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This week's top stories include Epic tapping MapQuest to help patients find nearby or conveniently located clinicians, and Massachusetts ordering hospitals to cut nonurgent procedures due to critical staffing shortages.
Neil Lindsay, who has worked at the company for more than a decade, will reportedly oversee Amazon's online pharmacy, telehealth and health diagnostics businesses.
A new study shows that primary care physicians who had greater documentation support from staff spent less daily time in the electronic health record.
Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger talks telemedicine, staff retention and provider burnout, health equity, and growth in value-based payment.
A new 1Password survey finds security professionals are especially prone to reporting high levels of disengagement.
A physician expert in virtual care discusses building familiarity, using pilot projects and managing scheduling carefully.
Tabak has served as principal deputy director and deputy ethics counselor at the National Institutes of Health for more than a decade.
A new report from the KLAS Research Arch Collaborative pointed to chaotic workplaces, after-hours workloads and bureaucratic tasks as other major contributing factors to burnout.
Executives at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum this week stressed that protecting an organization's environment is a collaborative endeavor.
"It's not about ultimate security. It's about doing what's right for the organization, and it should be business-driven," said one expert at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.