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Sign language and other interpretation delivery methods are getting more tech-enabled, says Kathryn Jackson, VP of language operations at AMN Healthcare, who offers tips to help providers ensure patients with hearing difficulties receive proper care.

Also, BLK-Max Hospital in India is offering a training fellowship for robotic surgery.

According to Jacqueline de Leeuw, CNIO at Radboud University Medical Centre, the health system has more than 200 "digital nurses" and the motto: "HIMSS 7-up".

The initiative also provides savings in the form of signing bonuses the hospital would have had to pay out for new staff. And it saved $7 million on travel nurses. Further, nurse satisfaction has improved significantly, its chief digital officer says.

This is due in large part because provider organizations fear clinician burnout most of all concerns, a Symplr survey of CIOs, IT leaders and clinicians says.

MorganFranklin Consulting’s Ferdinand Hamada and Matt DeFrain offer their perspectives on the current threat environment and how health systems can build better cybersecurity resilience and business continuity strategies.

Also, Silverchain has adopted Datos Health's RPM platform as part of its virtual care delivery.

Several years in the making, involving nearly 30,000 caregivers and more than 6,000 support personnel, the massive effort will help the health system streamline care through a unified patient record, says its CIO Robert Eardley.

According to Cleveland Clinic London's, Francine de Stoppelaar, the organization designed and built a natively digital facility in London, where it pioneered a new approach to prevent medication errors in the U.K.

The South Florida health system is testing an AI-powered system it expects to score big wins for its providers, improving the patient experience along the way.