Quality and Safety

Physician using tablet
By Mike Miliard 11:25 am October 10, 2024
The modernized, outcomes-focused AMAM is meant to help health systems keep pace with the rapid evolution of analytics technologies and artificial intelligence and "support equitable, data-driven decision-making at scale."
Tina Hunter of Prisma Health on patient rounding
By Bill Siwicki 12:01 pm October 08, 2024
Once they're found, "we can systematically improve processes," says the health system's patient experience lead, helping move the needle on quality improvement, team member engagement and more.
Hadassah Backman, CEO of Guardoc
By Andrea Fox 10:45 am October 07, 2024
Hadassah Backman, RN, is a nurse CEO who says artificial intelligence could do a lot to help RNs with relentless documentation burden, while also helping organizations boost revenue and improve compliance.
Medtronic device
By Jessica Hagen 03:50 pm October 04, 2024
A potentially shortened battery life in the MiniMed 600 or 700 series insulin pumps may result in the pump stopping insulin delivery significantly sooner than expected.  
Dr Shankar Sridharan of Great Ormond Street Hospital speaking
By Hannah Nwaozuzu 05:07 am October 03, 2024
Great Ormond Street Hospital's Dr Shankar Sridharan shares his take on AI application in healthcare and user responsibilities.
Hospital leaders in a panel discussion
By Hannah Nwaozuzu 05:07 am October 03, 2024
APAC hospital IT heads evaluated their respective experiences, barriers, and outlook on AI deployment.
Anand Rao of Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College on responsible AI
By Bill Siwicki 11:16 am October 02, 2024
A Carnegie Mellon University professor who specializes in responsible AI and generative AI discusses their importance in healthcare and combining the two – which can be tricky.
VA building signage
By Andrea Fox 11:11 am September 25, 2024
So says a new OIG audit, which found the VA and Oracle Health have been misaligned in their responses to outages throughout Electronic Health Record Modernization. While the agency has made procedural improvements, it needs to go further, auditors say.
Marilee Benson of Zen Healthcare IT on interoperability
By Bill Siwicki 12:09 pm September 24, 2024
A national interoperability leader advocates for simpler and more secure data exchange use cases, and says making patient access a routine part of healthcare information exchange will lead to positive health impacts.