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A new painted jacket for Alex Fair

Quality and SafetyWomen In Health IT'Joining The Walking Gallery shows that you are very much on the side of patients'Regina HollidayWhen I was a child we looked forward to our birthdays with joy and...

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87 percent of health organizations plan to adopt IoT technology by 2019,...

The majority of healthcare organizations will adopt Internet of Things technology by 2019, according to a study from networking provider Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.Currently, 60...

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10 next steps for the national health IT agenda

Government & PolicyMACRAMeaningful UsePrivacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyAt a pivotal moment for healthcare, it's time to reform regulatory approaches, improve access to data for care...

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The Importance of Matching the CDS Delivery Mechanism to Clinician Workflow

Sponsor: Wolters KluwerPrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: Quality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...

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Operationalizing Cybersecurity in Healthcare Organizations

Sponsor: SymantecPrimary topic: Privacy & SecurityTopic: Privacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...

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HIE use leads to shorter lengths of hospital stay, lower chance of ED...

Hospitals in New York are finding big quality and efficiency gains thanks to the ability to access patient EHR data via a regional health information exchange.A new study just released by HealthlinkNY,...

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Driving Performance, Compliance and Security

Author: UnisysSponsor: UnisysPrimary topic: Medical DevicesTopic: Medical DevicesQuality and SafetyResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...

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Securing & Managing Devices in Your Ecosystem

Author: UnisysSponsor: UnisysPrimary topic: Medical DevicesTopic: Medical DevicesQuality and SafetyResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...

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Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2017, according to ECRI

Health information technology holds enormous potential for improving patient safety, but only when implemented and used correctly. A new study from ECRI Institute spotlights EHR information management...

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5 big challenges to utilizing genomic data for precision medicine

Precision medicine holds the key to better health. And as the industry moves more toward value-based care, its evidence-based principles can help providers ease into the transition."It's a big step to...

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The biggest healthcare breaches of 2017 (so far)

Topic: Electronic Health RecordsNetwork InfrastructurePrivacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyAuthor: Jessica DavisSlideshow Image:...

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How nursing informatics helped Carolinas HealthCare eliminate 18 million clicks

In an industry populated with physicians bemoaning too many clicks, healthcare organizations need to create a culture that believes IT will do more than just improve patient care. Electronic health...

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IBM Watson Health adds international standards for clinical terminology

IBM Watson Health will adopt SNOMED CT for use in Watson Health work, SNOMED International and IBM Watson announced Thursday.SNOMED CT is an international standard for clinical terminology. It makes...

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Medical Device Management Webinar

Author: UnisysSponsor: UnisysPrimary topic: Medical DevicesTopic: Medical DevicesQuality and SafetyResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...

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Healthgrades names top hospitals for patient safety in 2017; See the list

Healthgrades this week named more than 400 hospitals to its 2017 Patient Safety Excellence Award class, highlighting those facilities and systems that perform above their peers when it comes to...

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Finally! A Cloud-hosted Medical Image Management System to Benefit...

Sponsor: MicrosoftPrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: Quality and SafetyExternal url:...

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Securing and Illuminating the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Sponsor: UnisysPrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: Quality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...

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State finds hundreds of medication errors linked to healthcare technology

Exactly 889 medication error reports submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2016, listed healthcare information technology as a factor contributing to the...

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Connecticut’s largest health system bets on GE Healthcare to boost efficiency

GE Healthcare and Hartford HealthCare announced Tuesday a seven-year initiative to improve the safety and speed of patient care at the Connecticut-based healthcare system.The partners plan to introduce...

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Medical mistakes still kill 1,000 patients a day, Leapfrog says

The Leapfrog Group on Wednesday released its Spring 2017 Hospital Safety Grade, highlighting hundreds of hospitals that are leading in preventing deadly medical errors at their facilities.The Leapfrog...

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