Quality and Safety

The American Rescue Plan calls for investing $20 billion in a national vaccine program and $50 billion in testing.

OWS is opening up the next phase of vaccine distribution.

More than three-quarters of healthcare professionals report “major or moderate shifts” toward online training during the pandemic.   

Cleveland Clinic shares best practices as violence is four times more likely in a healthcare setting than in another industry.

Lina Shadid, health industries lead at PwC Middle East, says the Middle East's investment in healthcare over the past 10 years has prepared it to meet patient needs and leverage its digital transformation to fight COVID-19.

The modality has proven popular with many patients, but policy and reimbursement uncertainties remain as challenges.

From electronic case reporting to PDMP to disaster response, eHealth Exchange Executive Director Jay Nakashima says he's optimistic as network architecture improves and public-private data sharing efforts make progress.

Not only does Pure Storage bake security into its products, it partners with data protection vendors to ensure its products work with those healthcare organizations are already using, says Josh Gluck, VP of Global Healthcare Technology Strategy.

The state’s nursing homes have seen more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases and close to 2,000 deaths.   

Inequities were found by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, and when someone used a language other than English.