan into place to make sure the hospital is up and running as &ldquo;soon as it&rsquo;s safe to do so.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Communication is key, especially in having a plan for after the storm,&rdquo; said Jenson. &ldquo;A lot of focus is spent on how to stay up and running and how to protect patients after the storm. But after the storm is where a lot of the hard work begins.&rdquo;</p>
<p>This includes patients with a lot of needs, and serving the community that will be in a tough spot after the storm.</p>
<p><em>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/jessiefdavis" target="_blank">@JessieFDavis</a><br />
Email the writer: <a href="mailto:jessica.davis@himssmedia.com">jessica.davis@himssmedia.com</a></em></p>
</div></div></div><div class="bottom-topics field field-name-field-topic field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix" ><div class="label-inline">Topics:&nbsp;</div><a href="/category/resource-topic/electronic-health-records">Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)</a>, <a href="/category/resource-topic/patient-engagement">Patient Engagement</a>, <a href="/category/resource-topic/workforce">Workforce</a></div></div></div><div class="group-content-social field-group-div"><div class="group-disqus field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-sharethis-block field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-sharethis-sharethis-block"
         class="block block-sharethis clearfix">

      
  <div class="wrapper-sharethis-counter">
    <span class="text-block">Share</span>
    <span class='st_sharethis_hcount'></span>
  </div>
  <div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" st_title="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" class="st_facebook_custom" displayText="facebook"></span>
<span st_url="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" st_title="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" class="st_twitter_custom" st_via="HealthITNews" st_username="" displayText="twitter"></span>
<span st_url="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" st_title="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" class="st_linkedin_custom" displayText="linkedin"></span>
<span st_url="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma" st_title="How hospitals can prepare for Hurricane Irma" class="st_email_custom" displayText="email"></span>
</div>

</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-hitn-disqus-comment field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a class="show-disqus-comments" href="#">View all comments</a>
<span class="disqus-comment-count" data-disqus-identifier="node/539093" data-disqus-url= "http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-hospitals-can-prepare-hurricane-irma">0</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-oas-ad-block-bottom1 field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-oas-blocks-oas-ad-block-bottom1" class="block block-oas-blocks clearfix">

      
  <div class="oas-ad-Bottom1-wrapper"><div id="oas_Bottom1"><script>OAS_RICH('Bottom1')</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-subscription-form field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div id='boxes-box-subsctiption_middle' class='boxes-box'><div class="boxes-box-content"><script src="//app-ab05.marketo.com/js/forms2/js/forms2.min.js"></script>
<form id="mktoForm_3133"></form>
<script>MktoForms2.loadForm("//app-ab05.marketo.com", "922-ZLW-292", 3133, function(form) {
jQuery('#mktoForm_3133 div').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3133 input').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3133 label').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3133 span').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3133 button').removeAttr('style');
});</script></div></div></div></div></div>    </div>
</div>
<div class="ds-additional-ad-row">
    <div class="ds-row_2">
    <div class="field field-name-oas-position1 field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-oas-blocks-oas-ad-block-position1" class="block block-oas-blocks clearfix">

      
  <div class="oas-ad-Position1-wrapper"><div id="oas_Position1"><script>OAS_RICH('Position1')</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div></div>
</div>
<div class="ds-row-2 row">
    <div class="ds-row_2 container">
      <div class="group-bottom-row-1 field-group-div"><div class="group-left-col field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-top1-news field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-views-top-3-news-block-2" class="block block-views clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">Top Story</h2>
    
  <div class="view view-top-3-news view-id-top_3_news view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-6bb216f0de5d5d2943e5a4f44ed157a9">
        
  
  
      <div class="view-content">
        <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-views-conditional">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/trumps-budget-proposes-deep-cuts-hhs-onc-ocr-budgets-and-staff"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/712_400/public/TrumpHITNistock.jpg?itok=sJHNl9za" width="712" height="400" alt="" /></a>
<div class='top-story-label'>Top Story</div></span>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/trumps-budget-proposes-deep-cuts-hhs-onc-ocr-budgets-and-staff">Trump&#039;s budget proposes deep cuts to HHS, ONC, OCR budgets and staff</a></div>  </div>  </div>
    </div>
  
  
  
  
  
