Smart Hospitals Require Smart Investments in Smart Tech
David Graham, chief medical information officer at LifeBridge Health, says investment in smart hospital tech means that health IT leaders must think differently about budgets to allow…
UMass Memorial Health Sees Growing PotentialThe explosive growth of telehealth triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic created an opportunity for Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health to establish a virtual patient observation program, says David Smith,…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
July 21, 2023 – Universal Health Services plans to implement Oracle Health’s EHR within its behavioral health facilities, enhancing patient care across its network, the organization announced.
UHS acute care hospitals have used Oracle…
Hospitals and health systems, overburdened by pandemic-induced staff shortages, are in need of tech to improve workflows, reduce stress and save money. The claims denial process, which is a significant time suck and prone…
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HCA Healthcare announces that hackers have stolen patient data from an external storage site used to automate email message formatting and posted it for sale on an online forum.
According to DataBreaches.net, the…
By Hannah Nelson
July 11, 2023 – Months after Charleston Area Medical Center and Mon Health merged to create Vandalia Health, the health system signed a 10-year agreement to deploy Oracle Health’s EHR to drive health data interoperability.
Officials…
A single integrated e-referrals system is now live across Tasmania’s four major hospitals while a similar system is about to be launched across South Australia. In a media release, Tasmanian Premier and Minister for Health Jeremy…
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Health systems across the country are working to determine the best ways to leverage generative AI to alleviate clinical burnout and improve efficiency. UNC Health is an example of one of these systems —…
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At the HIMSS 2023 conference we talked with Chris Johnson, the President of TeleTracking Technologies. Chris unveils the concept of "Boundaryless Healthcare". As the company expands beyond individual hospitals and systems, they aim to…
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Researchers from OSF Healthcare and its partners have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that can predict the upcoming week’s work for each cancer patient navigator’s existing patients – and a second machine learning model…
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