CHIME24: Encouraging a Culture of Change in Healthcare IT
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by Teta Alim
12h ago
Healthcare is traditionally thought of as an industry that lags decades behind others when it comes to technology adoption, but that perspective may soon be outdated. In recent years, some healthcare organizations have dedicated more of their budgets to fostering operational transformation. A September 2024 Bain & Co. brief found that 75% of responding payers and providers have increased IT investments over the past year. Among the top priority areas are IT infrastructure and services, clinical workflow optimization, and data platforms and interoperability. With that in mind, it's clear ..read more
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CHIME24: Setting the Record Straight on Generative AI
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by Teta Alim
4d ago
Since ChatGPT emerged for use by the general public two years ago, many people are becoming accustomed to using generative artificial intelligence tools in daily life. From using the application as a contextualizing search tool to creating email drafts and summarizing notes with the technology, workers across industries are finding ways to incorporate generative AI into their workflows. In healthcare, generative AI models are helping in clinical documentation, the development of new drugs, clinical trial forecasting and the enhancement of medical imaging, according to a September report from ..read more
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CHIME24 Fall Forum
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LeadingAge24: How Can Senior Care Organizations Protect Themselves from Hackers?
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by Jordan Scott
1w ago
The cost of a data breach is highest for organizations in the healthcare industry, with the average cost of a breach at $9.77 million in 2024, according to IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach report. Phishing and stolen or compromised credentials were the two most common attack vectors this year. This aligns with a finding from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report: Nearly three-fourths of all data breaches involve a human element, whether that’s an error, privilege misuse, credential theft or social engineering (techniques used by a bad actor to convince a person to provide ..read more
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The Importance of Effective Identity and Access Management for Zero Trust in Healthcare
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by Mike Grisamore
1w ago
There are many moving parts in a healthcare environment, whether at a large organization with facilities in multiple states or a small community health center in a rural area. A single health system could have many teams that require access to its network to complete important tasks, from third-party vendors that provide food or laundry services to temporary staff members who are brought on as support during a health emergency. In 2021 alone, 96% of healthcare facilities reported using temporary allied healthcare professionals to supplement their workforces, according to a report from ..read more
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Getting Identity Management Right Is Crucial for Healthcare Security
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by Nelson Carreira, Kevin DeMers
1w ago
A key concern for IT and security leaders is user identity and access control. Identity is a prime target for attackers who want to gain unauthorized system access and carry out malicious acts. In healthcare, identity management has a complex lifecycle that makes it challenging to secure.  When healthcare organizations hire or let go of staff, nurses, contractors and vendors, it’s crucial to manage their accounts effectively. Ensuring proper provisioning and deprovisioning of accounts is essential for reducing cybersecurity risks. If the IT department doesn’t have the ability to ..read more
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LeadingAge24: Create Efficient Senior Care Workflows with Interoperability
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by Jordan Scott
2w ago
Staff shortages aren’t new in senior care. While they were exacerbated by the pandemic, the staffing crisis started well before 2020. According to a LeadingAge poll from 2022, 93% of nursing home providers and 80% of assisted living providers reported severe or significant workforce shortages. At a LeadingAge Annual Meeting session in Nashville, Tenn., this week, Bill Charnetski, executive vice president of health system solutions and government affairs at PointClickCare, told attendees that by talking to policymakers, he’s learned that staff shortages are starting to affect access ..read more
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LeadingAge24: How Data Can Transform Aging-Services Organizations
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by Jordan Scott
2w ago
Data can provide senior living and acute-care organizations with the information they need to improve care, reduce costs and retain staff and residents. Achieving data maturity is an important step toward using artificial intelligence to improve efficiency across the organization. However, many organizations haven’t yet begun to prepare staff or data for the application of analytics tools. At the LeadingAge Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., data experts explored ways senior living organizations can use data analytics to improve resident engagement today and shared best practices for ..read more
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LeadingAge Annual Meeting
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LeadingAge24: How to Accelerate Innovation in Senior Living and Post-Acute Care
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by Liz Cramer
2w ago
Innovation isn’t something that’s just nice to have, it’s a critical part of healthcare success. And that includes the senior living and post-acute care space. If organizations refuse to evolve or make investments toward innovation, they’re likely to be left behind. Today’s older adults are more tech-savvy than ever. Their expectations are changing when considering moving to a senior living community, with technology and innovation quickly becoming a much more important part of the decision. On the employee side, healthcare has a serious labor problem, and that includes post-acute care ..read more
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