Quality and Safety

Dave Garets, whose four decades of experience in healthcare and technology included work as a technical specialist at AT&T, a hospital chief information officer, a management consultant and early leadership at HIMSS Analytics, died Monday at age 73.

The Vuzix smart glasses enables the hospital to operate efficiently by limiting the number of staff having to work in the pathogen-contaminated areas of the infectious disease ward.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, there were 4,024 in-person visits and 6,726 telehealth visits, accounting for 62.57% of visits, demonstrating the need for and impact of the program.

One area of this case study compilation covers organisations that have leveraged HIMSS' digital tools in their transformation journeys.

The retail industry with its e-commerce boom has lessons to teach healthcare, says an innovation leader at Teladoc Health.

The company has scored contracts with four hospital trusts in England. 

Most consider telehealth convenient, but about 28% describe it as frustrating, citing care quality and technical considerations.

The warnings followed an alert from federal security agencies about Russian state-sponsored threat actors exploiting default protocols and known vulnerabilities. 

Dr. Darin Vercillo, chief medical officer at About Healthcare, discusses these challenges and others – and describes how new technologies are boosting care coordination and enabling quick, efficient transfers.

The VA Office of Inspector General released a trio of reports this past week with allegations about medication, ticket-process and care-coordination concerns.