Quality and Safety

Program Executive Officer Stacy Cummings discusses how the DoD is taking a layered approach to cybersecurity, deploying a new network built with cybersecurity in mind, using a risk management framework and undergoing regular white hat assessments.

IronNet Cybersecurity CTO Michael Ehrlich says the top cyber concerns today are efforts to change our way of life, such as China with IP theft, Russia spreading discontent, and Iran and North Korea having weapons capabilities.

One medical center found savings of $67,241 over three years by foregoing routine chest X-rays, electrocardiograms and other preoperative procedures.

MITRE Senior Principal Cybersecurity Engineer Margie Zuk details the pre- and post-market cyber guidelines the FDA has posted for medical devices to eliminate confusion around security.

The industry has learned a lot during the last decade, done the best it could in many ways, but now we're starting "a new wave of change" in healthcare, says Subha Airan-Javia, associate professor at Penn Medicine.

Better SNF-to-home transitions are needed, both for the physical health of the patient and the fiscal health of the organization.

Addressing negative reviews can salvage a provider's brand reputation and even lead to higher reimbursement.

Since the previous workforce survey in 2012, the proportion of rural radiation oncologists declined from 16 to 13 percent.

Despite staying in the hospital on average a half-day longer, older patients had lower total charges, perhaps due to the lack of expensive procedures.

Mothers delivering via cesarean section covered by Medicaid had a 1.4 fold increase in infection compared to those covered by private insurance.