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Clinician in scrubs at a hospital computer
By Andrea Fox 04:29 pm November 22, 2024
Patients from five of the health system's hospitals will now have access to University of Utah Health providers and resources through the new community-based partnership.
By Andrea Fox 10:27 am November 22, 2024
Mark Polyak, president of analytics at IPSOS, and Dr. Lukasz Kowalczyk, a gastroenterolgy physician, offer a data-driven discussion about how patients feel about artificial intelligence, and how they want it used in their care.
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.
Healthcare workers looking at X-ray images on monitors
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By 09:55 am November 21, 2024
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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.
Dr. Mehmet Oz
By Susan Morse 01:20 pm November 20, 2024
Oz will cut waste and fraud within the country's most expensive government agency, Trump says.
Agency cybersecurity infosec illustrated by many colored streams harnessed by a lock
By Andrea Fox 10:47 am November 20, 2024
In its FISMA review for FY 2024, the watchdog agency said that the U.S. Health and Human Services was unable to meet managed and measurable maturity for core metrics.
Joanna Lucas, RN, of St. Luke's University Health Network
By Bill Siwicki 10:02 am November 20, 2024
Among other wins, St. Luke's University Health Network has reduced length of stay for patients going to post-acute facilities by 0.3 days. This decrease translates into significant bed availability and improved patient throughput.