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Quality and Safety

By Kat Jercich | 10:22 am | March 05, 2021
The September 2020 apparent ransomware incident led to a network shutdown throughout the health system's U.S. facilities.
By HIMSS TV | 05:29 pm | March 04, 2021
Dr. Derk Arts, founder and CEO of Castor, developer of automation tools for clinical trials research, describes its recent work with the WHO and how expanded access to its technology can improve health outcomes.
By Kat Jercich | 04:14 pm | March 04, 2021
The same hacker group took a similar tactic in February, posting tens of thousands of stolen patient records to the dark web in an apparent extortion attempt.
By Sara Mageit | 07:20 am | March 04, 2021
The gateway will enable researchers to directly request access to national vaccine datasets. 
By Kat Jercich | 02:15 pm | March 01, 2021
The OIG is conducting "significant work" to assess telehealth services during the public health emergency.
By Kat Jercich | 01:22 pm | February 23, 2021
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are using a mathematical model to estimate false-negative rates.
By HIMSS TV | 03:47 pm | February 22, 2021
Deep Dive: As NASA prepares to send astronauts to Mars in the not so distant future, innovators look at what the trip could teach us about human health.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:26 pm | February 19, 2021
Social determinants of health can make a big difference in health outcomes. A physician expert in NLP highlights how the AI technology can unearth gold in EHRs.
By Kat Jercich | 04:27 pm | February 18, 2021
The Center for Internet Security's service uses software from the cybersecurity vendor Akamai aimed at proactively identifying, blocking and mitigating threats.
By Mike Miliard | 12:05 pm | February 18, 2021
ANSI/CTA-2090 puts the focus on three must-haves, according to the Consumer Technology Organization: human trust, technical trust and regulatory trust.