  
</div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-most-read field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-views-most-read-news-block-1" class="block block-views clearfix">

        <h2 class="simple-black-border">Most Read</h2>
    
  <div class="view view-most-read-news view-id-most_read_news view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-f0f9fda1161540e01f1a142a6bffc48f">
        
  
  
      <div class="view-content">
        <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/epic-ceo-judy-faulkner-reveals-two-new-ehr-versions-are-development">Epic CEO Judy Faulkner reveals two new EHR versions are in development</a></span>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/epic-ceo-judy-faulkner-standing-behind-switch-ehrs-chrs">Epic CEO Judy Faulkner is standing behind switch from EHRs to &#039;CHRs&#039;</a></span>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/epic-jump-medical-billing-currently-hiring-new-unit">Epic to jump into medical billing, currently hiring for new unit</a></span>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/eclinicalworks-sued-nearly-1-billion-inaccurate-medical-records">eClinicalWorks sued for nearly $1 billion for inaccurate medical records</a></span>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/epic-sued-over-millions-alleged-anesthesia-over-billing-company-stands-system">Epic sued over millions in alleged anesthesia over-billing; Company stands by system</a></span>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even views-row-last">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/apple-launch-health-records-app-hl7s-fhir-specifications-12-hospitals">Apple to launch Health Records app with HL7&#039;s FHIR specifications at 12 hospitals</a></span>  </div>  </div>
    </div>
  
  
  
  
  
  
</div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div></div><div class="group-right-col field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-row-title-get-smart- field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2 class="title-sticked title-background-red">Research</h2>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-white-papers field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div  class="view view-resource view-id-resource view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-fb02bcf7cd88533b620ec10558aa132b view-mode-default  clearfix row">

<div class="ds-row-1">
    <div class="ds-row_1 col-md-12">
      <h2>White Papers</h2><p><a class="more-link" href="/white-papers">More Whitepapers</a></p>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="ds-row-2">
    <div class="ds-row_2">
        <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first col-md-4">
    <div  about="/resource/better-connections-better-outcomes" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-resource view-mode-default_views_layout  clearfix">

  
  <div class="field field-name-field-primary-topic field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Patient Engagement</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><div><a href="/resource/better-connections-better-outcomes">Better Connections, Better Outcomes</a></div></div></div></div></div>

  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even col-md-4">
    <div  about="/resource/extending-epic-ehr-technology-and-services" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-resource view-mode-default_views_layout  clearfix">

  
  <div class="field field-name-field-primary-topic field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><div><a href="/resource/extending-epic-ehr-technology-and-services">Extending Epic EHR  Technology and Services</a></div></div></div></div></div>

  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last col-md-4">
    <div  about="/resource/safeguarding-health-info-ensuring-hipaa-privacy-security" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-resource view-mode-default_views_layout  clearfix">

  
  <div class="field field-name-field-primary-topic field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Privacy &amp; Security</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><div><a href="/resource/safeguarding-health-info-ensuring-hipaa-privacy-security">Safeguarding Health Info: Ensuring HIPAA Privacy &amp; Security</a></div></div></div></div></div>

  </div>
    </div>
</div>

</div>

<!-- Needed to activate display suite support on forms -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-web-seminars field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div  class="view view-resource view-id-resource view-display-id-block_4 view-dom-id-20a2b533fcad066f1eccee300d9f0c11 view-mode-default  clearfix row">

<div class="ds-row-1">
    <div class="ds-row_1 col-md-12">
      <h2>Webinars</h2><p><a class="more-link" href="/webinars">More Webinars</a></p>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="ds-row-2">
    <div class="ds-row_2">
        <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first col-md-4">
    <div  about="/resource/enabling-innovation-healthcare-through-technology-oracle-infrastructure-and-platform-cloud" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-resource view-mode-default_views_layout  clearfix">

  
  <div class="field field-name-field-primary-topic field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Innovation Pulse</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><div><a href="/resource/enabling-innovation-healthcare-through-technology-oracle-infrastructure-and-platform-cloud">Enabling Innovation in Healthcare Through Technology: Oracle Infrastructure and Platform Cloud Services</a></div></div></div></div></div>

