Quality and Safety

Dr. Atul Gupta, CMO for Philips' Image Guided Therapy business, says innovations in care delivery include "beaming" application specialists into the operating room.

There are three things healthcare systems need to focus on as they move forward with their digital transformation: health inequities and digital equity, cloud capabilities, and cybersecurity, says Microsoft Health and Life Sciences' Antoinette Thomas.

This week's top stories include a consumer safety group warning parents to stop using Peloton Tread+ after reports of child injuries and death, nurses giving EHR a failing grade and HHS calling racism a serious public health threat.

This week's top stories include the CDC and FDA pausing the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the Mayo Clinic launching a platform that delivers advanced, AI-powered clinical decision support through remote monitoring.

Dr. David Danhauer, CMIO of Owensboro Health, describes a safety initiative he devised that helps review and track clinical notes to ensure radiology reports are capturing incidental findings that could impact patient outcomes.

Healthcare provider organizations operating multiple EHR systems face a number of hurdles, says Justin Diehl, VP of Epic services at CereCore, who offers best practices to jump those hurdles.

Harmony Healthcare IT VP Jim Hammer offers advice on consolidating systems and data, and complying with the Cures Act.

This week's top stories include the WHO's findings on the origin of the coronavirus, which are in direct conflict with statements made by former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield; and Amazon securing an FDA EUA for an at-home COVID-19 test kit.

Very Big Things Chief Creative Officer Renato Lopez explains why users are expecting more from digital health apps.

Dr. David Mendelson, vice chair of radiology IT at Mount Sinai, and Dave Cassel, executive director of Carequality, share how image exchange is advancing away from CD-ROMs and toward image-enabled personal health records.