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Health Monitoring Beyond Beyond Hospital Walls
By Sophia Friesen—Researchers are focused on the power of digital health tools to capture relevant health information in people’s daily lives. Two decades of research have shown that enabling people to self-report symptoms from home can improve quality of life for cancer patients, explained Elizabeth Sloss, PhD, RN, research assistant professor in the University of Utah College […]
Resilience Over Prevention: The New Paradigm in Cybersecurity
By Joey Meneses— In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face an unprecedented challenge in securing their digital assets. The traditional approach of fortifying defenses with an arsenal of security tools is no longer sufficient. As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, a paradigm shift is necessary – one that prioritizes resilience over the illusion of […]
The Enemy Within: Navigating the Dangers of Insider Threats
By Jason Alexander, VP & CISO, VCU Health—Hello, my ever-vigilant cyber sentinels! Today, we’re delving into a topic that’s guaranteed to make any CISO reach for the aspirin—insider threats. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Isn’t it enough that we’re constantly battling external attackers, patching vulnerabilities, and keeping up with the latest cyber gizmos?” But […]
Act, Don’t Overreact: The Deliberate Approach Leaders Are Taking with Generative AI
By Kate Gamble—Artificial intelligence is the subject of more conversations, conference panel, and podcasts than perhaps any other topic in healthcare. And while some believe it has reached its saturation point, others are still thirsty, and for good reason. One of those is Paul Curylo, CISO at Inova Health System, who believes Generative AI (GenAI) […]
How AI in Health Systems Improves Upon Traditional Business Intelligence Tools
By Health Catalyst Editors—Healthcare industry complexities, such as labor costs, overworked resources, and inadequate technology, are major concerns for healthcare leaders who strive to prioritize how data is accessed and managed across teams and departments. Aligning clinical and financial information at the organizational level to make strategic decisions is one of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Historically, […]
CMS clarifies rules for HIPAA compliance when texting patient data
By Andres Fox—Texting of patient orders among members by healthcare teams is now permissible at hospitals and critical access hospitals when done through a HIPAA-compliant secure platform in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation rules, the agency says. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality, Safety & Oversight Group sent a memo to state […]
The future of AI is in collaborating to build foundational models
By Susan Morse–At HIMSS24, the discussion around artificial intelligence has moved from excitement about the potential of AI to help solve healthcare’s biggest challenges to the desire for a solid foundation for its implementation. On Wednesday, AI experts from three companies that are some of the biggest researchers and builders of AI spoke to a ballroom-filling […]
Technology driving health plan strategy
By Jeff Lagasse–Sixty-two percent of health plan leaders are investing in technology for digital transformation as the number-one way to achieve organizational goals in 2024, a new survey from healthcare SaaS company HealthEdge, a software provider for payers, has found. The survey of U.S. health plan executives working across functions found rising consolidation among payers and providers. […]
