An important yet challenging part of the job for senior leadership at any healthcare organization is to develop a future outlook backed by a plan for making it a reality. One top executive who knows this well is Heather Nelson, senior vice president and CIO at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Nelson is leading the rollout of a hybrid 5G network at...
The pandemic may have spotlighted nurses as unsung heroes, but it also led to a mass exodus of senior nursing staff, exacerbating the existing staffing shortage. To fill these gaps, providers are using virtual care and artificial intelligence to support bedside teams, reduce burnout and give veteran nurses a new way to continue the work they love.
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UC San Diego Health’s Jacobs Center for Health Innovation (JCHI) has made an immediate impact on patient care. It recently collaborated with leaders across the health organization to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI) sepsis prediction algorithm, helping reduce sepsis deaths by 17 percent in its emergency departments.
The center, which launched in 2021 with seed money from the university, has...
Children’s hospitals are among the health systems leading the charge when it comes to using technological advancements and digital-forward processes to enhance patient care.
From optimizing computing power for medical research to transforming physical spaces to bring a sense of calm to patients and visitors, children’s hospitals are making sure that their innovations center care delivery and improve clinical workflows....
Platform engineering is quickly becoming a go-to strategy for IT departments, including in healthcare systems. Gartner estimates that 80 percent of software engineering organizations will have internal platform teams by 2026, and Puppet’s 2023 State of DevOps Report found that 93 percent of organizations identify platform engineering as a “step in the right direction.”
Kyle Shaffar, vice president of software...
Wi-Fi 6E, an extension of Wi-Fi 6, comes with several benefits for healthcare organizations, including faster speeds, lower latency and increased network security. Network modernization can support the rising number of Internet of Medical Things devices, mobile devices and cloud migrations that are putting more strain on existing network infrastructure.
However, before healthcare IT teams begin a modernization project, it’s...
Networks are the backbone of many healthcare organizations’ technology initiatives. Networks support all of a health system’s traditional workflows in addition to newer remote work infrastructure, virtual care platforms and Internet of Medical Things devices. These technologies play an important role in helping healthcare organizations achieve the goals of the Quintuple Aim.
As more organizations migrate to the cloud, having...
Wi-Fi 6 (formerly 802.11ax) brought faster wireless connections, increased network capacity and better security. But as healthcare requirements for throughput, bandwidth and reliability continue to grow, providers can look to Wi-Fi 6E to meet these needs.
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As the healthcare industry battles clinician fatigue and budget shortages, the emergence of generative artificial intelligence technology could have a considerable impact on optimizing workflows and enhancing productivity.
In an industry characterized by intricate patient care protocols and demanding administrative tasks, successful deployment of these tools depends on careful integration and close coordination between technology integrators and healthcare workers.
The generative...
