Risk Management

One technology that's reduced both loneliness and hospitalizations has been the creation of an interactive TV studio.

Making patients aware of medications that are potentially dangerous is important, but alert fatigue poses a threat to physician wellness and burnout, says First Databank director of product management Anna Dover and NCH Healthcare System CMIO Dr. David Linz.

The frameworks came out about the same time HIMSS released its annual healthcare cybersecurity survey, which this year shows how healthcare organizations are using AI, says Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.  

At least 15 states have used a timeliness exception to delay disenrollment of individuals who qualify, but who have not returned a renewal form.

Environment allergies are likely the costliest conditions in the U.S. due to the indirect costs of missed work and low productivity, a doctor says.

Clearwater has partnered for threat hunting and monitoring for cyber resiliency, says CEO Steve Cagle.  

Addressing a risk in isolation that's actually part of an ecosystem raises the likelihood of a threat elsewhere, says Dr. Eric Liederman, CEO of CyberSolutionsMD.  

Technological innovation can be an asset rather than a burden if developers listen to their frontline people, says Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association.  

Such a plan is essential to ensure operations continue during a digital disruption, says Tony Black, global director of healthcare, privacy and digital transformation at Kyndryl.  

Medical device manufacturers are often late in making a patch available, allowing perpetrators to get a foothold into the system, says Richard Staynings, chief security strategist at Cylera.