Missouri drug monitoring program taps Bamboo Health for operations
Every state but Missouri has operated a statewide prescription drug monitoring program for years. Now, the Show-Me state has come around to see the value of more advanced tracking controlled substances...
View ArticleHow one health system developed AI to tackle patient safety
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View ArticleHIMSSCast: Getting to better data for better predictive models
Predictive models are gaining ground across healthcare as more and more hospitals and specialists use them for diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other diseases. But these machine learning tools are...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins AI models predict ICU delirium risk
Two dynamic analytics models developed at Johns Hopkins University predicted delirium-prone patients when tested on two datasets drawn from 100,000 stays at a Boston hospital's intensive care unit,...
View ArticleBeamtree secures contract to build Health Roundtable's data platform
ASX-listed healthcare data insights company Beamtree has been commissioned to build a data analytics platform for a group of hospitals across Australia and New Zealand. It has recently signed a A$1...
View ArticleFDA approves AI ultrasound application for musculoskeletal imaging
Clarius Mobile Health, which first introduced wireless handheld imaging for medical specialties in 2016, says its third-generation device, HD3, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...
View ArticleCyberattack round-up: Financial warnings and new threats to hospitals
Hospital financial ratings remain vulnerable to cyberattack fallout, according to a new assessment from Fitch Ratings. Meanwhile, hacktivists and ransomware gangs are recycling ransomware strains and...
View ArticleUS spends most on healthcare, has worst outcomes, finds Commonwealth Fund
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View ArticleFBI working with Tallahassee Memorial after IT security event
The FBI confirmed it is working with Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare to assess an IT systems outage that began on February 2.WHY IT MATTERSWhen the incident began, the hospital announced it was only...
View ArticleSingapore General Hospital shifts to gamified VR nurse training
The Singapore General Hospital has started training its nurses in IV cannulation using VR technology.A team of SGH nurses, together with Serious Games Asia and sensor solutions developer Microtube...
View ArticleFlorida ACO achieves value-based care goals with real-time patient data platform
Achieving value-based care goals remains a difficult challenge for many providers who also are trying hard to provide equitable care. Pathways Health Partners, an accountable care organization that...
View ArticleEpic remains Best in KLAS for overall software suite for 13th year
In addition to winning overall, Epic was named top Overall Physician Practice Vendor based on provider feedback in this year's Best in KLAS awards. The health IT giant also earned plaudits in 13 other...
View ArticleHIMSSCast: The Quintuple Aim – why health equity is a critical addition
In this podcast, we discuss a new concept that has blossomed from an old one. The old concept is The Quadruple Aim. The new concept? The Quintuple Aim. What's new? Health equity.The guest is Dr. Kedar...
View ArticleHealthcare systems could face new DPRK ransomware tactics
Government agencies from the United States and the Republic of Korea are highlighting new ransomware tactics they've seen, which they say are used to conceal the affiliation of Democratic People’s...
View ArticleAn inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program
Most healthcare consumers have experienced certain pain points in receiving care for family and friends.THE PROBLEMPatient access is a top priority for AdventHealth, a health system based in Altamonte...
View ArticleHIMSSCast: Epic leaders on data-driven clinical trial innovation
The challenges of designing effective clinical trials, finding the right people to participate in them and building trial cohorts that are representative of the population at large, have been...
View ArticleMore data on race could improve maternal outcomes, Health Affairs finds
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View ArticleChartis launches new Center for Burnout Solutions
The Chartis Group this week, announced its new Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions, developed with recently-acquired DES Health Consulting.WHY IT MATTERS DES works with hospitals and health systems to...
View ArticleHealthcare workers still think about quitting often, even on well-staffed teams
Some telling new statistics from the Qualtrics XM Institute's latest research on customer-facing employees show healthcare workers are less likely than the global average to say their teams are...
View ArticleHow best to manage, or dump, legacy healthcare IT systems
According to a 2021 HIMSS survey, 73% of healthcare provider organizations have legacy information systems. They're costly to maintain and a pain to keep up.The question is, what to do about...
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