Hackers, Breaches And The Value Of Health Data: 2024 E-Book Update
As solutions like remote care are becoming the norm, 3D printing disrupts the normal supply chain and the number of life science studies on tools like artificial intelligence (AI) skyrocket, it’s become clear that we are not anticipating the digital health era; we are in the digital health era. This was to come sooner or later, but the pandemic accelerated the process by years.
However, along with the enhanced healthcare landscape that digital health brings along, there is the pressing issue of privacy. To put it bluntly, there is no digital health without sacrificing a part of our privacy. The advanced technolo...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Policy Security & Privacy facebook data privacy google data security deepmind EHR Hospital cybersecurity genetic sequencing smartphone data breach big t Source Type: blogs
Three Ways AI-Powered Automation is Assisting Healthcare Workers
The following is a guest article by Jason Warrelmann, Vice President, Global Services & Process Industries at UiPath
From battling COVID-19 surges to an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and this year’s cold and flu season, physicians and their staffs continue to navigate one of the busiest times of the year. This, coupled with national healthcare worker shortages, means that healthcare workers are feeling heightened patient volumes and stress levels.
According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Vital Signs, nearly half (45.6%) of all healthcare workers sur...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 10, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC AI Automation burnout Healthcare AI Healthcare Automation Improving Patient Care Jason Warrelmann Patient Experience Source Type: blogs
Replacing Crash Bleeps – The Time Has Come
The following is a guest article by Hannah Parrish, Marketing Executive at Alertive
Improving coordination among hospital staff helps reduce the risk of communication errors (70% of sentinel events are caused by poor communication), positively impacts patient wait times, and improves staff morale. The traditional practice of using bleeps to respond to emergency calls, often referred to as crash calls, is now being replaced by a digital alternative with the benefit of data to evidence the improvements that can be delivered.
The Shift from Bleeps to Digital Messaging
John Wintour-Pittom, Head of Ops for Telecoms at Imperial ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Alertive Bleeps Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust Digital Messaging Hannah Parrish Helen Pardoe Imperial College Health Source Type: blogs
Bertelsmann Investments Invests €5 Million in Doccla’s European Expansion
Europe’s Virtual Hospital Raises Fresh Funds to Accelerate European Expansion, with Focus on Germany
Leading virtual ward technology provider Doccla has received a strategic investment of €5 million Euro from Bertelsmann Investments, the global venture capital arm of Bertelsmann Corporation.
The funding (received in the form of a convertible loan) will be deployed for Doccla’s European expansion – with a focus on Germany, which Doccla views as a priority market during the next phase of their expansion. The fresh cash follows September 2022’s Series A round (participants included General Catalyst, KHP Ventures...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bertelsmann Investments Carsten Coesfeld Dag Larsson Doccla General Catalyst Giant Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment KHP Ventures Martin Ratz Speedinvest Stefan Z Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – August 13, 2023 – 75% of executives thing generative AI has reached the point where it will reshape healthcare, 64% of patients would trust AI over a doctor to make a diagnosis, and more,
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
The Drug Enforcement Administration will hold listening sessions Sept. 12 and 13 to discuss allowing a “special registration” to allow physicians to remotely prescribe certain controlled substances without the ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT American Telemedicine Association Ana Sirbu AssureCare ATA ATA Nexus Azure Bain CitiusTech DEA DrFirst eClinicalWorks eCW Epic Generative AI Healthcare Generative AI Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features health Source Type: blogs
The Hewitt Review: an independent review of integrated care systems
Department of Health and Social Care - This review set out to consider the oversight and governance of integrated care systems (ICSs). Each ICS has an integrated care board (ICB), a statutory organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of the population, managing the NHS budget and arranging for the provision of health services in the ICS area. ICBs include representatives from local authorities, primary care and NHS trusts and foundation trusts. The review covered ICSs in England and the NHS targets and priorities for which ICBs are accountable, including those set out in the governme...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 4, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Source Type: blogs
Reducing waiting lists by repurposing a Nightingale hospital into a protected elective centre
NHS Confederation - Waiting lists for some procedures in Devon have been cut by converting a Nightingale hospital into a protected elective centre delivering additional orthopaedic, ophthalmology and diagnostic activity. Cooperation between clinicians from different trusts has resulted in innovative ways of working. The Devon integrated care system has worked with local trusts – principally the Royal Devon University Health Foundation Trust but also Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Plymouth Trust – to deliver the extra capacity.Case study (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 20, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: blogs
Improving staff experience and staff engagement at QEH
NHS Employers - The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King ’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is a rural district general hospital in West Norfolk. In 2019, QEH had the worst NHS Staff Survey results in the country. This case study explores what the organisation did and how it applied staff engagement methods to improve its NHS Staff Survey scores.Case study (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Expanding volunteer support in the allied health professions to start an NHS career
NHS Employers - Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust used volunteers to support their allied health professionals, offering a first step into an NHS career.Case study (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News and Studies
ONC released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) v4 and its accompanying Standards Bulletin. USCDI is a standardized set of health data classes and data elements that enables data exch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 3M Allina Health Ayble Health Cameron Deemer Castell CenTrak CloudWave Cone Health digital pathology DocGo Dr. B DrFirst Edifecs Elevate Addiction Services Franciscan Health GE Healthcare Gradient Health H Source Type: blogs
Guidance on developing the joint forward plan
NHS England - This guidance supports integrated care boards (ICBs) and their partner NHS trusts and foundation trusts (referred to collectively in this guidance as partner trusts) to develop their first 5-year joint forward plans (JFPs) with system partners.GuidanceMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 3, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 6th December 2022
Some recent things you might need to know. Remember to critically appraise any articles detailed below - mention in this column is not a statement about the robustness of the research or systematic review.Article are open access (so, free to read) unless stated otherwise.Audit I might have mentioned these before, but just in case...National Neonatal Audit Programme annual summary report on 2021 data:Ninth MBRRACE Annual Report (of the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity)ResearchSARS-CoV-2 placentitis, stillbirth, and maternal COVID-19 vaccination: clinical –pathologic correlationsBalloon ca...
Source: Browsing - December 6, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Reading the signals: maternity and neonatal services in East Kent – the report of the independent investigation
Department of Health and Social Care - Following concerns raised about the quality and outcomes of maternity and neonatal care, an independent investigation into maternity and neonatal services at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust was commissioned. The primary reason for this report is to set out the truth of what happened, so that maternity services in East Kent can begin to meet the standards expected nationally, for the sake of those to come. The report identifies four areas for action. The NHS could be much better at: identifying poorly performing units; giving care with compassion and kindness;...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 19, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 10 October, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Lots of stuff this week – with Optus still causing trouple-----https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/doh-releases-30-20-rule-fact-sheetDoH releases 30/20 rule fact sheetThe new telehealth compliance measure came into effect on 1 October, despite calls to delay its implementation.The 30/20 rule limits the number of MBS it...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 10, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