  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even col-md-4">
    <div  about="/resource/texas-childrens-hospital-empowering-cardiovascular-physician-visual-analytics-optimize-pain" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-resource view-mode-default_views_layout  clearfix">

  
  <div class="field field-name-field-primary-topic field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Analytics</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><div><a href="/resource/texas-childrens-hospital-empowering-cardiovascular-physician-visual-analytics-optimize-pain">Texas Children&#039;s Hospital: Empowering a Cardiovascular Physician with Visual Analytics to Optimize Pain and Sedation Management </a></div></div></div></div></div>

  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last col-md-4">
    <div  about="/resource/proven-practices-positive-patient-id-drives-improvements-mobile-clinical-care" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-resource view-mode-default_views_layout  clearfix">

  
  <div class="field field-name-field-primary-topic field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Privacy &amp; Security</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><div><a href="/resource/proven-practices-positive-patient-id-drives-improvements-mobile-clinical-care">Proven Practices: Positive Patient ID Drives Improvements in Mobile Clinical Care</a></div></div></div></div></div>

  </div>
    </div>
</div>

</div>

<!-- Needed to activate display suite support on forms -->
</div></div></div></div></div>    </div>
</div>
<div class="ds-row-3">
    <div class="ds-row_2 container">
    <div class="group-bottom-row-2 field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-video-4 field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-views-video-block" class="block block-views clearfix">

        <h2 class="simple-black-border">Video</h2>
    
  <div  class="ds-1col view view-video view-id-video view-display-id-block view-dom-id-0e39274a0e1f61c4abe2de9ebfcea0ae view-mode-default  clearfix">

  
  <div class="row">
      <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-views-conditional">        <span class="field-content video-top-4"><a href="/video/himss-ceo-hal-wolf-healthcare-has-innovate-faster-ever"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/video_thumbnail_292x165/public/halwolfHITNvideostill.jpg?itok=6WU2tw3o" width="292" height="165" alt="" /></a></span>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/video/himss-ceo-hal-wolf-healthcare-has-innovate-faster-ever">HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf: Healthcare has to innovate faster than ever</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-views-conditional">        <span class="field-content video-top-4"><a href="/video/assessing-reliability-cloud-vendors-healthcare"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/video_thumbnail_292x165/public/JohnHuston.jpg?itok=nWlmygQr" width="292" height="165" alt="" /></a></span>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/video/assessing-reliability-cloud-vendors-healthcare">Assessing the reliability of cloud vendors in healthcare</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-views-conditional">        <span class="field-content video-top-4"><a href="/video/managing-security-risk-connected-medical-devices"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/video_thumbnail_292x165/public/JeffLivingstone.jpg?itok=vxjcq2e5" width="292" height="165" alt="" /></a></span>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/video/managing-security-risk-connected-medical-devices">Managing the security risk in connected medical devices</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even views-row-last col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-views-conditional">        <span class="field-content video-top-4"><a href="/video/blockchain-cybersecurity-what-its-potential-what-are-its-limitations"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/video_thumbnail_292x165/public/SachinSetty.jpg?itok=SZ-1l4IO" width="292" height="165" alt="" /></a></span>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/video/blockchain-cybersecurity-what-its-potential-what-are-its-limitations">Blockchain for cybersecurity: What is its potential, what are its limitations?</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  </div>

</div>


</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-bottom-728x90-ad field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-oas-blocks-oas-ad-block-bottom" class="block block-oas-blocks clearfix">

      
  <div class="oas-ad-Bottom-wrapper"><div id="oas_Bottom"><script>OAS_RICH('Bottom')</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-more-stories field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-views-top-3-news-block-3" class="block block-views clearfix">

        <h2 class="simple-black-border">More Stories</h2>
    
  <div  class="ds-1col view view-top-3-news view-id-top_3_news view-display-id-block_3 view-dom-id-4884e4661bfb78a01f8f0645d8038fac view-mode-default  clearfix">

