Quality and Safety

The APeX system, which was customized at UC San Francisco and stands for Advancing Patient-Centered Excellence, will offer access to consolidated medical records for a more seamless patient experience, the health system says.

"Contrary to the belief that clinical surveillance may minimize bedside interaction, the value lies in being able to detect necessary interventional care," says Philips' physician head of clinical informatics.

More than half of respondents to a new survey say their healthcare organizations experienced one or more cyberattacks in the past 24 months involving connected medical devices.

The agency announced that Dr. David Massaro will assist the deployment of the Oracle Cerner EHR to ensure improved adoption and patient safety.

The health systems will collaborate with the New York-based AI startup to integrate representative patient data for an equitable healthcare platform for clinical practice diagnostics and decision-making.

Ramakant Vempati, Wysa cofounder and president, discusses how the startup tests its AI-backed chatbot to monitor safety and quality.

The majority of hospitals received 3 or 4 stars, with 890 hospitals getting 4 stars and that same number receiving 3.

Joel Ray, CNO at UNC Rex Health describes the extent of the nursing shortage, the consequences of the being understaffed, and how technology can help.

The multiyear partnership will see the 63-hospital Tennessee health system deploying an array of analytics tools to advance patient care and boost population health.

The companies are shaping their future plans for cybersecurity risk management, patient safety data and other health IT use cases.