Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Rikki Jennings, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Zebra Technologies Labor challenges/nurse staffing shortages will continue, leading to automation and AI solutions to better manage operations and accelerate innovation. According to a recent McKinsey study, 45% of inpatient nurses (who make up about nearly half of the 4.2

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Healthcare systems in the clinical setting can immensely benefit from risk evaluation and asking the following questions: What if healthcare providers can’t access patient data when they are using electronic health records (EHR) systems to connect with patients?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Something as simple as a nurse call system can be riddled with vulnerabilities, and replacing a device like an MRI machine is not always feasible, especially for an industry that faces constant budget cuts. Proactive risk and vulnerability management is a form of threat prevention, and prevention is the best medicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Jerry Mancini, Senior Director, Office of the CTO at NETSCOUT First, in the healthcare industry, most investments are made in medical equipment and clinical technology, not in cybersecurity solutions. Moreover, the emphasis in hiring is placed on doctors, nurses, and researchers, not on cybersecurity experts.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Doctors and nurses needing to go back to pen and paper to have data to conduct medical procedures demonstrates that the operational resiliency strategies and /or business continuity plans (BCP) that were in place by Ascension were not satisfactory.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For acute care in particular, the patient’s full care team – which includes various specialists, nurses, EMS, and others – must have access to the platform from anywhere at any time, including via mobile devices, to collaborate and communicate faster throughout the entire patient journey, not just at one specific point of care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

Julie Stegman, Vice President, Health Learning & Practice at Wolters Kluwer Health The AI has to be right: the role of AI in nursing education In 2024, we will see students and professors continue to experiment with the use of AI in education.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

looking back and looking forward to the future of cybersecurity in health care and some wisdom to help us manage that future world of risks. For highly regulated industries like healthcare, cybersecurity and data protection go hand in hand. Our hospice nurses overcome this uncomfortableness daily.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2025

Overall, AI is transforming healthcare by improving workflows, making care more accessible, and helping providers deliver better outcomes for patients. George Pappas, CEO at Intraprise Health by Health Catalyst Healthcare cybersecurity and risk management is a promising field for AI applications.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2024

Healthcare Cybersecurity: A Life and Death Situation A successful cyberattack on a healthcare organization can result in a wide range of consequences. The only solution is to establish a posture of cyber resilience. They will frequently escalate to dire financial, legal, and — at their most dangerous — fatal outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions Value Based Care Predictions And now, check out our community’s Value Based Care predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Healthcare facilities will use AI from an administrative point of view because it’s very difficult to hire in healthcare – there’s a physician shortage, a nursing shortage, and a pharmacist shortage. We expect to see more smart technology and automation in healthcare (i.e.

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