Ed Prosser-Snelling, interim group director of digital at Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (Credit: Ed Prosser-Snelling)
The go-live of an £88 million electronic patient record (EPR) system has been delayed to ensure that…
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Ed Chekan, MD, F.A.C.S., VP of Medical Affairs and Professional Education at Asensus Surgical
Lately, I’ve been reading headlines about full autonomous surgery – claims that gallbladders can be removed without a human hand. It…
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Integrate EMS data into hospital systems to enhance ED operations © 2025 HIMSS. All rights reserved. Hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the country are struggling with limited capacity and more complex cases, leading to longer…
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MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s ERAdvisor
Though the waiting room wasn’t overly crowded when I first arrived at about 11 p.m., there was a steady stream of people flowing back and forth through the doors to…
James Lakes, MSc is president of Mednition.
Tell me about yourself and the company.
Mednition works with healthcare leaders and providers who are looking to improve the clinical, financial, and operational performance of…
Health human resource constraints in Canada have left millions of patients without timely access to primary care (PC), leading many to attend emergency departments (ED) to see a doctor. We evaluated changes in service…
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Accident and Emergency Unit of Queen’s Medical Centre, part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (Credit: Shutterstock.com)
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has declared a critical incident following the go-live of its electronic patient…
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Healthcare AI agent vendor Hippocratic AI announces $126 million in Series C funding, bringing its total raised to $404 million at a valuation of $3.5 billion.
The company, which launched in 2023, will use…
Ed Gaudet, CEO and Founder of Censinet
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ultimate double-edged sword in healthcare. On one side, AI is already driving real improvements, from accelerating diagnostic imaging to streamlining operational workflows such…
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Background: Hospital readmissions are a key indicator of care quality, and the emergency department (ED) often serves as an entry point in the readmission cycle. To reduce avoidable acute care use, many health systems…
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