Andrea Fox
American Hospital Association data shows hospitals are using automated processes for public health reporting for immunizations, syndromic data and lab results – but it's not always easy.
While 17,000 federal workers have already lost their jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, "a department-wide RIF is off the table," says Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins. "But that doesn’t mean we’re done improving VA."
In buying the real-time monitoring and patient engagement platform to unify disparate sources of health information, Samsung Electronics says data flowing from wearables could help improve clinical insights and prevent patient care delays.
Data from this past year showed that 65% of individuals accessed patient information online at least once in the past year, up from 57% in 2022. Those managing chronic conditions or recent cancer diagnoses are even more engaged, says ASTP/ONC.
This month, companies including Oracle, Medtronic, Atropos, Elation, LeanTaas, Palantir and more released artificial intelligence and virtual reality enhancements that offer health systems a menu of efficiency tools.
Cybersecurity In Focus
Broad access to artificial intelligence has quickly evolved a new arms race in which healthcare security teams should implement AI from the ground up in their platforms and processes – and hold vendors' "feet to the fire" – to keep up with threats.
With virtual reality and generative artificial intelligence infused in nurse training programs, students hone their documentation skills and gain more confidence in patient care, says North Carolina Central University's Tina Scott.
Veterans Affairs chief Doug Collins told senators that he strongly supports President Trump's $3.5 billion FY26 earmark to bolster the rollout of Oracle Health across the VA's electronic health record modernization program.
Providers need to listen more carefully to patient feedback, and to be more discreet in how they respond online to avoid potential HIPAA violations, a broad new analysis of review scores shows.
The Michigan-based health system has told patients, for the second time in three years, that personal and protected health information has been breached during a ransomware attack.