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One challenge is there is now nationwide competition for remote staff, says Kimberly Scaccia, VP of revenue management for Mercyhealth.

It's important to provide diverse offerings for different surgical training use cases, says FundamentalVR CEO Richard Vincent.

The chief information officer at the University of Texas and Dell Medical School discusses COVID-19 vaccine distribution, privacy protections and patient engagement for post-pandemic population health.

In the newest edition of HIT Cybersecurity, Bob Barrett, senior director of security and IT assurance at HIMSS, offers tips and best practices for educating employees and instilling good cyber hygiene practices.

A large portion of nurses report being overworked and are suffering burnout – resulting in a growing number leaving the profession – but recent advances in technology are helping to ease their burden.

Vocera CEO Brent D. Lang and CMO Dr. Bridget Duffy and UCLA Hospital System CEO Johnese Spisso discuss the mission of the new CEO Coalition to ensure the wellbeing of the workforce.

In this episode of HIT Cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins Medicine's Darren Lacey shares how healthcare providers can develop a more forward-leaning strategy.

The CMIO discusses a safety initiative he devised that integrated NLP with EHR work queues – helping review and track clinical notes to ensure radiology reports are capturing incidental findings that could impact patient outcomes.

The IT leader discusses how Penn State has managed population health during COVID-19 with help from EHR tweaks, telehealth, data sharing via CommonWell and more, and highlights things healthcare can learn from other industries.

The development of PennOpen Pass, a symptom tracker and exposure alert system, offers a lesson on how challenging factors can focus the mind, enabling development of new tools that meet communities' needs.