In the face of growing cyber threats, ChristianaCare CISO Anahi Santiago is taking a bold approach to cybersecurity awareness and resilience. At the heart of her efforts lies the Cybersecurity Ambassador Program—a forward-thinking initiative designed to transform the health system’s workforce into a first line of defense against cyberattacks. This program not only enhances individual […]
Strategies & Tools for Easing Nurses’ Cognitive Burden
Nurses manage complex cognitive, emotional, and physical demands that intensify as patient volumes rise. Rather than adding more tools to ‘boost efficiency,’ technology should ease cognitive burden, simplifying workflows and supporting nurses in providing safe, effective care. In this webinar, we’ll explore solutions designed with direct care nurses to improve well-being and patient outcomes.
Balancing Standardization & Innovation in the Digital Patient Engagement Space
To keep up with mounting consumerism, providers must deliver the interactive, digital conversations their patients are asking for. On top of that, departments, teams and vendors are constantly serving up new solutions with innovative tech to increase access, patient engagement, slot utilization and more. There’s no lack of innovation in the digital health space, and that’s a good thing. Conversely, CIOs and other IT leaders are tasked with standardization, ongoing tech maintenance and a desire for consistency across their enterprise. These needs are coupled with tightening budgets, rigorous procurement processes, HIPAA and security requirements and more. Standardization and consistency are essential for healthcare providers’ tech stacks, and they bring significant benefits. However, these two elements can often feel like conflicting forces, with IT leaders navigating their intersection. This webinar will discuss how executives are managing what sometimes feel like an ongoing tug-of-war.
Examining Cyber’s Role in the Development of Business Continuity Plans that Strengthen Operational Resilience
In addition to working towards preventing breaches, cybersecurity leaders and their teams must devote significant resources to planning for an efficient recovery when one happens. That’s because for every day, the organization’s IT systems are down, operational resilience is impacted, and the financial drain worsens. So just what should cyber leaders be doing to prepare? What steps can be taken inside cybersecurity, within IT, and then in collaboration with operational units and emergency management to ensure all affected by an outage will be on the same page until the applications come back on? In this timely webinar, we’ll speak to leaders who are building an understanding of operations and key relationships that will be required to weather a cyber-outage storm.
AI Technologies Like Ambient Listening Proving to be a ‘Game Changer” at Emory Healthcare
As the healthcare industry embraces digital transformation, Emory Healthcare stands out for its strategic and innovative technology solutions. In this interview, Scott Smiser, CTO of Emory Healthcare, shares insights into Emory’s approach to digital transformation, the potential of AI and ambient listening, and the role of cloud migration in preparing for a more flexible and […]
As Interconnectedness Grows, So Does Cyber Risk
As health systems grow and expand – through dynamics like M&A, and third- and fourth-party vendor relationships – complexity grows, and cyber risk along with it said Intermountain VP/CISO Erik Decker, during his presentation at the recently-held HIMSS Cyber Forum; but there are foundational steps that can be taken to mitigate that risk, and those […]
Redefining Imaging Strategy: Unifying Radiology and IT Teams to Boost Image Performance
The medical imaging industry, particularly radiology departments and practices, are facing numerous challenges, including expanding ecosystems, increasing imaging exam volumes, complex cases, and staff shortages, all while striving to maximize staff efficiency and create a sustainable work-life balance. These issues are exacerbated by tight budgets, reimbursement pressures, inflation, and rising costs. Current solutions often silo images within specific departments or systems, creating inefficiencies and placing an unnecessary burden on IT teams. The question then arises: How can hospitals and their IT teams optimize imaging efficiency while preventing burnout and ensuring a work-life balance? As the healthcare sector advances towards more integrated and interoperable solutions, this webinar will explore how enterprise imaging strategies can support more convergence with seamless access, increased collaboration, and greater clinical confidence while simplifying IT solutions and infrastructure.
Tackling Provider Data Challenges to Facilitate Patient Engagement & Improve the Bottom Line
A key principle of most successful businesses is this—make it easy for consumers to buy. Unfortunately, health systems with disparate applications, diverse service lines, multiple portals of entry, and fast-paced environments, often fall short of this standard. Their culture and processes have not yet matured enough to support the level of data stewardship needed to ensure robust provider master data management. The result? Patients who might otherwise have quickly found the right care for their needs are forced to spend more of their time (and often use the time of health system employees) to find a meaningful match. In this webinar, we’ll speak to leaders who are focused on getting—and keeping—their provider data in order so patients don’t spend more time looking for care than receiving it.
Strategies for Addressing the Data Quality Component of Your EHR Migration
Data quality is a huge issue in healthcare – and the impacts of it will continue to grow as that data is increasingly relied upon with advances in automation & AI. It’s so big, yet it is often not addressed in a planned way. Sometimes — such as when an organization is migrating from one EHR to another, or extending its EHR to a newly acquired entity — an opportunity presents itself that cannot be ignored. And it certainly should not be missed, as poor data quality (often revealed by having a large % of duplicate records, an incomplete medical record, or inaccurate data within the record) impacts everything from patient safety to compliance to reimbursement. And lest anyone think such components of the migration will be squared away by the EHR vendor, think again. In this webinar, we’ll speak to leaders who have worked through data migrations, and in the process improved the information upon which the entire organization depends.
Partner Perspective: Beyond IT — Safeguarding Patient Care During Healthcare Downtimes
Hospitals are prime targets for ransomware attackers due to the highly sensitive nature of healthcare data and the potential for widespread disruption. When attackers seize control of essential systems, the very core of healthcare, safeguarding patient care, is jeopardized. In these situations, it’s not merely an IT issue but a matter of life and death. […]