Women In Health IT
Kristin Myers, who began at the New York health system as Director of IT in 2004, will also serve as dean for information technology.
The health system realized a 28% decrease in manual medication entry, along with a 26% increase in the accuracy of medications imported into medication histories.
Kidney and diabetic complications also decreased by 15% and all-cause readmission rates decreased by 3% at the Medical Center at Bowling Green.
The chief nursing officer at Medicomp explains how EHR makers can combat burnout by building better, nurse-inclusive systems with input from frontline staff.
UPIC Health CEO Mary Tucker says she hopes to partner with community hospitals in the future.
Near the hottest of COVID-19 hotspots, the health system helped its respiratory therapists by combining tele-ICU, EHR and remote patient-monitoring technologies.
Dr. Nathalie Bloch of the ARC Innovation Center at Sheba Medical Center, Israel, discusses the use of AI in dealing with COVID-19 patients, among various other innovative tools, in this episode of The Alessi Agenda.
The health system has experienced a 35% increase in organic traffic to its Find a Doctor search option – and has gained top search engine ranking and self-scheduling wins.
COVID-19
The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar hosted by HIMSS.
HIMSS Director of Privacy and Security Lee Kim offers insights for health systems as they defend against both COVID-19 and the opportunistic cyberattacks that are using it as cover to sow chaos.