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As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, endpoint protection and staff training are key to preventing breaches, says Renee Broadbent, CIO and information security officer at SoNE Healthcare.

Erik Decker, vice president and CISO at Intermountain Health and chair of the Health Sector Council's Cybersecurity Working Group, discusses the group's collaboration with the U.S. government to support healthcare data security mandates.

Costs for procedures such as mammograms and colonoscopies are as much as 58% higher when performed in HOPD settings.

The move will end Dana-Farber's longstanding relationship with Brigham and Women's Hospital.

More than half of the respondents cited software and technology as one of their top three strategic priorities, a big leap from last year.

The strongest predictors of burnout include workload, census divisions, age, specialties and practice settings.

Dr. Benoit Desjardins, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, discusses ways hackers can access medical records from understaffed healthcare organizations – and how those organizations can best mitigate their cyber risk.

EHR systems rated as being difficult to operate did not perform well in safety tests, which suggests the need to optimize EHRs for ease of use.

According to Dr. Brian Anderson, chief digital health physician at MITRE, hackers are using AI models to write code for attacks. While defensive AI tools can monitor networks for malicious traffic, humans should be part of the process.  

Thomas Hutchinson, executive director of digestive health and experiential reality, and neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Louis brought VR to Hoag Hospital in 2015. They found that virtual models and simulations have proven popular with patients, with strong ROI.