Quality and Safety
One area of this case study compilation covers organisations that have leveraged HIMSS' digital tools in their transformation journeys.
The retail industry with its e-commerce boom has lessons to teach healthcare, says an innovation leader at Teladoc Health.
The company has scored contracts with four hospital trusts in England.
The warnings followed an alert from federal security agencies about Russian state-sponsored threat actors exploiting default protocols and known vulnerabilities.
Dr. Darin Vercillo, chief medical officer at About Healthcare, discusses these challenges and others – and describes how new technologies are boosting care coordination and enabling quick, efficient transfers.
The VA Office of Inspector General released a trio of reports this past week with allegations about medication, ticket-process and care-coordination concerns.
"We continue to push the envelope of technology to deliver the highest value and to develop the future models of care," said the health system's chief health information officer.
Meanwhile, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency flagged a pair of device vulnerabilities and a "highly sophisticated" attack affected the records of 213K individuals.