Quality and Safety
Hee Hwang, CIO of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, says his organization, which is South Korea's first fully digital, paperless hospital with its own homegrown EHR, is staying at the forefront of innovation.
Jeremy Kagan, CEO of CardioLync, talks about addressing the information disconnect that is keeping clinicians and patients from making informed decisions and hindering outcomes.
For providers, travel history is key to determine whether to test for the virus in which symptoms can mirror that of the flu.
The gowns were not registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and were not qualified by Cardinal Health.
Healthbox President Neil Patel says healthcare organizations worldwide should be developing innovation strategies and adopting new technologies to survive in a value-based world.
Trials with non-industry sponsors are far more likely to breach the rules than trials sponsored by industry.
Justin Gernot, vice president of HIMSS subsidiary Healthbox, says to find success in innovation, health organizations must avoid a number of pitfalls.
Tohoku University's Dr. Masaharu Nakayama details how his group withstood the disruption of Japan's 2011 earthquake, and why that level of resilience is difficult to maintain.
The findings support the notion that the readmission policy is safe and not increasing the risk of death by turning away patients.
There are challenges separating effective innovations from the chaff, says Dennis Robbins, a member of the AHA's Health Tech Advisory Group.