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By Bill Siwicki | 01:42 pm | September 30, 2020
Interdisciplinary care, when delivered in real time via telemedicine, helped all team members share their knowledge – a big improvement over delivering that expertise separately.
By HIMSS TV | 08:19 am | September 30, 2020
Not only is it important to design innovation into care ecosystems, but we must be able to ensure sustained adoption, says David Champeaux, chief growth officer at Cherish Health and a member of the HIMSS UK Advisory Council.
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By Roche | HIMSS TV | 02:45 pm | September 29, 2020
With patient care virtualization in urgent need, Roche is supporting the sector using digital technology, says Darine Ghanem, the company's global head of personalized healthcare and patient access, global medical affairs.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:47 pm | September 25, 2020
Throughout the pandemic, the facility has outfitted staff with voice-activated comm badges that keep staff in a room to a minimum and reduce the need to change personal protective equipment.
By Kat Jercich | 05:26 pm | September 24, 2020
CHSPSC, a Tennessee-based management company that provides IT and services to providers indirectly owned by Community Health Systems, agreed this week to settle for potential HIPAA violations.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:42 pm | September 22, 2020
The Kirklin Clinic of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which sees 50,000 patients a year, went from a not-so-helpful Excel sheet to efficient, IT-driven processes.
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By Germany Trade & Invest | HIMSS TV | 05:41 pm | September 21, 2020
Julia Pietsch, senior manager of digital health for Germany Trade & Invest, says the legislation will encourage companies to develop apps that can enter standard care and present greater opportunities for digital health innovation.
By Kat Jercich | 05:36 pm | September 21, 2020
The data is said to include patient information release forms, driver's license copies and Social Security numbers, as first reported by BleepingComputer.
By Mike Miliard | 04:21 pm | September 17, 2020
A German woman died after Düsseldorf University Clinic's servers were encrypted, which necessitated that she be relocated to a hospital 20 miles away.