patient safety

Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS, says while there are many reasons why AI is more readily adopted by other sectors, the central one is that in healthcare, lives are at stake.

The AI-based early warning system the NHS is developing is part of the government's 10 Year Health Plan to use data to identify patient safety concerns.  

Olga Kagan, Food Allergy Nursing Association CEO, talks about her journey from immigrant to informaticist and advises health IT newcomers to act on issues they're passionate about and join a strong, supportive professional community.

Sunil Dadlani, EVP and chief information and digital officer at Atlantic Health System, discusses possible unintentional impacts on stakeholders in healthcare with AI implementation and pinpointing priorities to mitigate complications.

Leah Binder, president and CEO at the Leapfrog Group, discusses the finalized Patient Safety Structural Measure, which will be implemented in the government's fiscal year 2025, and how it hard-wires patient safety as a top priority in hospitals.

Infection surveillance and infection control are part of what makes countries successful that manage to keep the SarsCoV2 pandemic in check. Properly implemented, digital solutions can help a lot with testing, tracing and isolating. Striking the right balance between meeting public health requirements and upholding privacy is not easy though. 

In this grab-bag episode of HIMSSCast, Laura Lovett, an editor at MobiHealthNews, chats with host Jonah Comstock about three recent in-person reporting experiences here in the Boston area, where MobiHealthNews is based.

Yesterday at the Patient Safety in a Digital World symposium at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, panelists discussed the opportunity of digital to boost patient safety, as well as its potential pitfalls. 

The Professional Records Standards Body collaborates with providers of health and social care in the UK and abroad, says PRSB Chair Maureen Baker.

EchoGo helps earlier detection of cardiovascular disease, enabling clinicians to improve patient care and outcomes.