Enhancing ambulance response using ML New research at the Victoria University of Wellington seeks to apply machine learning models to improve emergency response times.  Backed by a grant from New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the study is developing ML models that reportedly analyse an emergency and its urgency to identify which ambulance

The nursing profession is changing – in large part fueled by information technology that can help nurses meet a growing list of challenges, said Summer Blackerby, RN, chief nursing information officer at CoxHealth Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Blackerby knows what it is like being a nurse today and the challenges nurses face on a daily

Geisinger is notifying its patients that some of their personal information may have been accessed in a data breach allegedly perpetrated by a former employee of Nuance Communications, which provides IT services for the health system. WHY IT MATTERS The Danville, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit, which serves 1.2 million people at more than 130 sites across the

A review committee tasked to advise the Australian government on publicly funded services listed on the Medicare Benefits Schedule has released its official recommendations on implementing subsidised telehealth services in the country.  This comes as many COVID-19-era telehealth items, including assessments for COVID-19 antiviral medication over the phone, are set to expire next month, July. 

San Antonio, Texas-based University Health faced several medication management challenges that could impact both efficiency and patient safety. THE PROBLEM As a large and continuously expanding health system – including a Level I trauma center, retail pharmacies and specialty pharmacy – it recognized the need to optimize its medication distribution process. Nurses often spent excessive

The American Nurses Association reports that one in four nurses have experienced workplace violence. In the second quarter of 2022, more than 5,200 nurses were assaulted in provider settings nationwide. Meanwhile, the Emergency Nurses Association research shows that seven out of 10 emergency room nurses report being kicked or hit on the job. This problem

While the research spotlighted the healthcare sector’s cybersecurity progress – earning it a “better than expected” B+ security rating for the first half of 2024, weaknesses in application and endpoint security present significant supply chain risk, SecurityScorecard said in a statement Tuesday. WHY IT MATTERS SecurityScorecard, a supply chain cybersecurity firm, said it examined breach history

OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care. THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings. Patients discharged from hospitals often were readmitted

Replacing registered nurses with non-RN staff is dangerous to patients, according to a new study from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing published in Medical Care. WHY IT MATTERS To assess how the struggle to recruit and retain hospital nurses affects patients, researchers looked at data

HealtHIE Nevada, the Silver State’s health information exchange, said this week that it is working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense to make their patients’ clinical information available to service members statewide. Since the connection went live on June 12, active-duty military members, veterans and their families can use the