Move over risk scores, what healthcare needs now is risk science
“What’s their risk score?” That’s a natural question to ask when a discussion arises concerning patient risk. Unfortunately, it’s also how most conversations both start and finish.The idea is that a...
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Levers of Human Deception: The Science and Methodology Behind Social Engineering
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View ArticleDenver hospital deploys hand hygiene monitoring system to boost adherence
Health systems are constantly working to decrease their rates of hospital-acquired infections. Beyond the obvious patient safety concerns, their bottom lines could depend on it, with new Medicaid...
View ArticleMajor Australian EHR rollout approaches halfway mark
It contains some of the most remote areas on earth and communities of people suffering from diseases that have no place in a developed nation, but despite colossal challenges, the Northern Territory is...
View ArticleAHRQ, Social Security Administration aim to attract FHIR developers
WASHINGTON, DC — The Agency for Health Research and Quality and the Social Security Administration here on Monday announced plans for kicking off challenges to identify technologies that solve specific...
View ArticleIBM responds to recent Watson media coverage
Back in 2011, IBM's new Watson technology was the focus of a lot of excited expectation about what its artificial intelligence platform – having famously bested human opponents on Jeopardy! – could do...
View ArticleAI diagnostic tool plows through FDA clearance, but some experts not convinced
The pivotal trial data that led to the clearance of the first AI-based diagnostic system to not require clinician interpretation was published on Aug. 28 by nPJ Digital.The 900-patient investigation...
View ArticlePatient safety demands more robust testing of EHR usability, says Pew
Pew Charitable Trusts says not enough attention is being paid to electronic health record usability from a safety point of view. And given that federal certification requirements don't address two key...
View ArticleBlockchain being put to work by IBM, Intel, CDC to combat opioid epidemic
Of all the cutting-edge innovations currently buzzing in healthcare there is one that takes the latest and greatest crown: Blockchain. For all its hype, and there is still plenty of that, blockchain's...
View ArticleIT investment needed for better medication management, boosting patient safety
Hospital chief medical information officers are almost unanimous in recognizing the patient safety improvements that have been brought about by better medication management processes, according to a...
View ArticleTriHealth earns HIMSS Davies Award for pop health innovation
Cincinnati-based TriHealth is the most recent recipient of a 2018 HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award, recognized for its use of health IT for improved patient experience, population health management and...
View ArticleAI research needs more funding at NIH, NIST and others, says House report
In a bipartisan new report on artificial intelligence, Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT, and Ranking Member Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois,...
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Disinfection Protocols for Healthcare IT Equipment - Help Reduce HAIs and...
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Patient matching transformed at Michigan HIN with master patient index,...
Real-time, actionable health information exchange requires an accurate, reliable approach to matching patients with their electronic health records across different organizations and information...
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How clinical communication tools help improve one ER's 'left without being...
Hardin Memorial Hospital, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, had a clinical communication system in the emergency department that just wasn't cutting it for caregivers. It needed a better way for emergency...
View ArticleCybersecurity tops ECRI's list of Top 10 Health Technology Hazards
ECRI Institute has published its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2019, and cybersecurity is atop the list as the biggest risk to patient safety.Researchers at ECRI say they're concerned...
View ArticleMalware hits medical devices at 18 percent of healthcare orgs in last year
Nearly one in five provider organizations (18 percent) polled for a new joint report from CHIME and KLAS have seen malware or ransomware infect or impact medical devices in the past year and a half.WHY...
View ArticleHow leading health systems customize EHRs, leverage analytics to improve...
As the opioid crisis continues to spread nationwide, it's requiring an all-hands-on-deck effort to turn the tide. Health information technology – electronic health record customizations, predictive...
View ArticleCISOs offer insights into patch management strategies
It's an inconvenient truth that much of healthcare still runs on legacy software. Whether it's operating systems or medical devices, the security implications of depending on vulnerable and unsupported...
View ArticleLeapfrog Group says it will conduct safety ratings for ambulatory surgery...
The Leapfrog Group is expanding its reporting of patient safety data from hospitals to outpatient settings. Specifically, the group will be looking at the quality of care at ambulatory surgery centers...
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