Weekly Roundup – March 25, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. The Ever-Evolving World of Cybersecurity Threats. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today community to learn about how healthcare cyberattacks have been getting more sophisticated. The experts said the keys to modern cybersecurity including managing assets, access, networks, infrastructure, and data, along with continuous threat monitoring and tried-and-true training that meets employees where they are. Read more… How Connectivity Impacts Patients and Providers. You may not realize it, but poor connectivity can contribute to burnout, as nurses don’t have time to submit Help Desk tickets when they’re treating patients. That was one lesson from John Lynn’s conversation with Heather Hudnall and Heather Haugen at NTT. Another key point: 5G and Wi-Fi 6 will help, but they can’t be turned on overnight. Read more… Discussing the Potential Impact of QHINs. Colin Hung interviewed Charlie Harp at Clinical Architecture about how Qualified Health Information Networks will shine a light on data quality issues. Information will be moving more freely, to be sure – but the providers on the receiving end may not be able to make much use of the data they get. Read more… Turni...
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