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Agility, flexibility and security are the focus of the latest installment in our COVID-19 era lessons learned feature series, which this time showcases four CIOs, including Mayo Clinic's Cris Ross.
The majority of associates will be able to choose between working in the office or from home – in contrast with Epic, which will bring its workers back to campus starting in July.
In addition to 11 recipients of the inaugural Changemaker in Health Awards, George Halvorson will receive the first HIMSS Changemaker Lifetime Achievement Award.
In the newest edition of HIT Cybersecurity, Bob Barrett, senior director of security and IT assurance at HIMSS, offers tips and best practices for educating employees and instilling good cyber hygiene practices.
The electronic health record vendor says employees will need to return to the office at least three days per week, starting July 19.
The system for communicating COVID-19 status also saved Nova Scotia Health's public health team more than 10,000 hours of phone time over the past year.
D. Geoffrey Vince, a biomedical engineer at the health system, will lead new efforts to build out computer science and data research, with the goal of drug discovery and other clinical innovations.
ADP Empower will seek to address challenges faced by underrepresented entrepreneurs.
They will codevelop an advanced analytics platform and build new machine learning models focused on workflow refinements and "science-informed decision support."
A large portion of nurses report being overworked and are suffering burnout – resulting in a growing number leaving the profession – but recent advances in technology are helping to ease their burden.