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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Meaning that health IT can partner with clinicians and frame the use of digital tools – like video visits within an app or the electronic health record – as very much part of the mastery of their clinical field and not reduced to obligatory training," he explained. "There are miles between training and mastery.

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In a nutshell: technology and progress in health IT

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We have a new electronic medical health record system at our hospital. It was introduced with what I believe is a short and ineffective training program for physicians followed by a far too short on-location use of experts to help the doctors and nurses learn the new system.

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Budget 2024: Private hospitals tapped to provide psychiatric telehealth amid crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Australian government claims it has been committed to addressing the supply and demand crisis in the sector by pursuing reforms and making significant investments in both workforce training and retention and filling gaps in and raising mental healthcare access. It will be implemented initially over the next two years starting in November.

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Measures You Should be Implementing in Your Organization to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity and Protect Your Patient Data

Healthcare IT Today

Mark Dill, Chief Information Security Officer at MedAllies Having good policies and procedures in place is important – and having a yearly role-based training plan is even better. Employee training, data backup, and access control are prioritized, along with network segmentation and vendor risk management.

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TikTok Owner Buys China Hospital Chain

Healthcare IT Today

While it’s interesting to see ByteDance acquire a hospital, it’s likely not connected to TikTok at all (Side Note: Be sure to follow @healthcareittoday on TikTok ). It’s even more powerful when connected to a trained professional. If you want to address healthcare challenges, you need more than just an app.

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Tech and the future of care work – five research midpoint observations

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Efforts are underway to recruit and train CNAs , offer them more respect , higher pay and a path to career growth. Staffing shortages drive innovation in care work. CNA staffing is at the heart of care in senior living settings like AL and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). In the meantime… Enter the AI-enabled caregiver.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

Conduct cybersecurity training for employees. One of hospital IT’s traditional concerns – hospital data stored in a vendor’s data center – can be a source of relief in a ransomware attack. Doing so raises awareness about phishing scams and other common attack vectors.

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