Population Health
Targeted by cybersecurity threat actors, providers must take extra precautions to safeguard maternal health data and ensure that they have the right levels of security, says Deepak Prakash, CTO and cofounder of Sonio.
South Korea's National Institute of Health has established a big health database that researchers can tap into to develop new technologies, says director Dr Hyun-Young Park.
Healthcare providers and IT vendors in the region have weighed in with their predictions for healthcare technology in the new year.
A statistical analysis evaluated a refit of the Dementia AlgoRithm, which helps determine patients at risk for cognitive decline, using administrative claims data. It found the new models could be a game-changer for value-based care providers.
Besides saving significant time and cost, Taichung Veterans General Hospital also has the shortest emergency patient stay in Taiwan, shares computer and communications center director Lai-Shiun Lai.
The health system's proprietary model offers a clinically validated approach to identifying behavioral health patterns and risk stratification to help guide more targeted decision making and improve care, the company says.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published updated draft recommendations to help improve the performance of pulse oximeters across skin tones.
The electronic health record vendor group was founded two decades ago with a bold premise: competitors working collaboratively to identify issues related to software development and functionality for EHRs and to further the initiatives laid out by HHS.
Data interoperability supports population health and enhanced care delivery for healthcare organizations (HCOs). However, interoperability can also foster data exchange in use cases outside the health system’s facilities.
External pressures like reimbursement reduction, clinical quality reporting mandates and price transparency rules further underscore the importance of bringing together diverse data sources.