Quality and Safety

Huimin Xia, CEO of the Stage 7 EMRAM validated Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, explains how IT is a basic driving force for hospital development, and why CEOs need to make it a priority.

Use of AI led to cost reductions including a 25 percent drop in hospital length of stay and 91 percent reduction in discharges to nursing facilities.

Blockchain won't solve every health IT problem, claims WW Health Chief Health Information Security Officer at Microsoft Hector Rodriguez, who offers advice for figuring out where it might, and might not, be a fit for you.

Adrian Zai, director of research at Partners HealthCare, discusses the need to create a framework that supports innovators so they can move new ideas forward.

Although there is clear evidence that mHealth is valuable in treating chronic diseases, standards, governance and integration still need work, says Robert Istepanian of the Institute of Global Innovation at the UK's Imperial College.

Those in programs with longer hours, less faculty mentoring and more research focus had higher depression scores.

We need to look not at what technology can do but, instead, what we should do with robotics to improve life for patients and caregivers, says Aimee van Wynsberghe, co-founder of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics.

Andrew Saunders, board director of Eastern Health and Dental Services Victoria and HIMSS AsiaPac Governing Council member, discusses how digital technology enables improved safety and health outcomes in dental care, which is a quickly evolving field.

Results support the need to develop "universal disinfection protocols" for such equipment and areas to cut down on the risk of infecting patients, study author says.

The report identifies gaps in treatment and related benefits administration based on the National Alliance's annual eValue8 survey of health plans.