Quality and Safety

In a preview of his HIMSS22 session, the health system's associate CMIO describes how it worked with the state HIE to bring patient end-of-life preferences into Epic.

But scientists say that some tools may hold promise for modestly reducing common psychological symptoms – and that more research is warranted.

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, some of the data belonged to "highly vulnerable" individuals, including missing persons and their families.

The ECRI Institute's annual report from its Device Evaluation Program reflects enduring ramifications of the pandemic and cautions healthcare leaders about maintaining connectivity.

In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, panelists from the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and affiliated federal agencies offer their perspectives on threat landscapes.

Federal agencies noted that state-sponsored bad actors have targeted a variety of critical infrastructure organizations, including those in the healthcare industry. 

Among the new changes for the Interoperability Standards Advisory: HL7-enabled help for CDC COVID-19 reporting, and new standards and implementation specs for labs, e-prescribing and public health.

Houston Methodist had been planning to implement a VICU for several years, Chief Innovation Officer Roberta Schwartz explains in a preview of her upcoming HIMSS22 session – but the pandemic led the health system to speed up the process.

Broward Health announced that an intruder had accessed its network through the office of a third-party medical provider.

Patient and provider experiences have to be top-of-mind in the year ahead, with special attention to stressed hospital workers and underserved populations, healthcare vendor leaders say.