  
  <div class="row">
      <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/precision-medicine-huge-promise-high-health-it-related-hurdles-too"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/256x145/public/John-Halamka-himss17-712_0_0.jpg?itok=tFXzGTvq" width="256" height="145" alt="Precision medicine" /></a><div class="image-field-caption">
  <p>John Halamka (above) and&nbsp;Paul Cerrato to talk about some of the biggest obstacles holding back more widespread implementation of precision medicine at HIMSS18.</p>
</div>
</div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/precision-medicine-huge-promise-high-health-it-related-hurdles-too">Precision medicine: Huge promise, but high health IT-related hurdles, too</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/future-harvesting-patient-generated-health-data"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/256x145/public/ajay-mittal-handout-712.jpg?itok=nCPg2vYp" width="256" height="145" alt="patient generated health data" /></a><div class="image-field-caption">
  <p>Ajay Mittal, associate director of IT at the American College of Cardiology, will be speaking at HIMSS18 on March 8.</p>
</div>
</div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/future-harvesting-patient-generated-health-data">The future of harvesting patient generated health data</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/how-va-improving-patient-care-through-connected-tech-teleheath"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/256x145/public/shulkin-twitter-May18-712_0_0.jpg?itok=_2yW9yWv" width="256" height="145" alt="VA telehealth" /></a><div class="image-field-caption">
  <p>U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD. Credit: Twitter</p>
</div>
</div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-va-improving-patient-care-through-connected-tech-teleheath">How the VA is improving patient care through connected tech, teleheath</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/what-trumps-budget-proposal-means-hospitals"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/256x145/public/Trump-Feb12-youtube-712.png?itok=xwSA2F6t" width="256" height="145" alt="What Trump&#039;s budget proposal means for hospitals" /></a><div class="image-field-caption">
  <p>Credit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO3eU9kunfQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a></p>
</div>
</div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/what-trumps-budget-proposal-means-hospitals">What Trump&#039;s budget proposal means for hospitals</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/trump-earmarks-12-billion-va-cerner-ehr-project-proposed-budget"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/256x145/public/shulkin-hearing-Nov14-712_0.png?itok=WkDmaqHj" width="256" height="145" alt="VA-Cerner EHR" /></a><div class="image-field-caption">
  <p>Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, testifies before the&nbsp;House Appropriations&nbsp;Military Construction-VA Subcommittee. Credit:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2112&amp;v=286sASKNiRw" target="_blank">YouTube</a></p>
</div>
</div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/trump-earmarks-12-billion-va-cerner-ehr-project-proposed-budget">Trump earmarks $1.2B for VA-Cerner EHR project in proposed budget</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/optuminsight-advancing-data-and-analytics-himss18"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/256x145/public/optummurphyHITNhandout_0.jpg?itok=b1dyk2R_" width="256" height="145" alt="OptumInsight data and analytics at HIMSS18" /></a><div class="image-field-caption">
  <p>OptumInsight CEO Eric Murphy. Credit: Eric Mueller photo</p>
</div>
</div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/optuminsight-advancing-data-and-analytics-himss18">OptumInsight advancing data and analytics at HIMSS18</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/change-healthcare-ceo-blockchain-can-help-manage-patient-encounters"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/256x145/public/change-healthcare-handout-712_2_2.jpg?itok=KS-mQ_lc" width="256" height="145" alt="Blockchain in healthcare" /></a></div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/change-healthcare-ceo-blockchain-can-help-manage-patient-encounters">Change Healthcare CEO: Blockchain can help manage patient encounters</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even views-row-last col-md-3">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/healthcare%E2%80%99s-digital-storm"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/256x145/public/verizon_with_tablet.jpg?itok=01AHJ8aB" width="256" height="145" alt="" /></a></div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthcare%E2%80%99s-digital-storm">Healthcare’s digital storm</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  </div>

</div>


</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div></div></div>
</div>
<div class="ds-additional-list">
    <div class="ds-row_2">
    </div>
</div>

</div>

<!-- Needed to activate display suite support on forms -->

</section> <!-- /.block -->
  </div>
    </section>
</div>
<footer class="footer">
  <div class="container">
          <a class="logo" href="/" title="Home">
        <img src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/all/themes/hitn_theme/logo.png" alt="Home" />
      </a>
          <div class="region region-footer-external">
    <section id="block-menu-menu-more-news" class="block block-menu col-md-4 clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">More News</h2>
    
