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Cybersecurity Collaborative Executive Director Parham Eftekhari shares how intelligence sharing and collaborative best practices can help with risk mitigation as pandemic-era cyberattacks increase.

DrFirst Chief Communications Officer Irene Froehlich shares her thoughts on the changing world of digital health as well as advice on starting a career in health tech.

Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, CMIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundations Trust in the UK, says technology has been embraced by the workforce to improve patient outcomes in areas such as barcode medicine and sepsis.

Nuance VP of International Healthcare Operations Frederik Brabant says the company has developed tools that aim to improve workflows by reducing the burden of clinical documentation and thus preventing clinician burnout.

Dr. Bridget Duffy, former chief experience officer at the Cleveland Clinic and CMO at Vocera, talks about burnout during COVID-19, how to protect the healthcare workforce, and how technology can help and hurt with burnout.

This week's top stories include Apple and the VA providing veterans with iPads, Apple Watch Series 6 measuring blood oxygen and a dip in the hospital CEO turnover rate.

Jan Kimpen, chief medical officer at Philips, says the workforce of the future and the impact of COVID-19 are the focuses of the "Future Health Index Insights" survey, which offers a vision into the potential of digital transformation.

Shankar Sridharan, CCIO of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust, says his staff played a large role in making the hospital the first in Europe to achieve Stage 6 of O-EMRAM and EMRAM.

This week's top stories include ex-CEO Cyrus Massoumi claiming his former Zocdoc colleagues coordinated a plan to replace him, a large uptick in targeted attacks against telehealth systems, and a NorthShore University HealthSystem data breach.

IntelyCare CEO David Coppins says at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals got resources first while post-acute care executives maxed out credit cards buying PPE and staff wore garbage sacks for gowns.