Post-ransomware restoration of Ireland's health service could take months,...
Ireland's health service is still attempting to recover from a cyberattack six weeks ago, with some hospitals unable to access many IT services, or even the Internet. As reported by ZDNet, Health...
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How one hospital earned HIMSS Stages 6 and 7 and a Davies Award in the same year
Baptist Health South Florida Homestead Hospital was on a mission: to achieve HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model Stage 6 and Stage 7, the highest certification level. (HIMSS is the...
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View ArticleHHS warns health systems of PACS security vulnerabilities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is warning hospitals and health systems that a security vulnerability in picture-archive communication systems, first discovered two years ago, is a...
View ArticleOIG says CMS lacks authority to ensure hospital safety during pandemics
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Communications tech securely links all staff in new ways at Asante health system
The Asante health system includes three hospitals and other medical facilities that serve some 600,000 people across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Asante brings in more than $1 billion in...
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Managing Caregiver Well-being: The Need for Real-time Engagement
Sponsor: MedalliaPrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: Quality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleIntermountain Healthcare patient data breached in 'security incident'
Intermountain Healthcare announced on Friday that a data security event affecting a business associate had made protected health information accessible to unauthorized individuals. The incident...
View ArticleForefront Dermatology reports breach of 2.4M patient records
Forefront Dermatology, a Wisconsin-based organization with locations in 21 states and the District of Columbia, reported that a data security incident led to the potential exposure of more than 2.4...
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Hartford HealthCare uses machine learning and predictive analytics to improve...
Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute in Hartford, Connecticut, has 33,000 workers, $4.3 billion in operating revenue and a medical staff of 4,000 providers. It offers the full continuum of care with...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud study finds overwhelming physician support for interoperability...
A new batch of research from Google Cloud finds near-universal agreement among physicians that interoperability should be a top priority for the hospitals and health systems where they practice.WHY IT...
View ArticleThe pandemic fallout to come, and the role of digital SDOH
The economic fallout related to the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to hit healthcare, but the result is likely to be an amplification of longstanding disparities within the U.S. healthcare system. Factors...
View ArticleCerner exec on VA EHR: 'Committed to getting this right'
Two Cerner executives testified before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization on Wednesday regarding the VA's electronic health record modernization efforts.The $16...
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Marshfield Clinic Health System saves $1.2M with parts procurement automation
Marshfield Clinic Health System is a fast-growing health system in Wisconsin. Since 2017, it has jumped from one to nine hospitals and now has more than 1,200 providers totaling 86 specialties.MCHS...
View ArticleHouse passes several new bipartisan cybersecurity bills
The U.S. House of Representatives passed four bills this week aimed at bolstering cybersecurity efforts throughout the country.The legislation takes a variety of approaches to strengthening public...
View ArticleIt takes more than hope to protect PHI
Safeguarding patient health information can be extremely difficult, as it necessitates taking inventory of data, finding any vulnerabilities and assessing risk across the board. Often, experts say,...
View ArticleAccused EHR hacker sentenced to 30 months in prison
A Texas woman who was accused of stealing protected health information from a provider's electronic health record was sentenced this past week to 30 months in federal prison.Amanda Lowry pleaded guilty...
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Digital rounding tech helps gain 'incredible' HCAHPS scores at Northwell...
At Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, some of its key HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) scores – particularly those around responsiveness and...
View ArticleHow data crowdsourcing is powering ICU innovation and patient safety
With the digitization of hospitals and the growing body of EHR data, there is increased demand to generate knowledge from the available data and create innovative solutions to challenges in...
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