The best way to ensure electronic health record systems can share data interoperably is for industry to adopt the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard, or FHIR, say federal officials.
While the deployment of a single, consolidated EHR, called the Military Health System GENESIS, has the Department of Defense on a path to interoperability, the FHIR data standard that serves as...
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated many business and technology approaches in healthcare, yet providers also faced financial burdens in a sector with already razor-thin margins.
Patient expectations keep evolving, and healthcare consumerization will continue to shape organizations’ approaches to care delivery toward seamless integration and convenience.
So how can healthcare systems face this changing landscape with renewed confidence in their business and...
As much as generative artificial intelligence is helping healthcare organizations to increase clinical and administrative productivity, it’s also proving to be a useful tool for bad actors. According to a recent warning from the FBI, cybercriminals are using AI to orchestrate highly targeted and customized phishing attacks.
Malicious actors conduct social engineering-driven phishing attacks by leveraging generative AI to craft...
On average, IT operating expenses cost U.S. hospitals nearly $8 million per year. Eliminating redundant services and applications can help healthcare organizations cut those costs in the short term and improve quality of care over the long term.
“If we don’t trim unnecessary costs, then everyone pays for it,” says Chuck DeVries, senior vice president and technology officer for Vizient....
Cloud adoption isn’t new in healthcare. In recent years, spurred by the pandemic, healthcare systems turned to cloud capabilities to push the delivery of care to their communities.
When healthcare organizations had to send staff home and enact strict safety rules in March 2020, the rapid deployment and scaling of telehealth services and remote work capabilities meant reliance on cloud...
An innovative concept that started in urban centers is making its way into the heart of rural America: hospital-at-home care. The idea stemmed from the realization that patients in rural areas often face significant barriers to accessing treatment. Hospital at home bridges the access gap by offering high-quality care at the patient’s home or at a senior care location....
CDW expanded the digital velocity services it can offer healthcare organizations with its recent acquisition of Enquizit, an Amazon Web Services cloud solutions provider.
The acquisition adds extensive experience designing, developing and managing mission-critical applications as well as SkyMap, an artificial intelligence–powered cloud migration accelerator, to CDW’s offerings.
CDW, a multibrand IT provider to the public and private sectors, features a...
Earlier this year, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina announced it had acquired the North Carolina locations of FastMed, a national chain of urgent care clinics. Another insurer, Elevance Health, had closed on a deal to buy Paragon Healthcare and its network of 40 infusion centers across eight states. And Humana also was pushing further into the...
Hospitals need to monitor patients in their rooms to keep them safe — watching for everything from unusual restlessness to hidden stashes of forbidden snacks and beverages.
But labor shortages and financial constraints have made in-person monitoring increasingly difficult. In response, a number of healthcare organizations have adopted virtual sitting, which deploys remote technologies to safeguard their patients and connect...
For the past three years, patients across the country have become familiar with seeing their doctor on a digital screen from the comfort of their own homes. Clinicians, too, have grown to depend on virtual visits as a way to provide consistent, high-quality care and expand access to care.
Telehealth is not a new mode of care delivery, but until...