  <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareit.com.au/">Healthcare IT News Australia</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.mobihealthnews.com/">MobiHealthNews</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/">Healthcare Finance News</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.revenuecycleinsights.com/">Revenue Cycle Insights</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://connectedcarewatch.com/">Connected Care Watch</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.himssfuturecare.com/">HIMSS Future Care</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/cloud-decision-center">Cloud Decision Center</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/flash-for-healthcare">Flash for Healthcare</a></li>
</ul>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
<section id="block-boxes-footer-subscription-form" class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple col-md-4 clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">The Daily Brief Newsletter</h2>
    
  <div id='boxes-box-footer_subscription_form' class='boxes-box'><div class="boxes-box-content"><script src="//app-ab05.marketo.com/js/forms2/js/forms2.min.js"></script>
<form id="mktoForm_3131"></form>
<script>MktoForms2.loadForm("//app-ab05.marketo.com", "922-ZLW-292", 3131, function(form) {
jQuery('#mktoForm_3131 div').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3131 input').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3131 label').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3131 span').removeAttr('style');
jQuery('#mktoForm_3131 button').removeAttr('style');
});</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
<section id="block-views-past-issues-block-1" class="block block-views col-md-4 clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">The Magazine</h2>
    
  <div class="view view-past-issues view-id-past_issues view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-701ff172c1a07c10bdac82d7ea86b91d">
        
  
  
      <div class="view-content">
        <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-cover-image">        <div class="field-content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/HITN-print-Feb-edition-2018.png?itok=tmjSZxOn" width="173" height="220" alt="" /></div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-nid">        <span class="field-content"><a href="https://hms.dragonforms.com/HMS1_HIrenew">Renew your Subscription</a></span>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-nid-1">        <span class="field-content"><a href="https://hms.dragonforms.com/HMS1_HIcoa">Subscription change of Address</a></span>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-nid-2">        <span class="field-content"><a href="https://hms.dragonforms.com/HMS1_HInewsub">New subscription</a></span>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/issue/february-2018-digital-edition-healthcare-it-news">Current Issue</a></span>  </div>  </div>
    </div>
  
  
  
  
  
  
</div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
  </div>
      <div class="region region-footer-links">
    <section id="block-bean-live-events" class="block block-bean col-md-4 clearfix">

      
  <div class="entity entity-bean bean-section-link clearfix" about="/block/live-events" typeof="">

  <div class="content">
    <div class="field field-name-field-section-icon field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/icon_calendar_0.png" width="66" height="68" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-section-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">In Person Events</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-additional-info field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Machine Learning &amp; AI For Healthcare Las Vegas</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-description field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">March 5, 2018</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-link field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.healthcaremachinelearningai.com/las-vegas/2018?utm_source=hitn&amp;utm_medium=news&amp;utm_term=general&amp;utm_content=register-now&amp;utm_campaign=register-now">Learn More</a></div></div></div>  </div>
</div>

</section> <!-- /.block -->
<section id="block-bean-distance-learning-footer-blocks" class="block block-bean col-md-4 clearfix">

      
  <div class="entity entity-bean bean-section-link clearfix" about="/block/distance-learning-footer-blocks" typeof="">

  <div class="content">
    <div class="field field-name-field-section-icon field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/icon_calendar_0_0.png" width="97" height="100" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-section-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">In Person Events</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-additional-info field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Cloud Computing Forum at HIMSS18 Las Vegas</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-description field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">March 5, 2018</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-link field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.hitcloudforum.com/las-vegas/2018">Learn More</a></div></div></div>  </div>
</div>

</section> <!-- /.block -->
<section id="block-bean-healthcare-it-jobs-footer-block" class="block block-bean col-md-4 clearfix">

      
  <div class="entity entity-bean bean-section-link clearfix" about="/block/healthcare-it-jobs-footer-block" typeof="">

  <div class="content">
    <div class="field field-name-field-section-icon field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/icon_briefcase_0.png" width="76" height="65" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-section-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Healthcare IT Jobs</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-additional-info field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">HIMSS18 Career Fair in Las Vegas</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-description field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">March 7, 2018</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-link field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://jobmine.himss.org/">Visit HIMSS JobMine</a></div></div></div>  </div>
</div>

</section> <!-- /.block -->
  </div>
      <div class="region region-footer-menu">
    <section id="block-menu-menu-footer-menu" class="block block-menu clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">Footer Menu</h2>
    
