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Nearly 75% of its clinicians now spend less time working outside of work hours, which has improved provider satisfaction. There's also been a reduction in documentation errors.

A culture of analytics, starting with leadership at the top, is key for hospitals and health systems that aim to bolster care delivery and manage other healthcare challenges, says one patient safety expert.

The technology enables end-to-end order and staff pool management, fulfillment, compliance, invoicing and reporting to allow for the management of all flexible labor on one unified platform.

China Medical University Hospital came in first for the 2023 HIMSS Digital Health Indicator global ranking, announced earlier this year.

Beginning her career in intellectual property law before attending medical school and working in research has helped her bring new healthcare ideas to market, says Dr. Nada Milosavljevic, Safe Health CMO.  

As health systems aim to boost their finances and fine-tune operations post COVID-19, staffing and employee issues need to be addressed in a less fragmented way, says QGenda Chief Innovation Officer Rich Miller.  

That's the advice of CoxHealth Chief Nursing Information Officer Summer Blackerby, RN, who discusses the value of nursing IT experts, and highlights technologies that provide care beyond the bedside, streamline nursing workflows and more.

Nuance did not revoke the employee's access to the health system's records upon termination, which allowed unauthorized access to the personal information of more than a million patients.

Also: HIMSS Privacy and Security leader campaigns for ISC2 Board.

Several vendors announced new artificial intelligence integrations that help primary care providers, home caregivers and others to retain employees and improve operations and patient care.