Quality and Safety

Having the right team in place when conducting SAFER assessments should ensure a smoother process.

"We continue to push the envelope of technology to deliver the highest value and to develop the future models of care," said the health system's chief health information officer.

Meanwhile, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency flagged a pair of device vulnerabilities and a "highly sophisticated" attack affected the records of 213K individuals.

Whether it's predictive analytics, robotic process automation, natural language processing or other use cases, health systems should be thinking seriously about context and workflows, says a UC Berkeley expert who will offer examples during HIMSS22 Digital.

David Klebonis, COO of Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization, will showcase machine learning models at HIMSS22 that can help drive appropriate hospice referrals and surface other important decision support criteria.

The American Hospital Association raised concerns that health systems could be targeted directly or experience collateral damage.

Leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Intermountain and HIMSS discuss the top threats to information security – and describe how this key public-private partnership can enable more collaborative and consistent risk mitigation.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence published its final guidance this week on securing telehealth and remote patient monitoring ecosystems.

The CMIO at NYU Langone Health previews his HIMSS22 session, where he'll explain how the health system's digital strategy has been fine-tuned to meet the needs of its care providers and patients.

This week's top stories include the Mayo Clinic ceasing the scheduling of appointments for patients in most Medicare Advantage plans, and an Oklahoma City hospital's response to COVID-19-related social media posts that accused providers of murder.