Quality and Safety

Better ways to access, aggregate and analyze data are enabling design of more representative clinical trials – and delivery of better care in general, say the company's VP of clinical informatics and its VP of business intelligence and analytics.

The health system has achieved much success. For example: With remote patient monitoring, there was a 60% reduction in hospital admissions for those who were ongoing users of the emergency departments for chronic conditions.

One possible means of addressing the issue would be the development of surveys with disaggregated race and ethnicity data, authors say.

A joint U.S. and ROK cybersecurity advisory provides updates on Maui and H0lyGh0st ransomware TTPs used by North Korea's state-sponsored cyber actors.

Dr. Kedar Mate, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, shows how important health equity is to healthcare's ultimate combination of goals.

Nordic, Impact Advisors and The Chartis Group also won 2023 overall awards, while 81% of all winners earned the highest quality of implementation ratings in their categories.

Pathways Health Partners helps its providers improve care while enhancing quality measures reporting.

Its nurses are now training to insert cannulas in virtual patients.

A suspected ransomware attack has the Florida hospital operating under downtime protocols, diverting some EMS patients and canceling surgeries. 

Coordinated KillNet DDoS attacks show the potential fiscal fallout for healthcare organizations with deeper disruptions, says Fitch Ratings. Plus, LockBit pivots to Conti encryptor, and Nevada ransomware emerges.