Pandemic-era burnout: EHR vendor strategies to support staff
To see all of the feature stories in the Burnout in the Age of COVID-19 series, click here.The pandemic has pushed healthcare provider organizations to demand more from their electronic health records...
View ArticleImportance of adding patient voice to healthcare innovation
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View ArticleDigital's ability to personalize is improving care delivery
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View ArticleUnited Methodist Communities has early successes with telehealth and RPM
United Methodist Communities, headquartered in Neptune, New Jersey, is a faith-based, not-for-profit senior living and healthcare provider. With more than 110 years of continuous operation, the...
View ArticleCybercriminals seek to take advantage of rapid telehealth scale-up
The massive expansion of telehealth services in response to the pandemic is likely to change the way bad actors target data. A new report from Booz Allen Hamilton notes that telehealth security is a...
View ArticleAI is standardizing clinician-driven, evidence-based medicine
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View ArticleHHS unveils new 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
The final 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan released today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is laser focused – unsurprisingly, given the goals of recent rulemakings– on...
View ArticleOncology practice uses AI to significantly improve end-of-life care
Northwest Medical Specialties is a physician-owned, community oncology practice with five sites in the Tacoma, Washington, area.NWMS is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality cancer care,...
View ArticleHospitals said to tighten email security in response to CEO spear phishing...
Some hospitals in Massachusetts reportedly received emails this past week claiming to be the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeking information about COVID-19 statistics – raising fears...
View ArticleBrigham and Women’s uses crowdsourcing tech to take aim at everyday problems
Brigham Health, based in Boston, is home to innovative science, medicine and digital health technology. But like many large institutions, it also has its fair share of systems and processes that are...
View ArticleVermont governor deploys National Guard in response to UVM cyberattack
Vermont Governor Phil Scott this week ordered the state Army National Guard's Combined Cyber Response Team to help in responding to a cyberattack against the University of Vermont Health Network.The...
View ArticleData, intelligence underpin public health decisions
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View ArticlePandemic-era burnout: Nurses in the trenches say technology hurts and helps
Nurses, the backbone of healthcare, typically have to deal with serious levels of burnout – the COVID-19 pandemic has made the problem that much worse: 61% of nurses have emotional and physical...
View ArticleTampa General Hospital launches new VC fund to drive tech advancements
Tampa General Hospital has launched TGH InnoVentures, a venture capital fund designed to help drive a "culture of innovation" at the large academic medical center.WHY IT MATTERS TGH InnoVentures will...
View ArticleMayo Clinic sued over breach of patient health records
Patients filed class-action complaints against the Mayo Clinic this past week. They are accusing the system of violating the Minnesota Health Records Act. Mayo Clinic said in a news release in October...
View ArticleDigital healthcare innovators must meet needs of those most impacted
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View ArticleHHS OIG wants new compliance obligations from eClinicalWorks
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is seeking additional compliance obligations from eClinicalWorks relating to the safety of its electronic health record...
View ArticleBoston Children’s enhances clinical communication and meds administration
Boston Children’s Hospital was facing several problems that it had hoped it could solve with some new clinical tools.THE PROBLEMThe top problem was that its communications channels were not integrated...
View ArticleCIOs seek analytics, automation and EHR integration for healthier supply chains
With the next wave of the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to crash down in hospitals around the country, it's more important than ever for health systems to be well attuned to their supply chain needs.One...
View ArticleHHS: More than 2M patients affected by breaches reported in October
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a snapshot this past week detailing breaches reported to the Office of Civil Rights in October.In total, more than 2 million individuals had...
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