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Quality and Safety

By Sean Burke | 05:12 pm | March 30, 2020
The weaknesses highlighted by the FDA in Urgent/11 demonstrate there are susceptibilities within software platforms that are both identifiable and resolvable.
By Mike Miliard | 01:34 pm | March 30, 2020
In what it's calling an "unprecedented" exercise in information sharing, the administration is calling on health systems to share daily updates from their in-house labs with federal agencies.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:05 pm | March 25, 2020
Meanwhile, clinical teams also experienced workload relief because they were getting fewer duplicate questions – and dealing with fewer frustrated patients.
By Fred Bazzoli | 11:37 am | March 25, 2020
A screen mounted to a mobile cart can enable physicians to assess patients at a safe distance – even when they're both in the same healthcare facility.
By HIMSS TV | 08:18 am | March 18, 2020
Health systems all over the world are using chatbots, drive-through clinics and telemedicine to address the needs of COVID-19 patients.
Zero Trust
By Nathan Eddy | 04:52 pm | March 11, 2020
"Zero trust flips the security model: Instead of 'trust but verify,' organizations 'always verify but never trust,'" one security expert explains.
By Healthcare IT News | 02:52 pm | March 11, 2020
Healthcare IT News is maintaining a list of trusted information sources with key details to help stem the ongoing spread of COVID-19.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:45 pm | March 06, 2020
The partnership is designed to deliver real-time awareness for better outcomes and significant cost savings while making care more human with the power of AI, the organizations say.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:53 pm | March 03, 2020
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s pharmacy and therapeutics committee and health IT teams worked together on getting optimal drugs prescribed and dispensed.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:49 pm | March 02, 2020
The health system estimates referral volume grew 16.5% last year, adding 3,308 more patients than the previous year.