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A pharmacist doing an inventory using a digital tablet
By Adam Ang 09:36 pm November 25, 2024
A pilot validation study found that the AI helped hasten case reviews and data analysis and determine the necessity of antibiotic use.
A doctor in scrubs reviewing a patient's record on a digital tablet
By Adam Ang 07:37 pm November 24, 2024
Public health services in South Australia and Melbourne are set to implement a digital patient flow management platform.
By Bill Siwicki 10:23 am November 22, 2024
Oklahoma Heart Hospital CIO David Miles and his team made it through in one piece. He offers tips for those facing an electronic health record switch, discusses staff resistance – and talks about what it takes to successfully work with a consulting firm.
VA building signage
By Andrea Fox 11:22 am November 21, 2024
The revised bill now leaves out provisions that would have increased Congressional oversight over the VA's EHR modernization partnership with Oracle, which is set to restart in 2025.
David Miles of Oklahoma Heart Hospital
By Bill Siwicki 10:57 am November 21, 2024
Improving the care experience through technology is at the core of the cardiovascular center's values, says its CIO – who describes how the two-hospital system uses patient feedback to focus on optimal care delivery, and has the accolades to prove it.
Nurses review a patient record on a digital tablet
By Adam Ang 09:21 pm November 20, 2024
The Ministry of Health has secured their commitment to integrate patient data with the national EHR starting next year.
Healthcare CIO with other healthcare executives
By Nathan Eddy 10:57 am November 19, 2024
The typical chief information officer in healthcare is taking on more responsibility for determining strategy and digital transformation, with 84% of CIOs now part of their organization's executive leadership team.
Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins
By Mike Miliard 10:01 am November 15, 2024
The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.
A doctor reviewing a patient's file on a desktop computer
By Adam Ang 10:23 pm November 06, 2024
This follows an audit report that flagged its "partly effective" management of its contract outsourcing the operation of the digital health record system.
Hand over laptop keyboard
By Andrea Fox 11:02 am November 06, 2024
Also: Kaiser Permanente reported that an unauthorized party gained access to the email accounts of two workforce members and viewed patient health information.