Half of hospitals still managing supply chain data manually, if at all
Hospital decision makers obviously understand that efficient supply chains can boost margins and bolster bottom lines. And many also understand they can improve the quality of care.Despite that, nearly...
View ArticleNorthwestern Medicine piloting machine learning for heart disease
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine announced this week that it has doing new artificial intelligence work in an effort to improve the efficacy and accuracy of its cardiac...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic launches new center for AI
Cleveland Clinic creating a new center for artificial intelligence that aims to further collaboration and communication between physicians, researchers and data scientists as AI and machine learning...
View ArticleECRI's 2019 list of patient safety worries includes EHRs
Improper management of test results and diagnostic tools within EHRs are at the top of a list of patient safety concerns, according to a new report from ECRI Institute.ECRI’s annual safety report, 2019...
View ArticleEric Topol: EHRs have 'taken us astray,' but AI could fix healthcare in a...
Dr. Eric Topol, founder and director of Scripps Research Translational Institute, is a longtime healthcare visionary. A cardiologist, geneticist and digital health pioneer, his ideas have been at the...
View ArticleKLAS: Providers want more in a quality management tool
KLAS' newest report, "Quality Management for 2019: The Search for a One-Stop Shop," shows that healthcare providers are looking for a single platform to handle all of their quality management needs,...
View ArticleSafety-net providers face obstacles to telehealth adoption
Despite its clear potential to improve access to high-quality care in underserved communities, telehealth is underutilized by safety-net providers due to a range of barriers, according to a new report...
View ArticleBenefits of H-SIMM: Lower error rates, better patient outcomes
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View ArticleFor infection control, hospitals rank specialty vendors higher than EHR...
Hospitals and health systems seeking better technologies for infection control often prefer to take a best-of-breed approach, rather than relying on tools from electronic health record vendors such as...
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How data visualization helped Saint Joseph Mercy improve quality, patient safety
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, part of Trinity Health, which is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, was working on improving its patient throughput and identified an opportunity to implement...
View ArticleEuropean HQ fuels Q Core ambitions for infusion systems market
Israeli infusion system specialist Q Core Medical has opened a new European hub in Marseille, France, to capitalise on growing demand for its smart pumps in both hospital and ambulatory care...
View ArticleWhy data quality is crucial to technology implementation
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View ArticleStandardizing data in EHRs could improve patient matching, study says
The standardization of demographic data like home addresses or last names could boost patient matching accuracy, according to a new report.WHY IT MATTERSThe study, recently published the Journal of the...
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Real-time location systems save Wake Forest Baptist $3.5M
Wake Forest Baptist Health is a prominent academic medical system known for innovation and the delivery of quality care, along with a reputation for distinguished medical research.THE PROBLEMThis...
View ArticleProviding infosec teams with external threat intelligence
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View ArticleCMS competition seeks predictive AI apps for better health outcomes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched a new contest it hopes will speed the development of new artificial intelligence technologies that can better predict health outcomes and...
View ArticleWhy a geriatric emergency department is installing specialized LED lighting
UC San Diego Health's uniquely designed geriatric emergency department is installing specialized LED lighting in its pioneering new ED, a move it says will be helpful for clinicians working lengthy...
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Cerner EHR alert helps Missouri provider reduce blood transfusion rate, save...
Blood transfusion can be lifesaving, but it is not widely known that up to 40-50 percent of blood transfusions in the U.S. are unnecessary, according to the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and...
View ArticleImprivata, Verato partner on biometric patient identity platform
Healthcare IT security specialist Imprivata is partnering with patient matching company Verato to use biometrics for improving patient identity management.The arrangement will see Imprivata link its...
View ArticleBerkeley uses deep learning to address suicide risks among veterans
Researchers from Berkeley Lab at the University of California have been applying deep learning and analytics to electronic health record data to help the Veterans Administration tackle medical and...
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