At the University of California Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, faculty members are developing ways for artificial intelligence to help deliver better patient care and improved outcomes. Amir Rahmani is a professor at the nursing school – and also a computer science professor at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has made available the draft of the 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for public scrutiny and commentary. WHY IT MATTERS The plan, which extends through the rest of this decade, is organized around four key goals to improve the experiences and outcomes for health IT

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is proposing a sweeping cyber incident reporting structure across 16 critical sectors, according to its notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register (PDF) on Wednesday. CISA said it would provide 60 days for written public comments when the proposed rule is published on April

While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun an advanced payment program for Part A providers and Part B suppliers experiencing claims disruptions from the Change Healthcare cyberattack two weeks ago, states are also offering help to providers affected by the breach, by reducing claims system payment roadblocks and giving financial support. WHY IT MATTERS

According to the National Library of Medicine, nearly 18% of new nurses leave their job within the first year. THE PROBLEM Nebraska Medicine is an academic health system that strives to provide the best experience to the people who choose to work for it, looking to be a premier employer providing high-quality care to the

The Veterans Administration’s Office of Inspector General released a report recently, following an investigation into a scheduling error in the new Oracle electronic health record at VA Central Ohio Healthcare System in Columbus that the agency said contributed to a patient’s death. WHY IT MATTERS In the March 21 report, which offered five recommendations to the

Not-for-profit aeromedical services provider Royal Flying Doctor Service has introduced what could be the first unmanned virtual medical emergency centre in Australia’s outback.  The new RFDS William Creek Community Health Service in the outback tourism town of William Creek in South Australia features a 24/7 virtual emergency centre with a telehealth unit that members of

One way Northern Health, a major provider in Melbourne’s north, is creating value for its patients and community, is by enabling its clinicians to offer virtual options.  THE PROBLEM It began during the pandemic. As with the rest of the industry, the organisation too had to accelerate its digital transformation by embracing digital tools for

The advent of artificial intelligence in healthcare, and its embrace by provider organizations, large and small, eager to explore its transformative potential, has come quickly. And it has come with a steep learning curve. That’s led to an interesting conundrum recently, says Richard Cramer, chief strategist for healthcare and life sciences at Informatica: Most health

Since the onset of the pandemic, patient experience scores from Press Ganey, a firm with more than 40 years of experience in patient experience, have taken a drastic dive – with much of the data pointing to staffing shortages and other challenges as key indicators of the decline in scores. However, since February 2023, the