Santa Cruz Health Information Organization to integrate SDOH data
WHY IT MATTERSAlong with creating a HIPAA-certified master patient index, the universal identity platform will allow SCHIO to integrate social determinants of health into patient records. SCHIO...
View ArticleBCBS Michigan debuts Maven-powered family building, maternal program
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View ArticleHealth tech startup partners on hospital-at-home care
Following several major healthcare organizations expanding into advanced home-based care, Philadelphia-based Sena Health will help deliver the Salem Acute Care at Home for patients of Salem, New...
View ArticleONC, CDC say Integration Framework can combat opioid crisis
For the past five years, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been working together on an interactive resource for states and...
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Precision dosing improves patient safety for critical access hospital
Traditional vancomycin dosing created several issues at Boone County Hospital in rural Iowa.THE PROBLEMBecause Boone does not have 24-hour pharmacists on site, it was difficult to time troughs...
View ArticleNorthwell Health adds advanced weapons detection
New touchless comprehensive detection systems developed by Massachusetts-based Evolv screen for weapons and contraband as foot traffic flows through the doors of Long Island Jewish Medical Center in...
View ArticleOptimizeRx AI pilot identifies non-adherence risks
Patients can experience unexpected access and affordability barriers that physicians lack visibility into, but by searching for the early indicators of non-adherence, physicians could act to help...
View ArticleNurse EHR satisfaction slides during pandemic
Electronic health record user mastery by nurses has seen a sharp decline since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to researchers. WHY IT MATTERSNearly 16,000 nurses across 35 healthcare...
View ArticleBuilding a resilient IT organization
Cloud ComputingNetwork InfrastructureQuality and SafetyWorkflowWorkforceIt's crucial we recognize that what worked well before may not work well today. And it's essential to anticipate, prepare for,...
View ArticleAI could help deliver greater success at birth
With machine learning, Mayo Clinic researchers found it is possible to predict how patterns of changes in pregnant patients who are in labor can help identify whether a vaginal delivery will occur with...
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Improved interoperability eases immunization tracking at St. John's Health
Patients these days get vaccines at pharmacies, urgent care centers and primary care clinics, among other places.THE PROBLEMIt's difficult for providers to keep track of them. Different portals and...
View ArticleHIMSSCast: How digital tools are helping ensuring diversity in clinical trials
Vibrent Health CEO Praduman "PJ" Jain, who also serves as principal investigator of the NIH All of Us Research Program's Participant Technology Systems Center, joined Healthcare IT News Executive...
View ArticleHL7 CodeX pilot to test prior authorizations in oncology
Evernorth, the health services arm of Cigna, and Varian, part of Siemens Healthineers, are partnering to improve data standardization and interoperability in oncology using Health Level Seven...
View ArticleTrilliant Health unveils new hospital benchmarking tool
Trilliant Health says its SimilarityIndex now benchmarks hospitals to help inform evidence-based strategic planning for competitive analysis, mergers and acquisitions, clinical quality program...
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How virtual reality is turning surgical training upside-down
The field of orthopedics is highly complex and continually evolving, particularly as the fast and furious pace of new surgical devices and technologies accelerates.THE PROBLEMThe importance of highly...
View ArticleDirect line between hospital cyberattacks and patient mortality, report shows
A new cybersecurity report this week had some sobering statistics illustrating just how commonplace network attacks have become across healthcare. The survey, which polled more than 640 IT and security...
View ArticleFred Hutch gifted $78M for precision oncology research
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington state, will use the funds to establish the Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology...
View ArticleIn diabetes push, Evernorth expands continuous glucose monitor coverage
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View ArticleFDA adds OssView bone fragility software to breakthrough program
Melbourne, Australia-based CurveBeam AI is investigating how calculating a Structural Fragility Score – a bone fragility measure – can support clinical decisions and improve patient care.OssView is not...
View ArticleFBI spotlights cybersecurity risks of outdated medical devices
On Tuesday, the FBI issued a report offering recommendations to address a number of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in active medical devices stemming from outdated software, as well as the lack of...
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