  <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/about-healthcare-it-news" title="">About</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/advertise-healthcare-it-news" title="">Advertise</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://reprints.ygsgroup.com/m/himssmedia/" title="">Reprints</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/editorial-staff">Contact</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/privacy-policy" title="">Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareit.com.au/">Healthcare IT News Australia </a></li>
</ul>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
<section id="block-boxes-copyright" class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple clearfix">

      
  <div id='boxes-box-copyright' class='boxes-box'><div class="boxes-box-content"><p>© 2017 Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media</p>
</div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
<section id="block-boxes-bottom2" class="block block-boxes bottom-footer-ad block-boxes-simple clearfix">

      
  <div id='boxes-box-bottom2' class='boxes-box'><div class="boxes-box-content"><div class="oas-ad-Bottom2-wrapper"><script>OAS_RICH('Bottom2');</script></div></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
  </div>
  </div>
</footer>

<div id="main_menu_overlay" class="menu_overlay" style="display: none;">
  <div class="container">
            <div class="region region-menu-overlay">
    
<section id="block-bean-block-menu" class="block block-bean clearfix">

  <div class="block-menu-close">
    <a id="block-menu-close-button" href="#">X</a>
  </div>

      
  <div  about="/block/block-menu" typeof="" class="ds-1col entity entity-bean bean-block-menu view-mode-default  clearfix">

  
  <div class="group-mb-row1 field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-field-home-logo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/" title="Home"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/logo.png" width="466" height="66" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="group-mb-row2 field-group-div"><div class="field-collection-container clearfix"><div class="field field-name-field-image-linked field-type-field-collection field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full"><div class="entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-image-linked clearfix" about="/field-collection/field-image-linked/17836" typeof="">
  <div class="content">
    <div class="field field-name-field-social-icon field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/" target="_blank"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/1_4_0.png?itok=4inOqAz0" width="100" height="100" alt="" /></a></div></div></div>  </div>
</div>
</div></div><div class="field-item odd"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full"><div class="entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-image-linked clearfix" about="/field-collection/field-image-linked/17841" typeof="">
  <div class="content">
    <div class="field field-name-field-social-icon field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/healthcareitnews/" target="_blank"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2_3_0.png?itok=xf61esxG" width="98" height="100" alt="" /></a></div></div></div>  </div>
</div>
</div></div><div class="field-item even"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full"><div class="entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-image-linked clearfix" about="/field-collection/field-image-linked/17846" typeof="">
  <div class="content">
    <div class="field field-name-field-social-icon field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://twitter.com/HealthITNews" target="_blank"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/3_2_0.png?itok=ZTtLmJU2" width="99" height="100" alt="" /></a></div></div></div>  </div>
</div>
</div></div><div class="field-item odd"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full field-collection-view-final"><div class="entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-image-linked clearfix" about="/field-collection/field-image-linked/17851" typeof="">
  <div class="content">
    <div class="field field-name-field-social-icon field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthcare-it-news" target="_blank"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/4_2_0.png?itok=kczlQR-e" width="99" height="100" alt="" /></a></div></div></div>  </div>
</div>
</div></div></div></div></div><div class="main-menu-links-wrapper"><div class="field field-name-topics-menu field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-menu-menu-topics" class="block block-menu clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">Topics</h2>
    
  <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/analytics">Analytics</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/topics/artificial-intelligence">Artificial Intelligence</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/electronic-health-records">EHR</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/government">Government &amp; Policy</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/interoperability">Interoperability</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/category/resource-topic/MACRA">MACRA</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/mobile">Mobile</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/patient-engagement">Patient Engagement</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/population-health">Population Health</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/category/resource-topic/precision-medicine">Precision Medicine</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/privacy-security">Privacy &amp; Security</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/financialrevenue-cycle-management">Revenue Cycle</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/category/resource-topic/telehealth">Telehealth</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="/womeninhit">Women In Health IT</a></li>
</ul>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-career-menu field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-menu-menu-career" class="block block-menu clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">Career</h2>
    
  <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="http://www.himssmedia.com/events/inperson-events/calendar" title="">In Person Events</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://jobmine.himss.org/" title="">Jobs</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/white-papers" title="">Research Papers</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/webinars" title="">Webinars</a></li>
</ul>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-more-menu field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-menu-menu-more" class="block block-menu clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">More</h2>
    
