COVID-19: Shortages of protective equipment, insufficient tests plague...
Various hospital challenges are feeding off each other as three out of four hospitals treat patients with coronavirus symptoms, OIG report says.
View ArticleMIT creates challenge to 'hack' COVID-19
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View ArticleCyber attacks continue to mount during COVID-19 pandemic
Intelligence agencies, security firms and Big Tech giants and all ringing alarm bells over the growing threat from cyber criminals in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic – with ransomware attacks,...
View ArticleDuplication, fragmentation hamper interoperability efforts, impact patient...
Duplicate patient records are wreaking havoc on error rates and driving up operating expenses, according to a BlackBook survey of nearly 1,400 health technology managers.WHY IT MATTERSThe study...
View ArticleHow one Davies winner used closed loop eMM to take aim at adverse events
The goal is a simple one, but an elusive one, as hospitals all over the world well understand: "Ensure the right drug and dose is given to the right patient by the correct route," said Joanne Hayden,...
View ArticleUsing precision medicine for better decision support, outcomes
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View ArticleNew Duke registry invites hospital workers to share data on COVID-19
A nationwide registry designed to be populated with data and information from frontline healthcare workers is being launched to support fast-cycle research on the impact of COVID-19 on caregivers.WHY...
View ArticlePenn Medicine CISO offers tips for COVID-19 cybersecurity response
As hospitals and health systems nationwide grapple with the fast-moving demands of the coronavirus crisis, they're also faced with an added challenge: fending off a sustained upswell in cybersecurity...
View ArticleTemporary hospitals are rife with cybersecurity vulnerabilities
The COVID-19 outbreak has led to a series of rapidly established medical-treatment units the world over, which will be utilizing remote-care devices that lack proper protection. The situation gives...
View ArticleHealth system pieces together ‘virtual rounding’ to cope with pandemic
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacksonville, Florida-based Nemours Children’s Health System needed to quickly revamp rounding by leveraging existing technology and infrastructure to avoid...
View ArticleYour stories: Through the eyes of a COVID nurse who tested positive
In March, we asked our readers to start sharing their stories of how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting them, both personally and professionally.In our fifth installment, we share the journal of a Long...
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Atrium Health sees community health innovation coming from COVID-19 disruption
Like most other hospitals and health systems nationwide, Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health has had to make some pretty big changes to the way it does business over the past few months of...
View ArticleMayo Clinic adds COVID-19 skills to Amazon Alexa
Mayo Clinic has added a skill set to Amazon's Alexa home devices such as the Echo and Echo Dot called "Answers on COVID-19," which offers users the latest information about symptoms, prevention and how...
View ArticleHow blockchain could help manage PPE allocation
AnalyticsFinancial/Revenue Cycle ManagementNetwork InfrastructureQuality and SafetyWorkforceA proposal: Create a Federal Reserve-type structure for supply chain management of protective equipment,...
View ArticleUAE company launches locally-produced sanitising gate solution
With sanitising gates predicted to become more commonplace in a post-COVID-19 world, one Dubai-based company has just launched its own solution, of which approximately 30 units can be built in a single...
View ArticleIBM launches blockchain network to bolster medical supply chain during COVID-19
IBM this week launched Rapid Supplier Connect, a blockchain-based network it says can help healthcare organizations, whether hospitals or government agencies, address equipment shortages during the...
View ArticlePatient engagement tech yielding positive results during COVID-19 pandemic
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View ArticleHealth systems must start now to map out safe back-to-work strategies
COVID-19 has thrown a massive wrench into the traditional employment model in the United States, and healthcare organizations and others need to plan now to craft a way to safely return workers to the...
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