Quality and Safety

AI, technology to improve maternal health outcomes and funding for public health data modernization are big topics at HIMSS24, says Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS.  

Dr. Stephanie Lahr, president of healthcare AI technology company Artisight, explains how Harnessing artificial intelligence can enable care transformation as well as enhance virtual nursing, quality and outcomes.  

Sen. Mark Warner's legislation would require providers and their vendors to meet minimum cybersecurity standards to qualify. 

Congress should address statutory constraints that prevent CMS from helping providers impacted by the Change cyberattack, says AHA.

The guide provides a step-by-step process for hospitals to start making organizational-level changes to curb burnout.

HHS surveyed payers for data relating to actions they were taking to help providers resolve issues.

The security breach has been a major disruption and opened an opportunity for scammers, Minnesota AG warns.

The partnership grows the portfolio of the clinical surveillance and life sciences side of the business, says Inovalon's Julie Lambert, president & provider GM, and Hayley Burgess, SVP for provider surveillance and safety.  

A hospital in the Middle East is embracing AI, pushing to bring behavioral healthcare more fully into the digital realm.

High-quality imaging coupled with computer technologies for the eye could be used in the future to identify strokes, before they happen, and cardiovascular disease, but interoperability challenges remain, says Kerry Goetz, associate director, NEI Office of Data Science and Health Informatics.