Quality and Safety
Cloud-based technologies are the priority, says one Frost & Sullivan analyst, as health systems work to marshal data and deploy AI for quality improvement, cost reduction and improved patient and clinician experience.
New research suggests vulnerabilities in healthcare's API "last mile," while another report assesses the cost of unsecured devices.
Germany has pioneered prescribing apps to patients within their normal care setting, in the form of DiGAs, a system France will replicate, as outlined by Armin Scheuer, VP of Business Development International at HIMSS.
Patient safety advocate Mark Neuenschwander is now working to make hospital intravenous therapy as safe as humanly – and robotically – possible.
Analysts from Mandiant Intelligence say FIN12 has been behind multiple ransomware attacks on hospitals and other provider organizations dating back at least to October 2018.
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In an interview with HIMSS TV, Dr Lloyd McCann, CEO of Mercy Radiology and Clinics, and Head of Digital Health for Healthcare Holdings Limited, explains how digital transformation is central to the Auckland provider’s drive to become a mature analytics organisation and deliver innovative value-based care.
The agency noted that communications about cyber risks should be easy to understand and readily available online.
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center observed that a LockBit affiliate appeared to have a "contradictory code of ethics" when it came to attacking healthcare entities.
The 2019 incident, which disabled Springhill Medical Center's EHR and patient monitors for days, obscured access to critical information that could have allowed for a lifesaving C-section, the baby's mother says.
While the 'robot' aspect of RPA gets most of the attention, successful implementation centers on the people and processes that will be impacted by the technology – and in a healthcare system where burnout is rampant, there are plenty of those.