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A survey of chief information security officers across industries shows them experiencing serious strain as budgets remain limited while cyberattacks gain intensity. But there are some bright spots, such as improved relations with executive leadership.

The funding includes $90 million to open 20 new centers for nurse clinical advancement as part of the national healthcare provider's nursing strategy, said its chief nurse executive.

Edifecs is one company that's working to empower its female employees. The company's director of product marketing and senior director of corporate communications discuss some of those efforts.

Urban Health Plan tested eClinicalWorks' healow prediction algorithm and increased its show rate for the patients most likely to miss their appointments by 154% with targeted interventions.

The DoD's new cyber workforce strategy aims to address 30K unfilled cyber positions, and the agency is looking hard at "moving away from certifications," said Mark Gorak, cyber workforce policy and development integrator.

Also, Orygen's digital mental health platform is slated for an impact evaluation.  

Virtual nursing and virtual sitting can mitigate labor-related challenges in the acute care setting by allowing the monitoring of multiple patients remotely. Toby Eadelman, CTO at AvaSure, explains.

While some healthcare professionals did prefer ChatGPT’s responses when compared to physicians' answers in one study, Kellogg researchers say it's too early to tell whether AI could really be a match for doctors' expertise and bedside manner.

The recent HIMSS nursing informatics workforce survey contained some useful lessons. Tammy Kwiatkoski, senior director of clinical informatics at HIMSS, summarizes some of the results and discusses how workforce IT can improve patient outcomes.