Quality and Safety

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said that "all options are on the table" when it comes to repercussions for cyberattacks.

Internal guidance shared this week directed U.S. attorney's offices to centrally coordinate ransomware investigations with a task force, Reuters reports.

While traditionally deeply skeptical of artificial intelligence in clinical settings, in today's fast-changing care delivery landscape many physicians are thinking more proactively about how AI can improve quality and patient experience.

The company points to telehealth and virtual care as areas of vulnerability, and sees ransomware attacks as an ongoing threat.

The system for communicating COVID-19 status also saved Nova Scotia Health's public health team more than 10,000 hours of phone time over the past year.

Dr. Jeffrey Vergales, a pediatric cardiologist at UVA Children’s, will be presenting at HIMSS21 on Aug. 10.

Universal health coverage is based on systems ensuring an equitable vaccination rollout that is underpinned by solidarity, says Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe.

They will codevelop an advanced analytics platform and build new machine learning models focused on workflow refinements and "science-informed decision support."

President and CEO Chris Van Gorder said in a statement that he anticipates restoration of the system's electronic health record this week.

The bug allowed providers to access the scheduling vendor's system after their usernames and passwords were intended to be limited.