  <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/about-healthcare-it-news">About</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/advertise-healthcare-it-news">Advertise</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/editorial-staff">Contact</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/himss-coverage">HIMSS18</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/projects">Special Projects</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/issue/february-2018-digital-edition-healthcare-it-news">Magazine</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/slideshow">Slideshows</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/video">Video</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="http://www.himssmedia.com/events">In-Person Events</a></li>
</ul>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-main-menu-subscription field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-boxes-main-menu-subscription" class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple clearfix">

        <h2 class="block-title">The Daily Brief Newsletter</h2>
    
  <div id='boxes-box-main_menu_subscription' class='boxes-box'><div class="boxes-box-content"><script src="//app-ab05.marketo.com/js/forms2/js/forms2.min.js"></script>
<form id="mktoForm_3155"></form>
<script>MktoForms2.loadForm("//app-ab05.marketo.com", "922-ZLW-292", 3155);</script></div></div>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div></div><div class="group-mb-row3 field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-search-form field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><section id="block-search-form" class="block block-search clearfix">

      
  <form class="form-search content-search" action="/news/microsoft-buys-avere-systems-its-cloud-based-high-performance-computing-tech" method="post" id="search-block-form" accept-charset="UTF-8"><div><div>
      <h2 class="element-invisible">Search form</h2>
    <div class="input-group"><input title="Enter the terms you wish to search for." placeholder="Search" class="form-control form-text" type="text" id="edit-search-block-form--2" name="search_block_form" value="" size="15" maxlength="128" /><span class="input-group-btn"><button type="submit" class="btn btn-default"><i class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-search" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></span></div><button class="element-invisible btn btn-primary form-submit" id="edit-submit" name="op" value="Search" type="submit">Search</button>
<input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-Xu8W_SuRuOJpo3VWjh3kJV-xctzGeh0AReLyQ6Vs_RQ" />
<input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="search_block_form" />
</div>
</div></form>
</section> <!-- /.block -->
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-top-stories field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2 class="block-title">Top Stories</h2><div class="view view-top-3-news view-id-top_3_news view-display-id-menu_top_3 view-dom-id-36697f0e718688ad7ee7d9f04d7a27c3">
        
  
  
      <div class="view-content">
        <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/trumps-budget-proposes-deep-cuts-hhs-onc-ocr-budgets-and-staff"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/348x196/public/TrumpHITNistock.jpg?itok=5MmwZkcR" width="348" height="196" alt="" /></a></div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/trumps-budget-proposes-deep-cuts-hhs-onc-ocr-budgets-and-staff">Trump&#039;s budget proposes deep cuts to HHS, ONC, OCR budgets and staff</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/trump-earmarks-12-billion-va-cerner-ehr-project-proposed-budget"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/348x196/public/shulkin-hearing-Nov14-712_0.png?itok=SWHaeATx" width="348" height="196" alt="VA-Cerner EHR" /></a><div class="image-field-caption">
  <p>Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, testifies before the&nbsp;House Appropriations&nbsp;Military Construction-VA Subcommittee. Credit:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2112&amp;v=286sASKNiRw" target="_blank">YouTube</a></p>
</div>
</div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/trump-earmarks-12-billion-va-cerner-ehr-project-proposed-budget">Trump earmarks $1.2B for VA-Cerner EHR project in proposed budget</a></div>  </div>  </div>
  <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last">
      
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-thumbnail">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/healthcare%E2%80%99s-digital-storm"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/348x196/public/verizon_with_tablet.jpg?itok=GNNPFe1X" width="348" height="196" alt="" /></a></div>  </div>  
  <div class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline views-field-title">        <div class="field-content"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthcare%E2%80%99s-digital-storm">Healthcare’s digital storm</a></div>  </div>  </div>
    </div>
  
  
  
  
  
  
</div></div></div></div></div></div>


</section> <!-- /.block -->
  </div>
      </div>
</div>  <script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_xMPdoru9igf8uHp63gi9j0K_w2D5YomHUjOBxrpAlSc.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/js/js_B2uv6dkjoYobfQVyuXdchgrpnnx4oM0TkP_bDVf8Qrg.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
