Quality and Safety

Decision follows 15-state lawsuit over the elimination of seven childhood vaccines from their recommended status.

The health system's Andrew Rubin shares a "wow" story about staff buying pizza for a transplant patient during his final appointment because he had mentioned at a previous visit that he was excited to eat pizza again following a very restricted diet.

Eliminating seven childhood vaccines from their recommended status will make children sicker and strain state resources, court documents say.

SpotitEarly CEO Shlomi Madar explains how the company uses dogs' superior sense of smell, combined with sensors and AI, for early detection of lung, prostate, colorectal and breast cancers in patients' breath samples.

HIMSS provides support and community, and is advancing EHR initiatives to connect tribal health systems.

All Covered's Danielle Morrison says the costs of recovering from healthcare IT outages add up quickly as staff lose productivity, appointments must be rescheduled and business operations slow down.

A goal to increase health literacy brings changes to the medical practice and helps patients understand their medications, says Greg O'Neill, director of Patient & Family Health Education at ChristianaCare.

Dr. Amit Zabtani, CustoMed's cofounder and CMO, discusses how the company turns scans of a patient's body into precisely tailored instruments that help surgeons perform more efficiently.

GE HealthCare's Sergio Calvo explains how theranostics uses molecular imaging to confirm a cancer target, deliver radiation therapy directly to tumor cells, which helps protect healthy tissue, and track post-therapy results.

Michael Clark, president of OnPoint Healthcare Partners, says healthcare practices must keep humans in the loop to monitor AI agents' ability to complete tasks as well as to evaluate agents' final output for accuracy.