Leveraging Technology

A group of cybersecurity experts, representing everyone from NASA to academic medicine, formed a committee targeting the small but potentally lethal threat in which a hacker takes control of a medical device, an act known by some as “medjacking.” The Cybersecurity Standard for Connected…
What’s your blood pressure? Do you check it yourself at home? Terrific, if you do! But how do you know if your device is reading your pressure accurately? And how do you know if you are actually using it correctly? As we all see every day, medical technology is not only increasingly embedded…
“Interoperability” has been a technology buzzword for a while now. But, what does it really mean? Simply defined, interoperability is the ability of computer systems to “talk” to one another and easily share information. It is especially critical now as more and more of our…
Trustee Talking Points Trustee Talking Points Many health systems are operating venture funds or other formal mechanisms for developing and commercializing innovations. Their motivations for developing innovations are to improve their own operations and create new…
Trustees can spread the word about the redesigned website on radiation emergency medical management produced by the Health & Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the National Library of Medicine. The site adds behavioral health resources and…
Getting there is half the fun, right? Keep that in mind this holiday season, all of you who will be loading the family jalopy with unruly kids, rambunctious pets, more baggage than you even knew you owned and every flashy distraction Silicon Valley has yet to devise. The ride to Grandma’s…
Snapshot A series of high-profile breaches underscored the vulnerability of online records and the ability of cyber-criminals to quickly adapt their tactics. Providers and vendors are intensifying efforts to protect data from prying eyes.  
Recognizing the importance of social media is the first step in taking your hospital into the digital world. Understanding the value and the potential of this medium can help to leverage your community benefit programs and patient engagement in a way never possible before the advent of the Internet.
Hospitals are making greater use of new technologies to improve emergency department throughput. Digital registration kiosks and bedside registration systems streamline the process, allowing patients to be treated more quickly. Electronic patient tracking boards can reduce wait times and improve…
In comparison, 79 percent of hospitals named to the 2015 Health Care’s Most Wired list — those organizations that report achieving certain benchmarks in an annual information technology survey — hold those exercises annually. But when it comes to risk analyses to…