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Philippe Kolh, CIO at University Hospital of Liège, a Stage 6 EMRAM hospital, says physicians and nurses need to be part of any planned digital implementations to ensure successful digital transformation.  

At Heritage Medical Associates, the IT is making patients and physicians happier, and is helping better control the costs in delivering quality healthcare to patients.

With the new tech, Indiana group practice Community Health Network is aiming for more ambient physician experiences that leverage smarter, artificial intelligence-driven workflows.

Some health systems are viewing these academic medical center acquisitions as a means of getting closer to the talent pipeline.

They have created a series of video education and engagement tools to assist healthcare staff and clinicians dealing with opioid addiction.

The collaboration is aiming to provide better data, insights and experience for patients and providers at the point of care, the companies say.

Although hiring in healthcare has slowed, the trend has been positive overall, with the industry adding about 391,000 jobs over the past 12 months.

That’s according to a new Black Book survey of nearly 1,600 hospital and health system CFOs and other executives, which also indicated healthcare finance technologies will be tied to optimized financial processes.

According to a new study by Carbon Black, two thirds of surveyed healthcare organizations said cyberattacks have become more sophisticated over the past year.

Moreover, the majority of respondents to a new survey had never encouraged patients to leave online feedback in the first place, although feedback on reviews or ratings sites was seen as more useful than social media feedback to help improve services.