The Department of Veterans Affairs will pause the rollout of its Cerner electronic health record until it reviews the program and shares the results with Congress. Agency officials told the House Subcommittee on Technology Modernization on Wednesday that they…
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CIS launches no-cost ransomware service for U.S. hospitals
The nonprofit Center for Internet Security announced this week that it had launched a no-cost ransomware protection service for private hospitals in the United States. The Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting service, which is already available for public hospitals,…
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What's next for cybersecurity in 2021? Ransomware-as-a-service, DDoS and more
This year saw unprecedented changes in the cybersecurity landscape, with rapid telehealth rollouts and massive shifts to at-home work highlighting new vulnerabilities. In 2021, experts predicted at the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum this week, bad actors will likely use tried-and-true…
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How mobile apps can help hospitals increase patient satisfaction
South Shore Health System prides itself on its maternity platform, said vice president of operational excellence Luke D. Poppish during a recent HIMSS20 Digital presentation. So when faced with middling Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ratings in…
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Using machine learning, Immunai plans to map immune system
New York-based startup Immunai launched out of stealth Thursday, announcing its plan to map the immune system and improve diagnosis and treatment of disease. According to the company’s founders, Immunai has already used single-cell technologies and machine learning algorithms to…
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Getting to accurate electronic clinical quality measures can be a challenge
Electronic clinical quality measures were created years ago as part of the federal EHR Incentive Programs, or meaningful use. At the time, eCQMs held the promise of automatically extracting the discrete data elements required to capture a specific measures of…
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Duke, Rice University are innovating production of protective masks, ventilators
The once seemingly sci-fi promise of 3D printing has been a reality for some time now, and applications of the technology are leading to big advancements – and filling critical needs – during the coronavirus crisis. At Duke University, researchers…
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Transfer center tech boosts Banner Health’s revenue by $26.4 million
Headquartered in Arizona, Banner Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country. The complex system owns and operates 28 acute-care hospitals. It also has Banner Health Network, an accountable care organization (ACO) of physicians, hospitals and…
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RTLS tech, and changes learned from it, save hospital $1 million per year
Operating rooms typically account for a significant portion of a hospital’s expenses, not to mention as much as 70% of its revenue. This was certainly true at Adventist Health White Memorial. THE PROBLEM When the hospital looked at its data,…
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ChristianaCare, Medtronic join on new project to target technologies, therapies
ChristianaCare will work with Medtronic on a five-year effort to innovate new value-based strategies, collaborating on new approaches to target therapies and technology-enabled intervention on the patients who will benefit most. WHY IT MATTERS Under the new agreement, Wilmington, Delaware-based…
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