Data Warehousing

With large ransomware breaches up more than 260% since 2018, "the health care sector needs to get serious about cybersecurity and complying with HIPAA," says the director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

In a market filled with point source solutions, digital health leaders say decision-makers must cut through noise and hype to architect change management and manage costly technology.

Also, the Australian government has invested $6 million in four national health data projects.

By year's end, staff expect to see a reduction in time spent on manual tasks and a reduction in duplicative research data generation leading to an overall reduction in ongoing operational costs.

Digital health organizations can future-proof themselves to ensure longevity and relevance years into the future. Dr. Guido Giunti, adjunct professor of digital health at the University of Oulu in Finland, explains how.

Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, senior VP of Dubai Science Park, explains how the UAE has spent 10 years building robust IT infrastructure and security measures as it plans to eventually leverage genomics data for precision medicine.

A new private WMware cloud aims to address healthcare's data proliferation while Sanford Health taps Infor for modernization and Qventus launches perioperative artificial intelligence to enhance OR efficiencies.

This has already been a record setting year for cybersecurity, in all the wrong ways. Errol Weiss, chief security officer of Health-ISAC, discusses the cyber risks he's most concerned about and makes the case for cross-sector information sharing.

Healthcare organizations interact with massive amounts of data, from protected health information (PHI) to sensitive financial information. This data is at risk of exposure through human error, internal leaks, or attacks by hackers.

There's a direct link between achieving EMRAM Stage 6 or 7 and higher quality and safety results, explains Anne Snowdon, HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer after examining Leapfrog data from 2,000 U.S. hospitals.