Quality and Safety

The government grant will help strengthen Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation’s resources with more laptops, mobile devices and remote patient monitoring strategies so doctors can monitor patients from anywhere.

CEO Prof. Eugene Kandel says once the ecosystem is connected in a single depository, it's relatively easy to collect needs and bring them together.

This week's top stories include AdventHealth lamenting $260 million in losses, Dr. Fauci "cautiously optimistic" about a vaccine by early 2021 and a study finding ICD-10 codes have poor sensitivity for fever, cough and labored breathing.

During FutureMed 2020, Sweden's state epidemiologist Dr. Anders Tegnell said he supports the country's decision to keep schools open with social distancing guidance in place.

A new article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association points to the dissemination of "under-developed and potentially biased models" in response to the novel coronavirus.

The initiative will use a mental health monitoring tool,= developed by Johns Hopkins tech startup Rose to track stress levels among staff and identify triggers.

In an open letter to the Urban Institute, the organizations stressed the importance of asking end users about high-risk functionalities.

Panelists at the ONC Tech Forum on Monday advised mapping the functions of health information exchanges to "confidentiality, integrity and availability."

While it remains "committed to bringing staff back," the company told workers over the weekend that they wouldn't be required to return to campus today. It has also asked Cleveland Clinic and others to assess its reopening plans.