Healthcare organizations are feeling the impacts of economic pressures, as evidenced by merger and acquisition activity in the first quarter of 2025. Many independent, community and rural hospital organizations joined together or joined larger organizations to allow them to continue offering quality healthcare services to their patient populations. The quarter also saw further consolidation within the home health, hospice...
Robotic telesurgery allows surgeons to perform procedures remotely, expanding access to specialized care and reducing the need for patient travel.
However, its success hinges on seamless, high-speed, low-latency connectivity enabled by advanced communications infrastructure such as 5G and high-speed fiber-optic networks. Without real-time data transfer, even slight delays can compromise safety.
As robotic telesurgery evolves — successful operations have already happened...
The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of telehealth adoption, accelerating its acceptance among both healthcare providers and patients. Five years later, telehealth has solidified its role in hybrid care models, with advancements in virtual visits, remote patient monitoring and diagnostics driven by artificial intelligence (AI).
While some initial momentum has leveled off, key technologies and policy changes are...
Artificial intelligence can generate significant value for healthcare organizations, and large language models can be useful tools for improving administrative efficiencies and enhancing care quality. However, since artificial superintelligence is still the stuff of science fiction, LLMs need proper guidance in order to be useful to medical professionals, researchers and others in the healthcare industry.
An AI-powered system requires training...
Social engineering attacks are on the rise. Healthcare organizations need to be especially vigilant in their efforts to mitigate such threats due to HIPAA as well as the potential for a successful attack to impact continuity of care. This means organizations should invest in endpoint detection and response tools, then focus on securing identities and establishing cross-domain visibility.
Voice phishing...
It seems as if the conversation about how to use artificial intelligence across industries has gone on for several years since the explosive growth of generative AI tools.
Walk into any office space, and it’s likely that some employees are already using ChatGPT to search or to summarize meeting notes.
Whether or not organizations are ready, the workforce is steadily becoming...
Human-directed and naturally occurring events are becoming more frequent and intense, and can threaten a health system’s ability to maintain continuity of care. These sequences can increase the likelihood of a substantial disruption to a healthcare organization’s operational technology and critical infrastructure.
The automatic and programmatic delivery of modern OT and critical infrastructure presents another concern. Systems such as power,...
Health systems are reimagining their facilities with smart hospital technology to boost patient care and improve provider efficiency.
Smart hospitals are connected technologies that deliver real-time analytical insights to improve patient care. These technologies include artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and smart sensors.
“It basically means giving the infrastructure of the hospital the same sensory capabilities that doctors and nurses...
Digital health tools can give clinicians insights at their fingertips, but cumbersome workflows for login and access often lead to frustration. In recent years, hospitals and health systems have embraced the agility of single sign-on technology to let users sign in once and, upon authentication, gain access to all of the applications they’re authorized to use.
The flexibility and agility...
Microsoft will end its support of Windows 10 on Oct. 14. While the operating system will still function, it will no longer receive security updates or fixes. With a full Windows 11 migration likely requiring several months to complete, healthcare organizations not currently planning to upgrade may take on more cybersecurity risk come October than organizations that have been...
