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By Bill Siwicki | 05:11 pm | March 19, 2019
In one initiative, the health system tracked hourly rounding compliance by nursing staff. In just over a year, the health system's hourly compliance rate improved by 78.9 percent.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:32 pm | March 14, 2019
Four experts in analytics offer key suggestions for starting with the technology at a provider organization. Current analytics users also can learn from these tips.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 03:12 pm | March 06, 2019
Policy experts and providers said his charge in the face of the tobacco industry, work to speed drug approvals improved public health.
By Mike Miliard | 12:13 pm | March 05, 2019
Analytics usage for major decision making varies widely across hospitals and health systems, and still often happens in a siloed or ad hoc way, according to a new study from HIMSS Analytics
By Bill Siwicki | 05:35 pm | February 27, 2019
Four experts in artificial intelligence technology offer advice to healthcare CIOs on how to best begin implementing an AI system.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:09 pm | February 27, 2019
To help combat the opioid crisis, the medical center invested in inventory and analytics technology that helps accurately and consistently identify cases of drug diversion.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:32 pm | February 26, 2019
After two governance attempts that stalled, the University of Vermont Health Network finally finds success after bringing in a tech and consulting firm for some unbiased, third-party help.
By Bill Siwicki | 04:00 pm | February 25, 2019
Its community health workers are in the early stages of collecting and using this information with the goal of viewing the social data alongside clinical data within the health system’s EHRs.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:46 pm | February 20, 2019
Further, gaining the ability to accelerate physical therapy sped up recovery time and decreased length of stay, which freed beds, brought in more patients and increased surgical volume to drive revenue.
By Susan Morse | 01:15 pm | February 19, 2019
The pilot program for expanded services and medical equipment is being tested at three locations in Houston.