After decades of effort to improve healthcare quality and equity, a powerful new tool has presented itself to healthcare professionals—artificial intelligence. With its ability to quickly analyze large amounts of data and generate content and responses, generative AI represents a huge potential...
In an era where digital transformation is reshaping industries, the healthcare sector finds itself at the crossroads of innovation and privacy. Telehealth, a symbol of this transformation, promises unparalleled convenience and accessibility in healthcare delivery...
Which would you rather do? Tell someone in the C-suite the hospital is facing a CMS immediate jeopardy ruling because the staff was so overwhelmed by paper drug prescriptions after a ransomware attack shut down computer records that a 3-year-old patient was given five times the prescribed dosage...
With healthcare cyberattacks on the rise, the Joint Commission has issued guidance for health system executives on how to react once a data breach has been detected.
Leaked data included patient files, medical histories, diagnoses, treatments plans, test results, and patients insurance information. The leak also included information on past and present MGH employees, including Social Security numbers, and pay rates.
The vast majority of patients want to receive test results online even if their healthcare provider has not reviewed the test results, according to a new ...
Telehealth and digital health advocates aren’t pleased with the US Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposed rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine after the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.