Technology

When it comes to securing data, healthcare ranks number one — for all the wrong reasons.

Organizations must recognize that cybersecurity is more a journey than a destination.

Patients expect more convenient communication options and user-friendly technology from healthcare providers now.

Patients receiving care at Memorial Sloan Kettering preferred telemedicine visits over in-office visits with similar satisfaction scores.

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven healthcare organizations, even in a crisis, need to tirelessly forge ahead with innovation to be successful. Senior-level healthcare executives need to follow the macro-trends driving the industry forward.

Hospitals receiving publicly reported negative feedback improved their electronic health record medication safety.

Automated patient engagement technology can streamline communications without excessive costs, implementation challenges or healthcare providers losing the "human touch."

Owing in large part to the pandemic, telehealth is growing increasingly popular with consumers.

Telemedicine for diagnosis scaled up dramatically as a result of the pandemic, but there isn’t much known about the impact on diagnostic quality and safety.

Hospitals and health systems started to improve digital capabilities as a result of the pandemic, but that momentum is starting to slow, according to new report.

Ransomware attacks tend to increase around holiday weekends, like Labor Day weekend. Here is a look at some recent healthcare data breaches.

A systematic review reveals wearable devices can measure biomarkers of patients in hospitals.

Google Health will spread across different divisions of Google.

Although the world is very much still in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, a panel of experts tackled lessons learned so far.

A mind map exercise examines general practitioners' perceptions of the health technology.

In order for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare to be successful, there needs to be more transparency around the data that goes into an algorithm, explained John Halamka, M.D., president of Mayo Clinic Platform.

By improving their cybersecurity hygiene, doctors can protect sensitive medical information.

During the pandemic, telemedicine use increased overall, but was more commonly used for established patients and the delivery of psychiatric and behavioral health care and less commonly used for preventive care.

Tanvi Abbhi and Nora Zetsche, MD, cofounders of Veta Health, discuss the company’s remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform and how RPM can be used to personalize and improve healthcare for patients with chronic diseases.

Shah will bring unique insights into Maven’s 24/7 model that seeks to reduce unnecessary C-sections and emergency department visits and improve clinical outcomes.

Sundar Kamak, global head of manufacturing at Ivalua, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on healthcare supply chains and how technology can help alleviate those issues.

During the pandemic, any health service that could go virtual, did. In the last 12 months, demand for virtual care has risen sharply, but shifting to a centralized virtual care hub is not easy pivot for many traditional health providers.

FCC issues recommendations for stakeholders to combat issue of unlawful robocalls to hospitals, which threaten public health and safety.

Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, global health lead of Accenture Health, discusses how the pandemic influenced the speed at which healthcare organizations adopted new technologies and how this adoption is impacting patient care.

Before the pandemic, the healthcare sector was a prime target for cybercriminals. But the rise of remote work has only increased vulnerability

Moving healthcare home is just part of the growing personalization of healthcare that has been made possible by advancements in technologies that seamlessly connect a patient to their care team.

Use of teledermatology has greatly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are remaining concerns that may hinder its use after the public health emergency, according to a speaker at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

News in orthopedics, technology, and neurodiagnostics.

Twistle's CEO, Kulmeet Singh, says he's come up with a reliable way to measure return on investment for his company's remote monitoring software solutions.