Healthcare is traditionally thought of as an industry that lags decades behind others when it comes to technology adoption, but that perspective may soon be outdated.
In recent years, some healthcare organizations have dedicated more of their budgets to fostering operational transformation. A September 2024 Bain & Co. brief found that 75% of responding payers and providers have increased IT...
Since ChatGPT emerged for use by the general public two years ago, many people are becoming accustomed to using generative artificial intelligence tools in daily life. From using the application as a contextualizing search tool to creating email drafts and summarizing notes with the technology, workers across industries are finding ways to incorporate generative AI into their workflows.
In healthcare,...
The cost of a data breach is highest for organizations in the healthcare industry, with the average cost of a breach at $9.77 million in 2024, according to IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach report. Phishing and stolen or compromised credentials were the two most common attack vectors this year.
This aligns with a finding from Verizon’s 2023 Data...
There are many moving parts in a healthcare environment, whether at a large organization with facilities in multiple states or a small community health center in a rural area. A single health system could have many teams that require access to its network to complete important tasks, from third-party vendors that provide food or laundry services to temporary staff...
A key concern for IT and security leaders is user identity and access control. Identity is a prime target for attackers who want to gain unauthorized system access and carry out malicious acts. In healthcare, identity management has a complex lifecycle that makes it challenging to secure. When healthcare organizations hire or let go of staff, nurses, contractors and...
Staff shortages aren’t new in senior care. While they were exacerbated by the pandemic, the staffing crisis started well before 2020. According to a LeadingAge poll from 2022, 93% of nursing home providers and 80% of assisted living providers reported severe or significant workforce shortages.
At a LeadingAge Annual Meeting session in Nashville, Tenn., this week, Bill Charnetski, executive vice...
Data can provide senior living and acute-care organizations with the information they need to improve care, reduce costs and retain staff and residents. Achieving data maturity is an important step toward using artificial intelligence to improve efficiency across the organization.
However, many organizations haven’t yet begun to prepare staff or data for the application of analytics tools.
At the LeadingAge Annual...
