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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Takes Social Determinants of Health to New Heights

Healthcare IT Today

During the past decade, finally, health care is starting to deal in a structured, measurable manner with the life factors and environments that play the biggest role in their patients’ health. Are there disparities in program participation or health outcomes? These problems must be addressed outside the visit, in advance.

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Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve System Security Right Now

Healthcare IT Today

Further, a survey by the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) found that most healthcare organizations allocate only 6% or less of their IT budgets to cybersecurity. In 2022, for example, the combination of COVID-19, labor shortages, and inflation resulted in one of the worst financial years ever for U.S.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She is a member of the clinical leadership at Done, a platform that connects patients with psychiatric board-certified medical professionals for services including online video consultations , diagnosis, care team support and prescription delivery. Overall, it's a great fit – and one that soared during the pandemic and beyond.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs. Casetivity can ingest, standardize, and share health data. Many organizations are issuing patient surveys using the Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks and Experiences (PRAPARE).

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Nurses: The Force for Change

Mobile Health Matters

It is vital that nurses feel empowered to influence leadership and help implement large-scale changes that will improve patient care. Now, however, nurses are active participants in multiple sectors including technology, pharmaceuticals, education, law (as malpractice consultants), government and public health.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

All organizations, including those in critical infrastructure industries such as healthcare, need to consider a three-pronged approach to protecting sensitive data: monitoring user behavior, looking at content accessed by users, and applying additional controls to the most highly targeted users—for example, those with privileged access.

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Smart cities during COVID-19

Digital Leaders HealthTech

One of the most prominent examples of how technology and data is being used to empower citizens is happening in Seoul. Economy of Hours – a London-based timebanking platform – is currently asking its community to complete a short survey to see how best it can assist its community in light of the pandemic.