Bill Siwicki
Privacy & Security
The tech is designed to bring medical staff and patients closer together through private online communications, protecting this exchange of data as well as sensitive data at rest.
Prellis Biologics says it is overcoming a major obstacle to success, and just raised $1.8 million in new seed funding.
Precision Medicine
The machine learning and data-sharing effort is designed to strengthen, accelerate and potentially expand the delivery of precision medicine in breast cancer care.
Privacy & Security
The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act would set minimum standards that are immediately needed.
Electronic Health Records
Implement system back-ups and conduct realistic exercises in order to stay prepared, experts say.
Telehealth
The provider organization joins telemedicine vendors in treating hurricane victims with limited access to healthcare.
Quality & Safety
While the 2015 pilot was limited to one hospital unit, Mission says it will place the Cerner tech in every room of its planned new hospital.
Privacy & Security
Medical records are valued at 20 to 50 times more than financial identities on the black market.
Telehealth
Floridians can download the company’s mobile app, register, and access physicians and psychologists for nonemergency conditions now through Dec. 31.
Telehealth
Of the nearly 20,000 patients studied, only 49 complications were reported, and there was no difference in the complication rate between women who had an in-person visit.