Quality and Safety

1upHealth CSO Don Rucker, MD, and CEO Joe Gagnon highlight how crucial interoperability is, and how the company helps unlock data in healthcare for payers, providers and patients via FHIR conversion.

The chief information officer explains the ways the New Orleans health system uses emerging technologies to achieve its goals.

HIMSS Director of Privacy and Security says that providers need to take a proactive cybersecurity approach to protect themselves, as well as their patients.

Dr. Rami Riman, director of clinical and business improvements in EMEA at InterSystems, explains how analytics tools can help extract and share data from HIEs, making informed decisions easier for clinicians.

Dr. Christian Dameff, professor of emergency medicine at UC San Diego says doctors' training in response and recovery is key.

Mount Sinai Health System VP for clinical innovation and chief nursing informatics officer Robert Freeman talks about AI and machine learning tools, and how they can support caregiving teams and improve patient safety.

Patient advocate Grace Cordovano thinks that virtual care and telehealth have created better outcomes for patients with chronic illnesses.

This week's top stories include the Mayo Clinic halting the scheduling of appointments for patients in most Medicare Advantage plans, and an Oklahoma City hospital tightening security after COVID-19-related social media posts accused providers of murder.

This week's top stories include a report that the VA did not ensure the quality of data migrated to its new Cerner EHR system, and a federal judge ruling that Martin Shkreli be barred from the pharma industry and ordering him to pay $64.6M.

Errol Weiss, chief security officer at Health-ISAC, talks about the picture for cyber threats to the healthcare industry in 2022, including spearfishing and ransomware.