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The ousting comes on the heels of a joint warning from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, HHS and the FBI about "increased and imminent" cyber threats to hospitals.
The workforce should prioritize digital skills to help improve workflows and care pathways, says Dr. Osama Elhassan, coordinator of the ZIMAM initiative and board member of the International Society of Telemedicine & eHealth.
Sixty-four percent of UK healthcare workers experience IT issues during their working week, only a third of their time is actually spent helping patients.
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As COVID-19 surges and supply lines become critical, health system leaders are working toward real-time visibility and predictive tools for inventory, pricing, lead times and demand trends.
The Kara artificial intelligence iPhone app integrates with 13-location OrthoIndy's EHR, placing caregivers' spoken words directly into the right places in the record.
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TGH InnoVentures will include an innovation lab and an accelerator program, and will directly invest in promising healthcare-focused startups.
Beyond the stress of increasing patient volumes and emotionally draining hospital shifts, RNs are grappling with alert and alarm fatigue, burdensome documentation, and EHR usability. But they’re finding ways to cope – and AI and automation are helping.
Laura Jonsson, a nurse practitioner and Matrix Medical Network's chief clinical officer, shares how telemedicine technology and the different care paradigm it enables help nurses minimize stress and the burnout it can cause.