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Patient safety

Preventing diagnostic errors in medicine with software

In this podcast, a medical expert talks about how physicians can avoid diagnostic errors -- a top threat to patient safety -- by using AI-based clinical decision support software. Continue Reading
Hospitals bone up on medical device cybersecurity plans

Healthcare cybersecurity can be likened to those old movie westerns pitting the good guys against the bad guys. Back then, however, it was easy to distinguish the white hats from the black hats. Not so in today's complex, sinister world of computer ... Continue Reading
21st Century Cures Act

The 21st Century Cures Act is a wide-ranging healthcare bill that funds medical research and development, medical device innovation, mental health research and care, opioid addiction treatment and prevention, and health information technology. Continue Reading
patient engagement

Patient engagement is an ideal healthcare situation in which people are well-informed about -- and motivated to be involved -- in their own medical care. Continue Reading
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, ACA or Obamacare)

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (more commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act, ACA or Obamacare) is a healthcare law passed by Congress in 2010 during the administration of President Barack Obama. Continue Reading
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Patient retention strategies must go beyond mobile check-ins

Healthcare organizations will have to go beyond traditional approaches to patient retention if they want to keep their patients. Personalized recommendations are one place to start.Continue Reading
Mobile in healthcare a strong prescription for improved patient care

Walk the corridors of any modern hospital, from intensive care to patient units to emergency rooms, and you'll see the familiar banks of workstations where doctors and nurses busily access patient records and type in critical updates. For years, ...Continue Reading
CIO discusses health systems' projects with mobile healthcare services

Mobile health services should be focused on the consumer experience. One CIO discusses this and what his healthcare organization is doing in the mobile space.Continue Reading
U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the largest biomedical library in the world.Continue Reading
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Promoting a healthy general public and sharing data about chronic diseases are main goals of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Continue Reading
Patient engagement technology can improve outcomes and enhance care

Patient engagement tools, such as virtual assistants and health apps, can help healthcare providers improve the physician-patient relationship and improve outcomes.Continue Reading
Patient engagement tools bring consumer vibes to healthcare

Patients are acting more like consumers and therefore have higher expectations of their healthcare providers. New technologies are needed to truly engage them.Continue Reading
FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

The FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) regulates the production and sale of food, medicine, health technology and cosmetic products. The FDA, also called the USFDA, approves drugs and medical devices for sale and recalls unsafe products.Continue Reading
Salesforce being used as behavioral health tech by Easter Seals Bay Area

One healthcare organization is using Salesforce's Health Cloud as behavioral health tech to better schedule care givers, coordinate care and share patient information.Continue Reading
The adoption of cloud in healthcare from a CIO's view

CIO Harun Rashid discusses the adoption of cloud in healthcare as well as the barriers and concerns many health IT professionals have when it comes to cloud computing.Continue Reading

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