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Quality and Safety

By Bill Siwicki | 10:48 am | January 11, 2023
Many med students fear artificial intelligence, studies show. One physician AI expert explains how the technology can assist, not replace, doctors working in pathology, diagnostic radiology and anesthesiology.
By Andrea Fox | 11:06 am | January 10, 2023
The network is bringing a virtual lactation consultation platform to thousands of Connecticut and Massachusetts newborns and families through a partnership with Nest Collaborative.
By Adam Ang | 07:19 am | January 10, 2023
Not only will it determine a hospital's financial incentive but it will also help create demand for quality care.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:32 am | January 06, 2023
A new poll finds health system chief information officers saying marketers don't always appreciate their pain points. The same survey shows IT leaders getting information from online videos and basing buying decisions on news coverage.
By HIMSS TV | 07:00 am | January 05, 2023
The Chennai-based health system's scale is never a hindrance to achieving digital maturity, says CIO Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, who explains how its teams achieved triple Stage 6 HIMSS Digital Maturity Model validations.
By Andrea Fox | 06:33 pm | January 04, 2023
Cloud-based indexing can fix duplicate patient records, improving interoperability and patient outcomes for health information exchanges like etHIN.
By Andrea Fox | 04:31 pm | December 30, 2022
The regional pediatrics provider is working across teams and with the AMA to determine the best staffing models, reduce unnecessary daily burdens for clinicians and improve medical assistant-to-clinician ratios.
By Andrea Fox | 12:13 pm | December 30, 2022
Workforce challenges, patient engagement efforts, ongoing interoperability hurdles and some big announcements from legacy EHR and Big Tech players were among the news and reports that captured the most attention this past year.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:30 am | December 29, 2022
One person dies from suicide every 11 minutes in the U.S. A new study shows that telemedicine can be used to treat more severe mental illness – contrary to previous thought.
By Andrea Fox | 03:42 pm | December 28, 2022
Efforts to harness artificial intelligence to streamline healthcare operations and improve patient outcomes accelerated this year, as providers strove to fine-tune algorithms and arrive at deeper insights into clinical and operational patterns.