Operations

The health system says equity is vital to healing and is one of the system's core, fundamental values.

Automation is essential to healthcare, according to Jan Larsson, senior advisor at Cambio Healthcare Systems. He marks Finland as a trailblazer in interoperability.

The new Advocate Health will have a footprint reaching across six states.

Adaptive solutions include technology to automate staffing, scheduling and budget management.

GE Healthcare's SVP and GM of Edison AI & Platform Vignesh Shetty says the company's process can use AI and individual judgment to make great discoveries.  

Part of the issue is that nursing shortages have reached crisis levels, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The AHA, AMA and others are urging HHS to maintain the public health emergency, which is set to expire in mid-May.

The Unblock Health patient advocacy movement focuses on the administrative efforts patients face after a chronic illness or cancer diagnosis, according to Grace Cordovano, founder of Enlightening Results.  

The pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic have hampered progress on the patient safety front, though most hospitals received passing grades.

Elsevier has joined with the WHO to ensure wide distribution of evidence-based information to patients and providers to create better outcomes, according to Tim Morris, the company's commercial portfolio and partnerships director.