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How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

Healthcare IT Today

HCA Healthcare , one of the leading providers of care in 20 states and in the United Kingdom, has smartly been investing to improve the quality of the health data they collect. But poor quality data also happens when every facility uses a different term for a social security number.

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$15M Singapore-London partnership to help stem APAC's growing healthcare cybersecurity woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A S$20 million grant from the National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF) has been awarded to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Imperial College London to develop ways to better protect health data and wearable devices.

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More Hospitals Achieving Interoperability Goals

Healthcare IT Today

New research from the ONC has found that a meaningful percentage of hospitals are engaged in data sharing, with a growing number making patient health information available from outside sources. Though the data goes back a couple of years, it’s still a worthwhile look at where data sharing trends are among hospitals.

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Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’

Healthcare IT Today

This seeks to combine cognition with recognition — essentially AI that can reason and think beyond basic patterns in data, the same way any clinician would. Transforming healthcare does not just have to happen in the hospital — it’s about what happens long before a hospital visit is required.

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Here’s why everyone is mum after ransomware attacks

Meaningful HIT News

According to Health Data Management , a hacker breached the appointment scheduling system at the Emory Clinic’s Orthopedics and Spine Center and the Brain Health Center, and demanded an unspecified ransom. Did you see the news yesterday about the ransomware attack against Emory Healthcare in Atlanta? No related posts.

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Revolutionizing Postoperative Care at Home with Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

With RPM, patients can use wearable devices or mobile apps to track their vital signs and other health data, and send this information to their healthcare providers in real-time. Post-Operative Care After Discharge After being discharged from the hospital, it’s important to continue with your postoperative care at home.

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Tech and the future of care work – five research midpoint observations

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And personalized care plans associated with response systems will increasingly be built on health data, family input and care status changes, as done with CareDaily. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care , healthcare , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health

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